Refurbished Allloys

[malfranco]

I have a 3 year old Lexus IS200 and the only little dissapointment I have with it is the quality of the alloys they are pretty corroded now by the brake dust. As I have only owned it for 2 months the previous owner has obviously not taken care of them.

Is there anywhere that can refurbish them back to there original state?

[ricky_is200]

I don't think its down to how well the previous owner looked after them, the original wheels are just poor quality. I cleaned mine every week yet I had the same problem, fortunately I got them replaced whilst the car was still under warranty.

I did a quick search, have a look at this thread. I don't know who Lexus use, as they must have done thousands by now, perhaps you could ask your local dealer.

[Andy.thomas]

I don't know if you have a protyre centre near you but they have a partner that they use for wheel refurbishments. If you do it through Protyre it is about £50 p/wheel. I have not had mine done yet - however i have seen a set of wheels that came back from there that looked real nice. Perhaps a little duller in colour than original but not obvious.

They said to me it is a 5 day turn around. I thought about getting my spare done with them first to see how it turns out - but not going to be til after feb when my chrimbo credit card bill starts to shrink! :duh:

Oh yeah - also they don't have a loan wheel service - so its either on at a time or leave your car on bricks whilst your on hols (at least it won't get nicked!)

Andy

[TonyGoose]

I think you'll find that the refurbisher lexus use offer a discount to 'GoldMembers'.

[Zee007]

As I have only owned it for 2 months the previous owner has obviously not taken care of them.

Just a quick question Malfranco - if you bought the car from a dealer, even though it is 3 years old, you should have got a 12 month warrenty (from date of purchase). So if that's the case, and you have only had it for two months, it may be worth asking the dealers to get them changed - nothing to lose right?