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casparco
Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Whitstable
Posts: 16
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Hi all,
Im looking for someone to powder coat my D4 wheels in the Canterbury area. Had my previous D3 wheels painted and they seemed to be endlesly chipped so thought pwoder coating may be more resilient.
Any reco's or advice appreciated.
Thanks
caspar
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 7th Jun 2016 5:32 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
 
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Medgalv in sittingbourne may be able to help, Ive seen their galv work and its good, they also list powder coating but Ive not seen that.
Place runs 24/7 on the eurolink industrial estate
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| 7th Jun 2016 6:33 pm |
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casparco
Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Whitstable
Posts: 16
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Thanks for the info, I will check them out.
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| 8th Jun 2016 9:05 am |
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OJW
Member Since: 08 May 2014
Location: Garden of England
Posts: 15
 
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Had my wheels done at Body & Wheels, Westgate nr Margate. Mine were £65 per wheel and colour coded to car..... very happy with finish,would use them again.
John.
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| 9th Jun 2016 9:36 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
Posts: 6222
 
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| Not so much the powder coat |
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It's about the preparation...
Do they sand blast ?....... Not that good for the whel metal.
Do they chemically strip the existing finish ? Better...most use organic not acid strippers
Do they put a powder clear coat after the colour ?
Also do they put the tyres back & bakance them ?
Ask to see samples of thier work - real wheels not pictures on a phone. BREXIT - done properly.
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Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
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| 10th Jun 2016 12:07 am |
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Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
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Best wheel refurbisher in Kent period is Lepsons in Gillingham..... Had a set of P38 wheels done over 10 years ago and they are still perfect! Used them for everything else since...
For powder coating specifically I have used Cray Metal Finishers who have done a sterling job on components used on my horsebox build....very very reasonable and they like cash....! Probably the most heavily used powder coaters by heavy industry in Kent...they are good!
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| 10th Jun 2016 7:54 am |
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BAZ8046
Member Since: 26 Feb 2010
Location: Chatham
Posts: 278
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Another vote for Lepsons. They provide great service and the quality of the work is excellent. I think they are about £65 per wheel from memory but you won't be disappointed. D4 2016 Landmark, Waitomo Grey.
D3 2005 HSE, Bonatti Grey, now sold but still comes back for servicing.
Defender 2002 Td5 Commercial, had a hard life but slowly being restored.
I only work so I can afford to repair my Land Rovers!
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| 10th Jun 2016 9:06 am |
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casparco
Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Whitstable
Posts: 16
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Dropped it in at Body & Wheels today, a lot nearer than Gillingham, looking forward to seeing the results.
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| 15th Jun 2016 12:39 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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Farmer Chalk wrote:Best wheel refurbisher in Kent period is Lepsons in Gillingham..... Had a set of P38 wheels done over 10 years ago and they are still perfect! Used them for everything else since...
Ive had two sets of wheels done by them over the years and wouldnt use them again, so much coating I had to emery the wheel spigot out to get it to fit on the hub and again so thick any detail was lost in the thickness of the finish, this was on AMG wheels with the cast in writing, more sort of flowed in when they had finished.
I also remember thinking they were quite dear.
One of many from a quick search http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.p...mp;t=58606
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| 15th Jun 2016 1:51 pm |
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casparco
Member Since: 27 Oct 2010
Location: Whitstable
Posts: 16
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Body and Wheels in Westgate did a great job, turned it round in 2 days, hasnt fallen off yet!
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| 9th Aug 2016 2:21 pm |
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etuna
Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: Canterbury
Posts: 138
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as an aside - given the locals on this thread, I need someone to paint/ repair/ fit a scratched MY15 bumper and retro fit front sensors and lamp washers near canterbury. any recommendations?
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| 10th Aug 2016 5:28 pm |
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Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4156
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Altered Images in Strood..... Duncan the owner is an avid Discovery owner and is on this forum from time to time. Great work even better price! 
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| 10th Aug 2016 8:41 pm |
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etuna
Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: Canterbury
Posts: 138
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| 10th Aug 2016 9:19 pm |
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