Best standard alloys...

[chris1h]

whats peoples ideas? 

Currently in the market looking for a GTI  and undecided but pushing more towards the larger 18's. However.. after recently looking at a few there is some with black inside the circle and some with not.. is this a after mod or come from VW like that?


anyone got a average price they paid on a tyre?

[RedHP]

The 18's with the black inner lining are Monza Shadows, without are 17's Monza's.
Both are standard from VW, though the Shadows were a £2k option on the Mk6. I have them and love them, especially when they have been washed !

Red

[chris1h]

The 18's with the black inner lining are Monza Shadows, without are 17's Monza's.
Both are standard from VW, though the Shadows were a £2k option on the Mk6. I have them and love them, especially when they have been washed !

Red

yeh.. i really think i want them tbh.. how much your tyres mate?

[dubber36]

They don't look right without Monza Shadows, but beware of used cars with brand new replica wheels on them. The wheels are easily damaged and a specialist job to refurb, so it's cheaper to fit a set of nasty replicas.





For those that can't tell, the second ones are reps.

Tyres will cost around £120 a corner for anything decent. the size is 225-40-18, so you can do a search on somewhere like Mytyres or Blackcircles.

[chris1h]

They don't look right without Monza Shadows, but beware of used cars with brand new replica wheels on them. The wheels are easily damaged and a specialist job to refurb, so it's cheaper to fit a set of nasty replicas.





For those that can't tell, the second ones are reps.

Tyres will cost around £120 a corner for anything decent. the size is 225-40-18, so you can do a search on somewhere like Mytyres or Blackcircles.

thanks for the help mate! yerh I think the 18s really set the car off! Hoping to buy from a VW dealer really so hope theres no fakes on theres!

[Snoopy]

They were only a £450 to £465 option when new.
The problem is the 18" shadows corrode (often called white worm because of the way the corrosion looks) its an issue with all those type of finish wheels ie polished and laquered. It is why many are repainted plane silver or referbed.

[simonpolly]

They were only a £450 to £465 option when new.
The problem is the 18" shadows corrode (often called white worm because of the way the corrosion looks) its an issue with all those type of finish wheels ie polished and laquered. It is why many are repainted plane silver or referbed.

+1 they were  a £450 option, I had my shadows for 4 years and had no problems, most people who get white worm have damaged the lacquer.

[candywhite12]

They were only a £450 to £465 option when new.
The problem is the 18" shadows corrode (often called white worm because of the way the corrosion looks) its an issue with all those type of finish wheels ie polished and laquered. It is why many are repainted plane silver or referbed.

+1 they were  a £450 option, I had my shadows for 4 years and had no problems, most people who get white worm have damaged the lacquer.

mine are totally f***ed. white worm everywhere.  I still love them mind you

[Booth11]

mine are totally f***ed. white worm everywhere.  I still love them mind you

Are Monza Shadows more prone to white worm than other Monza's?  Don't see why they would be.

I had 2 Mk5 GTI's both with Monza's of one type or another and in 7 years never got whiteworm, despite the wheels getting kerbed (my achilles heel  ).  Maybe I was just lucky.

[dubber36]

Acidic wheel cleaners don't help matters.