JUST WANT TO PUT A QUESTION OUT THERE. I KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES THAT WILL REFURBISH YOUR RIMS. I'VE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THIS. ONE PLACE NAMED KEYSTONE DID A REAL POOR JOB. I HAVE A 87 VERT WITH 12,000 MILES. THE ORIGINAL OWNER PAINTED THE GRAY SPOTS BLACK, THE BLACK CAME OFF. OTHER THAN THAT THE RIMS WERE PERFECT!! WHEN I GOT THEM BACK THEY HAD USED THE WRONG GREY, AND THE RIMS CAN ONLY BE REDONE 1 TIME. SO I SOLD THEM. I THEN BOUGHT A REFURBISED SET THAT LOOK GOOD BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES FROM RIM TO RIM. NOW MY QUESTION. WITH ALL THE OLD VINTAGE GM PARTS HOUSES OUT THERE, I CANT BELIEVE THAT A NEW ORIGINAL SET CANT BE PURCHASED. THEY HAVE TO BE OUT THERE, I JUST CANT FIND THEM. I LOOK ON E-BAY ALL THE TIME FOR SOMEONE WHO MAYBE BOUGHT A IROC NEW AND TOOK THE RIMS OFF RIGHT FOR AN AFTERMAKET SET, AND NOW HAVE THESE RIMS STORED AWAY. ALL THE RIMS ON E-BAY ARE MOSTLY JUNK. ANY SUGGESTIONS. THANKS, AL

 

A place called Transwheel does nice work. Why can they only be redone once?

 

BECAUSE DURING THE PROCESS OF REFINNISHING THEY ACTUALLY PAINT STRIP THE RIM AND THEN PAINT THE WHOLE RIM THE PAINT COLOR, THEN THEY MILL OF THE AREAS THAT REMAIN CLEAN ALLOY. IF THEY DO IT MORE THAN ONCE THEY WILL GET INTO THE ROUGH AREA (AIR WHOLES, PITS)IN THE CASTING. KIND OF LIKE A CEMENT WALK WHERE THE TOP IS SMOOTH BUT JUST UNDER YOU GET THE BIG ROCK.SO THEY WILL LOOK BAD. I THOUGHT THEY MASKED IT ALL, BUT NOPE. I REALLY DONT WANT ANOTHER SET OF REFINISHED ONES. I'LL WAIT FOR A GREAT, PERFECT, UNUSED OR NEW SET.WITH ALL THE IROCS OUT THERE AND ALL THE PARTS, THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE THAT HAS A NEW ENTIRE SET.

 

I just looked at my paperwork, Trans Wheel was were I got may last set. Dont get me wrong, they look good but there's just a slight differance between some of the finish, smooth vs. rough. The average person wouldnt notice.

 

Thanks for sharing that. I have seen their reconditioned wheels time and time again, just never any iroc wheels.

 

A while back probably 3 years now, actually the same time I was having the original set done by Keystone. I found a set on e bay, the guy bought the iroc brand new and took the wheels of right away,put some aftermarket on and put the originals in his attic. Sold the car years ago and decided to clean his attic, forgot he even had these up there. These rims were perfect, but because mine were at the shop at the same time I didnt feel I needed another set. I was so freaken pissed when I saw mine and they were the wrong color and these on e-bay were long gone!!! I wish I could have that time over again. So anybody reading this have a PERFECT set hidden away and want to sell, let me know.