Bugger! I've 'Girlied' my alloy.

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After 2 and half years of being careful I've scuffed one of my 20" Ball Polished Birdcages. I had a mobile refurber round and he said that although they look ball polished they are actually painted and he would try and get a match but Stratstone tell me that they are not painted and can't be repaired..... any ideas Guys?

I guess another option would be to get them all painted, I quite fancy Graphite but the ball polished wheels on the black GT do look good!..... once again what do you guys think?

Cheers
Andy
 
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I am sure they can be repaired, puddle weld them, grind it back and polish it up, I expect you will be able to see the repair if you look closely. Try an indie, someone like Emblem, they will have a trusted refurb guy, at very least they will point you in the right direction.
 
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Hi Andy , sorry to hear about your misdemeanor, but they can be repaired , sorry but you will have to come south of the border:0037: Dick Lovets definately of Cardiff posssibly Swindon have repaired several sets of ball polished rims in the past , i know because i wanted to buy a set ex Massersods wheels that had laquer blemished irregularities , but they had to go back to Maserati GB ,

I think they put them out to be done , they might even put you in contact with there repair guy direct , Ball polished Trofeo wheels are still around £950 each so well worth a £200 repair in my book

Give johanne a ring at Cardiff she will put you straight


regards loz
 
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£200! so thats £75 to the guy outsourced to repair them and £125 in DL's back pocket!!!!

£100 tops surely, what happened to Stats? He was a wheel guy?
 
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Thanks for the replies Guys, I have contacted a local company who talk a good game and are going to come and give me a quote.

Hey Loz, you know I do venture south of Birmingham occasionally, you may remember I traveled all the way to Brighton a couple of years ago just to have a pint with you only to be stood up at the last minute.
 
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But if you remember Andy , i phoned the hotel Bar, and left free drinks for you and your missus did you ever get them by the way, they took £15 off my card either the Grande or the Metropol



regards loz
 
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Only joking Loz, yes we did get them and so did the other guys off the forum can't remember their names now one of them had a spyder but came in his BMW Z1.
With reference to your Maser mega meet, if you remember we were on a Cannonball run that day and stopped at Blenheim Palace for lunch and photos, it is a stunning location.

Cheers
Andy
 
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Yes, Andy, we await the outcome. If they do a great job, we will recommend them on our recommendation thread.
 
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lozcb said:
Hi Andy , sorry to hear about your misdemeanor, but they can be repaired , sorry but you will have to come south of the border:0037: Dick Lovets definately of Cardiff posssibly Swindon have repaired several sets of ball polished rims in the past , i know because i wanted to buy a set ex Massersods wheels that had laquer blemished irregularities , but they had to go back to Maserati GB ,

I think they put them out to be done , they might even put you in contact with there repair guy direct , Ball polished Trofeo wheels are still around £950 each so well worth a £200 repair in my book

Give johanne a ring at Cardiff she will put you straight

regards loz
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DL now send ball-polished wheels to London for the refurb, it's around the 185-200GBP mark + the inconvenience of it not being done in situ. I've got a slight mark on the front O/S rim, there is a guy in the Bath/Wiltshire area who will do it for *much* cheaper. I've used him before through Cortese and the results were very good. Will need to track him down though.
 
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Hi Guys, thanks for the suggestions and sorry for the belated reply but there have been developments. I started to notice that every wheel on my GT is now showing signs of oxidisation (some pretty bad), so I have sent photos to Stratstone and asked them to comment. I am hoping that they will have to be replaced, I'm sure it may be a battle but as I have spent approx. £250k on new Maserati's they are usually pretty good to me, we will see. I'll keep you posted.
Cheers
Andy
 
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