1998 s70 Alloy wheel Refurbishment ..do it myself?

[sanfelice]

I love my Satellites but they are in desperate need of refinishing

Let us know what happens.

[JRev]

Just an update as finally got round to taking these to a tyre shop and all four wheels are OK, ready to go on and I also got a new Grille for the S70 so just need to get these wheels cleaned up and can get rid of my wheel trims





I'm looking forward to getting these wheels on the car

[MrAl]

Hi,

That looks like the definition of "Nice Wheels"

If the surface does not mate with the tire rubber properly you end up with slow leaks. A friend of mine had this problem and had to buy four new wheels.

Is there any significant benefit to alloy wheels other than appearance?

[JRev]

I asked the guy at the tyre shop and he said just to clean up the inside with a wire brush as he said they looked OK and has seen much worse condition wheels which never leak as they put in a paste anyway, but as for alloy wheels I don't think there is any benefit other then appearance...but it would be nice to have the S70 "complete" and looking as near to original condition as possible.

Although I know this model originally had size 15 wheels and not these turbo ones.