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Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

My rims on the front need to be sanded and fixed up a bit, is $50 a good deal for a "like-new" rim when it's finnished?

Lizard · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 10:36 am Post subject:

yah that isn't too bad at all $200 for a set of 4 rims
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78porsche924 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 1:58 pm Post subject:

I would say just get new rims. The mustang rims fit and u can get them fairly easy.
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Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

78porsche924 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:15 am Post subject:

Yeah i have seen your rims. To tell the truth, they kinda look like mustand rims that i have seen on a couple mustangs.
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90 944 S2
78 924 NA <---now sold and killed by new owner
snailshell trans
Bae turbo kit
to check out my 944 S2 http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=388139

CMXXXI · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 1939 Location: Vicksburg, MS

I'd have to say "it depends". It depends on what they do for $50 per rim. I've got 15" spiderwebs and paid about $20/rim to get the tires dismounted and the rims blasted, cleaned and prepped, then almost $70/rim to have them powder coated. That would have been way too much in my opinion for a phone-dial or flat-dish rim, but because of the work involved (all those nooks and crannys) I went with it.

Yours too have a lot of nooks and crannys, so, depending on what they do, $50 may be a decent deal. If they just steam clean and spray paint it would be a rip-off though. I suspect with wheel refinishing, you will get what you pay for.
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