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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Das Auto on 11 January 2010, 16:17
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Just wondering what are the dangers of fitting replica alloys to my mk 6 gti ??
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can i damage my car
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these are the ones i want to buy
http://www.merseyspeed.co.uk/index.php/replica-wheels/vw/18-/black-monza/p_135.html
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Had a couple sets of BBS LM replicas. I had a terrible vibration when i fitted them as soon i went over 50mph, I thought it was because they hadn't been balanced correctly but found out down the line it was because they hadn't come with spiggot rings which make the alloy sit nicely on the hub.
So make sure if they need spiggot rings that they come with some (cost me another £20 and a few days' hunting some down on the net)
Also after 6 months the polished outer's on the Lm's started to get the dreaded white worm even after cleaning them all the time.Also notice more M.P.G with them being more heavy than genuine alloys.Definatley wouldnt get anymore replica's
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these are the ones i want to buy
http://www.merseyspeed.co.uk/index.php/replica-wheels/vw/18-/black-monza/p_135.html
The black monza's in this link are on offer in my local stealer for £500 / Reduced from £1100!
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whats your local stealer and are they genuwine or replicas ??
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whats your local stealer and are they genuwine or replicas ??
Been to get some work done under warranty today and they have one on display (looked exactly like the one in the link) and i sign above them with the price on it.
18" genuine alloys at Lookers VW Teeside(Middlesbrough). Im sure ive also read a thread about them in the MK5 section from someone else that noticed them.
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these are the ones i want to buy
http://www.merseyspeed.co.uk/index.php/replica-wheels/vw/18-/black-monza/p_135.html
The black monza's in this link are on offer in my local stealer for £500 / Reduced from £1100!
Thanks for that are you sure that they are 500 because i have just rang them and they told me 650 nice find tho :smug:
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these are the ones i want to buy
http://www.merseyspeed.co.uk/index.php/replica-wheels/vw/18-/black-monza/p_135.html
The black monza's in this link are on offer in my local stealer for £500 / Reduced from £1100!
Thanks for that are you sure that they are 500 because i have just rang them and they told me 650 nice find tho :smug:
Will check on weds when i pick the car up!
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let us know if they are still there for £500 bucks.
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There are plenty of replicas made in the same factory as the genuine items, but its pot luck as to what you can get.
Some replicas will be the same offset, the same alloy, same casting, same weight etc and even the same QC checks. Ideally you want soem that are TUV stamped/apporved particularly if you plan to go to Germany anywhere near a race track. Local police are stopping UK cars to check any apendages are TUV approved , so no cheap bodykits or alloys allowed !
Others will be inferior catings, different offsets (might foul/rub, or just cause tramlining if the offset ET value is 10 or more lower than the factory ones), poor paint quality etc etc.
As already stated you pays ya money.