Alloy Wheel Refurb, Speedwells

There seems to be so many companies lately offering their services to refurbish alloy wheels, new companies seem to open on a monthly basis with an equal amount of companies closing the doors.

We only use one company now and we personally wouldn't go anywhere else, and that is Speedwells Refurb, the Refinishing wheel specialist based in Birmingham.

Iby has been in the Motor Trade for the best part of 30 years and has been on the Refurbishing side for the last 10 and the business has just gone from strength to strength, you only have to look at the cars he puts together throughout the years, they have all just oozed quality, he applies that same craft, quality and ethics to his business of refurbishing alloy wheels.

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We recently dropped of a couple of sets of wheels that needed to be refurbed, a few love affairs with the local kerbstones, that play havoc with the look of a wheel so we are very lucky to have speedwells on our doorstep, it was on the last visit that I couldn't help but be drawn to a set of new Work Miesters, I thought Iby had bought them for his 280ZX wide body build that he is putting together, the fact is he hadn't bought them for himself and the wheels were new, in fact they were a few years old and he had them in to split and refurbish, and to say they were impeccable was an understatement, the finish was simply breath taking and as new.

We have taken pictures just to showcase what Speedwells can do with your wheels and why we use him, his work speaks volumes, and if you have a set of wheels that you need to refinish, or have a buckle, bend, kerb rash, cracked wheels, need diamond cutting or just need a general freshen up, make over or colour change, this is the company to use, as we have already said...we wouldn't go anywhere else.

The new Speedwells Bronze finish available in Matte or Gloss being applied to a set of BBS wheels

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Elephant Racing

We are always on the lookout for high quality parts or products, not just to sell but to fit to our own demo vehicles, so finding and securing another great product always a good feeling.

When our good friend Iby was putting his 997 Turbo-R together, it was apparent when the kit was in mock up stage and the wheels were on that the suspension side of the conversion needed a little bit of tinkering, as the stock caster control arms, drop links & tie rods would just not work with this conversion, through our contacts we managed to source the genuine GT3R / RSR motorsport race parts to set up the suspension and wheels to perfection.

Porsche 991 Suspension components

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The problem here is, not only are these parts rare but they are also extremely expensive especially now for the 997 chassis, but we now have a great solution moving forward with our GT3R conversions for the Porsche 997 & 991 chassis and our R aero upgrade, enter Elephant Racing.

This company offer every adjustable suspension part for most Porsche models, so this makes our conversion life so much easier, the parts are available for stock oem body or our RSR / GT3R wide body aero conversions, so if you have a Porsche and fancy the ultimate adjustable suspension components get in touch for further details, this set up added to our JRZ Coilover suspension and magnesium wheels are a pretty mouth watering thought.

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Sleepers Speed Shop 997 Turbo R

The Sleepers Speed Shop Porsche 997 GT3R Bi-Turbo

Back in 2017 we got to work with Len Higa and the Sleepers Speed Shop crew, which was extremely refreshing getting to work with one of the great Porsche tuning companies stateside, to say they build a beauty is a bit of an understatement.

We know how much time, effort and money goes into a conversion like this, because we have the European’s first road going example residing our good friends Speedwells.

Sit back with a cupa and watch the Sleepers build on the move, filmed by Fuel Tank , the car is now sporting a different set of wheels with a more aggressive offset, along with some new livery, which we look forward to seeing.

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