How many times have you seen a classic or modern classic and said, ‘that looks nice, shame about wheels?”
Whether it is a specialist finish for your garage queen or you are simply time poor and need your daily turned around quickly we support all kinds requirements.
From OE finishes such as E39 M5 shadow chrome and 3-piece split rims to lightweight RS cars with helium in their tyres – things aren’t as linear as they used to be.
The good old days of jacking up a Nova SR on your driveway a corner at a time seem so far away from having to lift a 992 Touring symmetrically via centre locks millimetres away from carbon discs the size of the SR’s wheel and tyre put together!
So, we don’t only ensure things are done physically correct we ensure the precise colour match for the exact generation or any specification you can dream of.
It is a turn key solution – collection from your door, courtesy car, casting, managing, QA, cleaning, ceramic coating and delivery back to your chosen location; home, work or GQ HQ.
One case study we often come back to as an illustration of the lengths we go to is the E39 M5 shadow chrome finish. It was done in the factory by a robot and it would seem the programming wasn’t the same every time making the finished articles particularly hard to match.
After a few attempts themselves the owner in question came to us to take care of it. We actually bought an original rear alloy and studied it, we even supplied the wheel to the refurbisher who was then able to match it. It also helped that we have a few E39 M5’s in storage with us! Even then it took two attempts as we weren’t happy with round one.
Process pics below, from the incorrect dark common finish at first through to sourcing, round one and eventually the second correct shadow chrome finish.
I suspect we likely frustrated a few people during the process but my goodness have we got the recipe now!
There is a full context shot below with the car out in the wild which represents the finish in real life including a candid video.
