Kerbed wheels are the Algarve's most democratic damage — cobbled towns and tight resort parking spare nobody. The good news: a scuffed wheel refinishes at €125, a fraction of replacement money, and comes back looking factory. The honest news: not every wheel type repairs the same way, and we'll tell you which yours is.
A standard painted alloy refinishes predictably: welded if needed, primed, colour-matched, lacquered — €125 per wheel. Diamond-cut wheels are the honest exception: that machined bright face can only be re-cut a limited number of times before the wheel runs out of material, and the white-worm corrosion that creeps under their lacquer needs treating early. We assess what your wheel actually is and what it can take before promising anything — sometimes a full repaint is the smarter end of a diamond-cut's life.
“A diamond-cut wheel only has so many re-cuts left in it before there's no metal left to machine — I'll tell an owner honestly when repainting beats re-cutting, even when re-cutting sounds like the fancier answer.”
Final scope and price are confirmed at inspection — these are honest public anchors, not teaser rates.
Wheels-off is the efficient moment for the rest: brake calipers cleaned and painted, tar and brake-dust baked onto the barrels properly removed, a ceramic coating on the faces that makes every future wash half the work. The brake reconstruction and Land Rover wheel restoration in our portfolio are exactly this package.
If one wheel is kerbed, one wheel gets repaired — colour-matching the finish to the other three is our problem, not yours. A full set refinish makes sense when the lacquer is failing everywhere or you're changing the look; we'll tell you which case you're in after seeing the wheels, not before.
Kerb-damage refinish: €125 per wheel at JustCars, colour-matched and lacquered. Diamond-cut work is quoted after we see how much material the wheel has left — honestly.
Yes, but with limits: each re-cut removes material, so a wheel only has so many in it, and white-worm corrosion under the lacquer must be caught early. We'll tell you whether re-cutting or repainting is the smarter route for yours.
No — we colour-match the repaired wheel to the other three. A full set only makes sense when the lacquer is failing everywhere or you want a new look.
Yes — wheels-off is the right moment: calipers cleaned and painted, barrels degreased, and optionally a ceramic coat on the faces that makes wash day twice as fast.
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