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Precision Engineered Alloy Wheel Centres Ken recently had new wheels hand made for his SLK Merc but was unhappy with the plain wheel centres that came with them. He was only offered cheap stick-on centres to go over the top. These actually peeled off within a couple of days. So, being the creative designer he is, he got his engineering department to design and machine new centres out of cast alloy. This involved designing the new centres in a 3D file format incorporating the car logo and the original centre. This then was carefully machined into the new physical centres over 3 days. They then engineered a reverse template tool to cover the newly machined logo and they then sand blasted (using micro glass beads) the rest of the face to give it a professional frosted finish. Then using the original "O" ring from the provided wheel centre (and some vaseline), the newly manufactured centres were just clipped straight in, giving an incredibly professional finish to the new wheels AND the car. An expensive exercise but then doing it in-house saved Ken a lot of money. Cost: Ken estimates the exercise cost around $1,200 for the 3D file, machining the new centre, creating the reverse tool, sandblasting etc. Each centre then worked out to around $150 each in materials and labour. Contact: ken@kenhoward.com.
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