Restoring Wheels

[NoLaFSJ]

Has anyone had success in restoring stock Wagoneer wheels themselves or finding a good shop to do it for you? I'm not opposed to either, just curious of what options I have. If I get a shop to do it, how much should I expect to pay? If I do it myself, what's the process and how much time should I expect to spend?

[Herezja]

Poke around on the MotherShip site. I seem to remember a thread about this (with pics) not too long ago. Try doing a seach, may have made it over here too.

[NoLaFSJ]

I did find this one: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthre ... estoration

Still looking for more.

[NoLaFSJ]

Another: http://www.ifsja.org/forums/vb/showthre ... estoration

[adzam]

I've seen a couple of set of wheels on eBay done by this company, and they look awesome. I plan to send mine to them one day:

http://detroitvintagewheels.com

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[NoLaFSJ]

It looks like they do very nice work. I bet it costs more than I'm willing to pay haha

[FSJ Guy]

It looks like they do very nice work. I bet it costs more than I'm willing to pay haha

They have a set of 70's oval slot wheels for $1,600!!!!!

But they DO look NICE!!! LOL!

[rocklaurence]

Detroit vintage wheels has them for $1400 and I've talked to a shop in Tampa Fl and they said $1200 for a restore. I was looking at a set of 5 slot mags to have restored but I can buy a new set for $500--CRAZY

[2ToneBluJ10]

Wheel Collision Center

http://www.wheelcollision.com/jeep.htm

I don't know if they will do 5 slots.

I got a set from them in '07 I paid $125 ea. without a core charge.

[FSJ Guy]

Those look NICE!! It looks like they're up to $175 each. Darned inflation! LOL!

There is a restorer here in Denver. I will see what their charge is. The price difference for the "exchange" price isn't worth the shipping price to return the old ones. Maybe a local restorer will be more economical.

EDIT:

Did they restore your center caps, too???

[adzam]

Detroit vintage is not that expensive if you send your own wheels. I called them awhile back and can't remember what they told me, but I thought it was fairly reasonable. Shipping would kill you though.

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[FSJ Guy]

Detroit vintage is not that expensive if you send your own wheels. I called them awhile back and can't remember what they told me, but I thought it was fairly reasonable. Shipping would kill you though.

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I think if you sent them individually with foam protecting the flat surfaces they would be OK. I'm no where near ready to have them done yet. But unfortunately, prices aren't going to ever go down, either.

[BCRAWLER]

I did my own using a sander with a round disc. Spent about 3 hours on each rim. Started out with 80 grit and moved down to 120 grit to finish. Found the aluminum to be a lot harder than I thought. The rims were peeling and oxidized when i started. Dark out now but will take better pictures in morning.

[2ToneBluJ10]

Those look NICE!! It looks like they're up to $175 each. Darned inflation! LOL!

There is a restorer here in Denver. I will see what their charge is. The price difference for the "exchange" price isn't worth the shipping price to return the old ones. Maybe a local restorer will be more economical.

EDIT:

Did they restore your center caps, too???

I bought the center caps back when the stealerships still had them available from a discount house helping them get rid of slow sales parts.

I have a set of 5 slots I want to polish on lathe so they look factory...just don't have access to a lathe yet.

[BCRAWLER]

Here are pictures as promised. Started with 80 grit then used 120 grit paper. Wish i gone to 220 grit as some of the sander marks still show. Repainted the black with rattle can then covered with 2 coats of clear. looks good till you get a foot or so away. Cost was under $30. Fine for a DD but if your building a pretty truck professional I think is the way to go.Would not even want to think refinishing where I painted mine black. Good luck on this.

[adzam]

Here are pictures as promised. Started with 80 grit then used 120 grit paper. Wish i gone to 220 grit as some of the sander marks still show. Repainted the black with rattle can then covered with 2 coats of clear. looks good till you get a foot or so away. Cost was under $30. Fine for a DD but if your building a pretty truck professional I think is the way to go.Would not even want to think refinishing where I painted mine black. Good luck on this.

Looks great. I bought a wheel for $20 off someone to try my hand at a refinish. This might of inspired me to try it out.

When you say you used a disc, do you mean a right angle pneumatic drill type sander, or something else?

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[BCRAWLER]

Used an electric sander that uses round discs. Worked great on getting into the curvature of the rim.

[Jeff from Iowa]

Detroit did a set for me, I paid 1300 for them outright. I didn't have any to send in. He told me 800 to do some if I sent them in.

He cnc machines them. They are better than new.

[Atla]

Wheel Collision Center

http://www.wheelcollision.com/jeep.htm

I don't know if they will do 5 slots.

I got a set from them in '07 I paid $125 ea. without a core charge.

I just saw a set of these at a junkyard, didn't realize they were desired..