XWX alternative

[carl888]

Carl I may have asked you this before, but can you recommend anywhere in Melbourne for wheel refinishing?

Mark, sadly no. I've started doing my own, but it's really, really time consuming to do it properly!

But to clarify, you mean some machining to get rid of curb rash, then painting?

 

[Oversize]

Yes and polishing... Welding to fill where some chunks are missing?

 

[carl888]

Yes and polishing... Welding to fill where some chunks are missing?

Perhaps try Neway in Heidelberg. Tell them EXACTLY what you need

 

[motec 6.9]

If no joy in Victoria send them to Simon at Wheel Gleam in W.A . He did very good job . Mohican has used him as well. Does welding and rim repairs as well. Geoff

 

[Styria]

As said Tim post is about XWX alternatives . as you can no longer get tyres for a 6.9 that are legal for road use and insurance . As for Buggati $20000 a set road life 3000km as they only have 4mm tread depth which is minimum legal depth. Any more and tyre will over heat and explode at top speed. Interesting that at top speed tyre will explode after 20minutes running . Good thing it runs out of fuel after 12 minutes at top speed. Yes 12 minutes from full to empty.

Now you guys will understand why I have been procastrinating in my efforts to put down my hard earned dollars for a Veyron - still very tempting, but fuel consumption is a bit of an obstacle. Regards Styria

N.B. BTW, with my 18" Taiwanese "Speedys", tyre choice is no problem. The rims look good, they are strong and overly heavy, but they get me from point A to point B without any difficulty and safely. Regards Styria

 

[motec 6.9]

Only thing standing in there way Styria is there looks . But beauty is in the eye of the beholder . OMG I am sounding like my dad does that mean I am growing up NO.

 

[abl567]

Only thing standing in there way Styria is there looks . But beauty is in the eye of the beholder . OMG I am sounding like my dad does that mean I am growing up NO.

I fear we must accept the inevitable Geoff, I find myself sounding like my Dad everyday, and chastising Ruby, Ikey AND Karen often with "put it away" "close the cupboard/door" "don't dump stuff here" "feet off the lounge" HeHe, i could go on

 

[motec 6.9]

I hit the hump in 2 months 45

 

[abl567]

I hit the hump in 2 months 45

I hit the wall in under 2 years, 50... and then there is the rest of us

 

[motec 6.9]

What formaldehyde. Alcohol preserves many things dignity is not one of them .