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Diamond Cutting Vs. Polished Alloy Wheel Repair and Refurbishment

By Smadison

When your car's alloy wheels have an expensive and popular looking diamond-cut finish, then it is more likely for you to be extra cautious of how much careful you should be and the ways you are supposed to treat them.

Nevertheless, the accidents are unavoidable, especially the ones involving a pavement kerb at the time of lightly off-target in parallel to the parking maneuver.

Diamond Cutting Vs. Polished Alloy Wheel Repair and Refurbishment

All the professionals have gone through all the procedures and have attained a special process to refurbish and polish the diamond cut alloy wheels.

The acid stripping and powder coating service are carried out at the car repair workshops, and the diamond cut wheel repair and refurbishment are even done at the car mechanic workshops.

It is up to the mobile car repair and refurbishment technicians whom you have to contact to pick up your damaged wheel. You can easily leave your damaged alloy car wheels with them to focus on the other essential aspects.

Are you sure your alloy wheels are diamond cut? Do you know there is an easy way to find it out? Yes. But how?

The diamond-cut repaired and refurbished alloy wheels always have a shiny and smooth finish, and when you look closely at the wheels, you can see the grain lines present in the metal where the lines are turned on the lathe. Additionally, the wheels have painted insets, which could be any color that is usually silver, black, or anthracite.

In case, if you are still not sure, then click a photo of the alloy wheel and email it to the car wheels service center, and the professional mechanics will get back to you at the earliest.

The frequently asked question of the customers is about the exact procedure involved to treat the diamond cut alloy wheels, so the steps are discussed here.

  • The mechanics visit you at the decided destination and help you to remove the alloy wheel from your car or motorbike.
  • Next, the vehicle is placed on the axle stands for a particular duration meant for the wheels. If one wheel is being done, then the spare one is fit for the car if there the extra wheel is there. But, if you are not having the space to leave your car or vehicle on the axle stands, the technicians will bring your vehicle to their depot and store it in their secure compound. They will even have the necessary plates for transporting the untaxed vehicles from the particular dealership etc.
  • As the wheels arrive at the depot, the technicians remove the tyres.
  • Next, they place the wheels in the acid bath until all the paints are removed.
  • Next, the wheels are jet washed for removing the loose paints and acids.
  • Any kind of visible damages is removed with the help of apt techniques.
  • Then the wheels are placed in the oven for being heated up.
  • The wheels are then primed and again baked.
  • Then the primer is flattened to make sure the wheels have attained a smooth paint finish.
  • Heating them again and painting them of the desired choice, the wheels are again baked off. The chosen color will be visible on the wheels' insets.
  • The wheels' edges and spokes are scored prior to turning them on the lathe.
  • The sharp edges are sanded.
  • Again they are heated up and lacquered for protecting the polished metal.
  • The wheels are allowed to cool before refitting the tyres.
  • The wheels are balanced before they are fit back to your vehicle.

Once the alloy wheels are repaired and refurbished with the diamond cut method, then one can easily make out they are not just polished. The alloy wheels look branded and spanking new. Different from the polished methods, the diamond cut treatment is long-lasting.


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