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Title: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Mark Hateley FF on 12 June 2009, 21:30
And they have re-painted my alloys not the way the 18" Monza's shouls be.

How much to get it back to the chrome style and anywhere in Glasgow that would do it.

Heres a wee pic  :smiley:

(http://i43.tinypic.com/vnpkjb.jpg)
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: WhiteGTI on 12 June 2009, 21:57
Welcome to the forum  :cool:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: smartypants on 12 June 2009, 23:23
Welcome.


Err... I think they are the 17s?
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: _Adam_ on 13 June 2009, 01:01
Welcome.


Err... I think they are the 17s?

ye deffo the 17's. the only come in a painted grey finish
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Gene Hunt. on 13 June 2009, 07:50
As  :rolleyes: mate look like 17''.Check size on tyre wall. :wink:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: DanoGTI on 13 June 2009, 08:04
Firstly welcome :smiley:

Secondly, I'm SOOO glad other people noticed this - I thought it was my eyesight.

Or I've also got 18" Monzas that look deceptively like 17"   :grin: :grin:

Dan
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: DanoGTI on 13 June 2009, 08:04
Forgot to add - nice car in the BEST/fastest colour  :wink:

Dan
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: No Golf Clubs at all on 13 June 2009, 08:10
You might try ESP powder coating, they've got a web page just google them. They're in Glasgow somewhere, haven't used them myself but my tyre guy recommended them to me when I took off the r32 reps. To refurb and sell.  Just not got round to it yet.

http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?p=additional&n=1&id=SB0002532255000010 (http://sitebuilder.yell.com/sb/show.do?p=additional&n=1&id=SB0002532255000010)
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: neo66 on 13 June 2009, 10:26
More pics plz! we're pic perverts here!!! :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: the dude on 13 June 2009, 12:09
very nice mate,
As said, more pics needed,
I too have the 17's, they need refurbing, but as they cost so much to do I am just selling them and gettting a tidy set of 18s off e bay,
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Mark Hateley FF on 14 June 2009, 13:22
As  :rolleyes: mate look like 17''.Check size on tyre wall. :wink:

Defo 18" mate.

I thought that after they were re-painted by the garage i bout them from.
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Cass on 14 June 2009, 14:22
As  :rolleyes: mate look like 17''.Check size on tyre wall. :wink:

Defo 18" mate.

I thought that after they were re-painted by the garage i bout them from.

Shocking (and cheap) way to treat 18" Monza II's  :shocked:

Take it you bought the car from an independent garage and not a VW dealer.

Cass 
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: sambo on 14 June 2009, 15:02
A place near me would charge £48 + vat per wheel to strip, paint, diamond cut and then laquer them, but i'm down the other end of the country.

The only thing to have to worry about is if there a huge gashes in them which has been filled with body filler or similar. They can be fixed but would need the filler removing, welding/filling the gashes, then running over with the diamond cut. Sometimes you can see an ever so slight variation in colour where they have been welded but you would have to look hard.

Welding would add to the refurb charge though.

HTH Sam
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Mark Hateley FF on 14 June 2009, 15:58
As  :rolleyes: mate look like 17''.Check size on tyre wall. :wink:

Defo 18" mate.

I thought that after they were re-painted by the garage i bout them from.

Shocking (and cheap) way to treat 18" Monza II's  :shocked:

Take it you bought the car from an independent garage and not a VW dealer.

Cass 

Yeah it was Phoniex at Paisley i bought it from and they arent a Volkswagen dealer.

The saleman said that they should look similar, i didnt think too much at the time as i was getting a good set of wheels (18") and when i saw it when i was picking it up i thought the bastards had changed it to the 17" wheels :angry:


I'll just have to deal with it until i have a scuff on it and that gives me a reason to get themz repainted to the orginal way they were :smiley:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: No Golf Clubs at all on 14 June 2009, 19:13
Have a drive out to ESP and see what they say....tbh we cant tell that much from your pic, fancy putting closer and better lit pics up to get an idea of how shabbily Pheonix have treated them?
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Mark Hateley FF on 14 June 2009, 23:05
Have a drive out to ESP and see what they say....tbh we cant tell that much from your pic, fancy putting closer and better lit pics up to get an idea of how shabbily Pheonix have treated them?

Yeah mate, i'll take some pics tomorrow and upload them  :wink:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: AlanD on 15 June 2009, 08:56
Welcome to the forum !

Im sorry but they are def 17 ! Are you SURE it says 18 on the tyres?
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: smartypants on 15 June 2009, 10:17
Welcome to the forum !

Im sorry but they are def 17 ! Are you SURE it says 18 on the tyres?

I'm glad someone else is thinking that!

They are most definitely 17s, I have 17s... the clue is the tyre wall

Some comparisons (mine first, 18s last)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/2i0uc03.jpg) (http://i42.tinypic.com/s3ipeg.jpg) (http://i43.tinypic.com/2zdpt8i.jpg)
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: Mark Hateley FF on 15 June 2009, 21:04
Welcome to the forum !

Im sorry but they are def 17 ! Are you SURE it says 18 on the tyres?

I'm glad someone else is thinking that!

They are most definitely 17s, I have 17s... the clue is the tyre wall


Smarty pants by user name but not in general.

(http://i41.tinypic.com/t0p6ip.jpg)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/ngsuwn.jpg)

(http://i44.tinypic.com/2akbtxw.jpg)
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: neo66 on 15 June 2009, 22:17
He did say at the begining they have been re done!
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: AlanD on 15 June 2009, 22:24
Never doubted you  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: sambo on 15 June 2009, 22:49
sorry to hijack, you get my PM alan?  :undecided: computer crashed just after not sure it went through..
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: smartypants on 16 June 2009, 00:45
I stand corrected!

Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: DanoGTI on 17 June 2009, 17:48
Had me fooled too - not that THAT is too difficult :wink:  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Interesting mod though - an 18" (subjectively more desirable) wheel, made to look like a 17" WOW!!


Still looks good though :smiley:

DAn
Title: Re: Bought a Golf Gti MK5
Post by: sambo on 17 June 2009, 17:51
Wonder what some 18" monza's painted anthicite would look like, not to keen on the polished monza2 finish, bit to much bling, but the general shape suits the mk5 nicely..  :huh:

Sam