Alloy Wheel Refurbishment in Bury

Yes, and plenty of Bury customers do. The unit is at the rear of Constellation Mill in Radcliffe, in the M26 postcode, and we are open Monday to Friday from nine in the morning until eight at night, plus Saturday from nine until four. Sunday is the only day we are shut.

Leaving the wheels with us is the right call for anything that needs the finish taking off entirely: colour changes, split rims, badly corroded alloys and diamond cut faces that need machining. If the car cannot be driven on them, collection and delivery is free anywhere in the Bury area.

• Bury town centre and the BL9 streets
• Radcliffe and the M26 postcode
• Whitefield and Prestwich in M45
• Ramsbottom and the roads north
• Trade and dealer work across BL8 and BL9

Usually very quickly. Ten minutes of travel means a Bury booking does not have to be built into a route, so a photograph sent first thing often turns into a visit the same day if the diary allows it. Even at short notice the technician arrives with the paint mixing kit and curing equipment on board.

What sets the timing is the work rather than the travel. A single wheel needs two to four hours start to finish, and the lacquer has to cure before the car goes anywhere, so a late afternoon call in winter is more likely to become a morning slot the next day. Weather stops mobile work in heavy rain or a hard frost.

The technician starts by cleaning the wheel and the damaged area so the true extent of the scuff, chip or corrosion is visible. What looks like a light scrape often turns out to have lifted lacquer around it, and that has to come off too or the repair will fail.

The tyre is then masked to protect it from sanding dust and overspray. Most repairs are carried out with the wheel still on the vehicle. The damaged area is sanded back to sound metal, and where the profile of the rim has been chipped away, filler is used to rebuild the edge before it is sanded flush and feathered into the surrounding finish.

Once the surface is flat and clean, the technician applies primer, then a colour matched basecoat mixed to the manufacturer paint code, then lacquer. Each coat is cured before the next goes on. Done properly, the repair is invisible: you should not be able to find where the damage was.

The Radcliffe body shop sits inside the Bury district, three miles and ten minutes from the town centre, which makes this the one area where mobile visits and workshop drop offs are equally practical. Free collection and delivery applies on workshop jobs.

We work throughout Bury and the BL8, BL9, M26, M45 postcode areas, typically 10 minutes from the body shop at Radcliffe, M26 4AD. That includes Bury town centre, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom and Whitefield.