[BMWCSRegistry] Alpina wheels - reconditionning

[Tony Sims]

Gary,
I assume one of your quotes is from Skip's.  I've seen his work, it's 
excellent.  I'd take them there.  Proper refinishing isn't cheap, but 
better to do it once and be done.

Tony



gary.jane wrote:
> When I purchased my coupe, the 14x7 Alpina wheels were severely "curb 
> rashed" by the PO.  All of them, except the spare wheel.  So bad, that 
> it's a wonder they held air.  I immediately replaced them with E12 
> stock turbine Alpina look-alikes (a cheap and transparent fix at the 
> time). Well, now, many years later, I am revisiting the issue of the 
> Alpinas.
>  
> I took a representative wheel to two local wheel restorers and have 
> received prices of $150 to $200/wheel to do the following:
>  
> -  grind/resurface/fill in the severe curb rash areas
> -  completely strip and media blast the wheel
> -  polish the outer rim (one shop uses a high luster 
> finish(chrome-like); one uses less luster (shop says the very high 
> polish cannot handle clearcoat well))
> -  prime wheel
> -  shoot two-tone paint scheme: silver on spokes/black in the hub area 
> (exact colors up to me)
> -  clear coat entire wheel
> -  mount and balance my new tires (I need them also)
>  
> I'd be doing the final tire/wheel mounting/swapping in my garage.  
> Both vendors had very nice representative samples of their work and 
> have been around the business for years.
>  
> My question to this group is, "Are these prices for the work described 
> above fair, good, or a bit on the high side?"  I live in Portland, OR, 
> and there are several more shops I might visit for estimates, but I 
> feel that I'd shy away from a $100/wheel estimate - I feel the work is 
> too complex for anyone to make money at that low of a price.  And, 
> anything above the $200/wheel price would really stretch the budget.  
> Thoughts?
>  
> A related request - anyone got 1-4 straight (no dents) center caps 
> available?  The condition of the chrome and/or roundel stickers is 
> immaterial, as I plan on stripping them, having the caps painted to 
> match the hub areas of the reconditioned wheels, and using new Alpina 
> emblems.  Let me know by direct email if you have such cap(s) and 
> we'll work something out.
>  
> TIA,
>  
> Gary Burke
> 1973 3.0 CS
> +2240356+
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