tpiini
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After polling the forum a few months back I received several recommendations on sources for restoring the wheels on my '86 Z-51. I happen to live an hour from Kansas City so I opted to take them to the Hubcap & Wheel Store which is located in K.C.,K.
Being cautious, I took only one wheel in at first. The P.O. had crashed into a freeway center median and scraped up this wheel pretty badly and also had knocked a chunk out of the bead. When I got the car, this wheel had been replaced and was in a box. I figured that if they could do a decent job of restoring this wheel, I'd take the others in.
They did an amazing job. I could not tell where the bead had been welded. The guy at the counter showed me, but I still couldn't see it. The finish was beautiful. I had four more wheels, one of which was fairly new do to its being replaced after the freeway crash. It looked downright crappy when compared to the one that was just restored.
The bottom line is that they charge $125.00 per wheel for the service unless you do all four. It was only $95.00 each since I was having four done! The one that needed to have the bead welded up ran me an extra $20.00 for that service.
I would not hesitate to recommend this shop to anyone looking to have a wheel, or set of wheels, repaired or restored. They're located just off of I-635 at Shawnee in Kansas City, Kansas and their phone number is (913) 432-0002.
And lastly, thanks to DWC for giving me the heads-up on the place.
Tom
Being cautious, I took only one wheel in at first. The P.O. had crashed into a freeway center median and scraped up this wheel pretty badly and also had knocked a chunk out of the bead. When I got the car, this wheel had been replaced and was in a box. I figured that if they could do a decent job of restoring this wheel, I'd take the others in.
They did an amazing job. I could not tell where the bead had been welded. The guy at the counter showed me, but I still couldn't see it. The finish was beautiful. I had four more wheels, one of which was fairly new do to its being replaced after the freeway crash. It looked downright crappy when compared to the one that was just restored.
The bottom line is that they charge $125.00 per wheel for the service unless you do all four. It was only $95.00 each since I was having four done! The one that needed to have the bead welded up ran me an extra $20.00 for that service.
I would not hesitate to recommend this shop to anyone looking to have a wheel, or set of wheels, repaired or restored. They're located just off of I-635 at Shawnee in Kansas City, Kansas and their phone number is (913) 432-0002.
And lastly, thanks to DWC for giving me the heads-up on the place.
Tom