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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Neil gti on 13 April 2010, 17:53
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:cry:
Not happy, i went to a little village today to price a job up and an Artic was trying to get through the parked cars,
I pulled over to let him weave through, as he was getting upto me i could see that if i stayed where i was he was going to take the full side of my car out,
Only choice i had was to mount the kerb :angry: :angry:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/DSCN0461.jpg)
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ouch mate, that is horrible :sad:
know how you feel, done it twice with monzas - it hurts big time. :cry:
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Oooooh... nasty :cry:
Hopefully you can find a local repair man who can fix it for a reasonable price.
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ouch!!
atleast the rest of the car is ok neil... looks like it will be alot more simple to repair than a monza though :smiley:
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Yes thats 1 reason why i changed the Monzas (been there with the mk5)
New Monza £380
Wheel repair £30
No brainer in my eyes :wink:
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Very painfull!! I've done it too with ed30 alloys brand new in the first two weeks of getting the car!! I cried for a week :cry:! Hope you get it sorted soon steve
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Yes thats 1 reason why i changed the Monzas (been there with the mk5)
New Monza £380
Wheel repair £30
No brainer in my eyes :wink:
Yep... within a couple of years I am sure you will find yourself quids in :grin:
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Yes thats 1 reason why i changed the Monzas (been there with the mk5)
New Monza £380
Wheel repair £30
No brainer in my eyes :wink:
Yep... within a couple of years I am sure you will find yourself quids in :grin:
Got a price to do all 4 wheels cos a couple of them are stonechipped,
Repaint and satin laquer £100 (not laquered at mo and dirt just sticks like glue)
So the R32 wheels will be back on for a few days :rolleyes:
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Yes thats 1 reason why i changed the Monzas (been there with the mk5)
New Monza £380
Wheel repair £30
No brainer in my eyes :wink:
Yep... within a couple of years I am sure you will find yourself quids in :grin:
Got a price to do all 4 wheels cos a couple of them are stonechipped,
Repaint and satin laquer £100 (not laquered at mo and dirt just sticks like glue)
So the R32 wheels will be back on for a few days :rolleyes:
Thats a very reasonable price... get it done and them get em wrapped in cling film also just in case :grin: :grin:
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Ouch i can just imagine the look on your face as it happened :sad:
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I had to double check when I saw the photo, as it looks a totally different colour to the wheels in your sig.
Must just be the light in the close up.
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I had to double check when I saw the photo, as it looks a totally different colour to the wheels in your sig.
Must just be the light in the close up.
Yes def same wheels just in a different light,
That crunching noise as the wheel is grinding along the kerb edge is ahhhhhh :sad:
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That crunching noise as the wheel is grinding along the kerb edge is ahhhhhh :sad:
When you know that your stuck - and going forward or backwards is going to be equally as bad for the wheel!
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It is so effing awful when it happens. You feel so helpless and so peeved off.
Been there, done it many times, got/worn/lost all the bloody tea/tee shirts!
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seeing that photo makes me want to cry
i hope you can get something sorted out
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:cry:
Not happy, i went to a little village today to price a job up and an Artic was trying to get through the parked cars,
I pulled over to let him weave through, as he was getting upto me i could see that if i stayed where i was he was going to take the full side of my car out,
Only choice i had was to mount the kerb :angry: :angry:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/DSCN0461.jpg)
thats exactly what happened to my alloys- thou the extent of damage was minor. sorry mate. the sound from the alloys was the worst feeling i've had- you just knew you'd f'd the wheels.
luckily they were replaced when i had my crash.
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I shed a tear when I saw that, its horrible isnt it :(
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I shed a tear when I saw that, its horrible isnt it :(
Yep.. similar to what i though i.e. thats not poorly... thats foooooked :laugh:
tbf to Neil its often hard to see from pictures how much those rims stick out. If you struggle to keep your monzas kerb free, then you have no chance with those sexy rims!! :embarassed:
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Took all four wheels off today and fitted the R32 wheels again (is it winter ?)
had a good look at the kerbed wheel not as bad as it looks and no its not fooooked :grin:
Getting all four re done this week, so be all posh again :tongue: especially when Leds are fitted aswell,
Watch this space for pics :rolleyes:
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Glad its not as bad as it looks. Sorry to see this had happened :sad: I hope the referb makes them better than new. :smiley:
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Glad its not as bad as it looks. Sorry to see this had happened :sad: I hope the referb makes them better than new. :smiley:
They will be better than before, the factory paint on them is thinner than vws paint :grin:
Very easy stone chipped and showing orangey coloured primer through them :angry:
thats why all four have been removed and also getting them laquered in a satin finish :cool:
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:smiley:
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Not liking the temporary look :embarassed: :embarassed:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/DSCN0467.jpg)
Getting these wheels done the same colour as the Vwrs once they have refurbed them :cool:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
You greedy b!tch! You've got 4! :laugh:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Agree thats a much nicer alloy than the other one's!! Very nice :cool:
Yea not sold on the flaps, reminds me of somthing else???? :smug:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
You greedy b!tch! You've got 4! :laugh:
Just the front flaps :grin:
and not got any on my front bum :laugh:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
You greedy b!tch! You've got 4! :laugh:
Just the front flaps :grin:
and not got any on my front bum :laugh:
Two flaps as it should be and as nature intended!
And a very exposed rear botty as not intended by nature!
:grin:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
You greedy b!tch! You've got 4! :laugh:
Just the front flaps :grin:
and not got any on my front bum :laugh:
Two flaps as it should be and as nature intended!
And a very exposed rear botty as not intended by nature!
:grin:
A bare red botty reminds me of my schooldays, bring back the slipper and the cane i say :smug:
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Love the wheel, hate the flap! :wink:
Can't beat a nice pair of flaps :wink:
You greedy b!tch! You've got 4! :laugh:
Just the front flaps :grin:
and not got any on my front bum :laugh:
Two flaps as it should be and as nature intended!
And a very exposed rear botty as not intended by nature!
:grin:
A bare red botty reminds me of my schooldays, bring back the slipper and the cane i say :smug:
Oooh and Aaah! Flagilation! Those were the days my friend! :lipsrsealed:
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My damaged wheel has risen back from the dead :smiley:
Only to find a nail in the tyre and losing pressure :angry:
Get it fixed tomorrow and put them back on again, fully refurbed and as good as new :smiley:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/007.jpg)
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Sweet...
Looking good.
My rears have a nice stone chip peppered effect with white primer showing.
A trip to the powder coaters come the bad weather methinks.
Give them a proper hard wearing coating.
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My damaged wheel has risen back from the dead :smiley:
Only to find a nail in the tyre and losing pressure :angry:
Get it fixed tomorrow and put them back on again, fully refurbed and as good as new :smiley:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/007.jpg)
That wheel is jinxed. Sorry to hear this.
Soo beautiful, though.
Hate you more and more when I see those pictures. :wink:
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Yes thats what they need to give them a bit more protection, mine now have a few layers of paint and matte laquered so shouldn't chip as easy now :wink:
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My damaged wheel has risen back from the dead :smiley:
Only to find a nail in the tyre and losing pressure :angry:
Get it fixed tomorrow and put them back on again, fully refurbed and as good as new :smiley:
That wheel is jinxed. Sorry to hear this.
Soo beautiful, though.
Hate you more and more when I see those pictures. :wink:
:kiss: don't be like that :smiley:
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Neil: You know I don't mean it. :smiley:
Just a teeny weeny bit jealous. :wink:
Really think they are the best of the best! :smiley:
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Neil: You know I don't mean it. :smiley:
Just a teeny weeny bit jealous. :wink:
Really think they are the best of the best! :smiley:
:smiley: i know you was only joking :wink:
I also found out that there is a name etched into one of the spokes on the face of each wheel, that has been filled :angry: :angry:
I have seen a pic of these somewhere it says something like KAMIE (or something like that)
the bodyshop found it while they where rubbing them down :angry:
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:smiley: i know you was only joking :wink:
I also found out that there is a name etched into one of the spokes on the face of each wheel, that has been filled :angry: :angry:
I have seen a pic of these somewhere it says something like KAMIE (or something like that)
the bodyshop found it while they where rubbing them down :angry:
How much did they rub off, silly sods!
Don't they think just a little bit?
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:smiley: i know you was only joking :wink:
I also found out that there is a name etched into one of the spokes on the face of each wheel, that has been filled :angry: :angry:
I have seen a pic of these somewhere it says something like KAMIE (or something like that)
the bodyshop found it while they where rubbing them down :angry:
How much did they rub off, silly sods!
Don't they think just a little bit?
No its just under the surface of the paint, i have seen these wheels with the logo showing on a site somewhere,
vwr must have filled the name in and selling as there own :angry:
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No its just under the surface of the paint, i have seen these wheels with the logo showing on a site somewhere,
vwr must have filled the name in and selling as there own :angry:
Can they be obtained at a more ecomomical price from the original manufacturer, I wonder?
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Flashpoint.
That's where I saw them first, before VWR.
(http://www.stratmosphere.com/fp_wheel_hyper.jpg)
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Yes, they can...but with shipping and taxes, it comes out pretty much even, if not dearer.
I did enquire...and ended up goung with VWR as they had them on offer at a decent price (mine were from the same batch as Neils)
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Now I hate you both! ....In the nicest possible way, ofcourse. :wink:
Lucky sods.
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Yes thats the picture i was looking for, they have just filled the name in and painted them
http://www.stratmosphere.com/flashpoint_wheels.htm
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I do just love the VXR's on Neil's car; gorge.
Ava
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Looking great. I just touched a kerb the other day when parking & the rim protecters are fcuking crap,Vredestein ultrac sessanta.Very tiny mark but i know it's there. :cry:
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So all they did was fill the flashpoint label :sad:
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So all they did was fill the flashpoint label :sad:
Yes snoops thats all they have done, well with the batch that i got anyway :angry:
Not sure if they are still doing it, i would be none the wiser if the bodyshop hadn't pointed ot out :rolleyes:
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Wheels now fully refurbed, puncture repaired and now back on the old girl and looking sexy again :smiley:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/DSCN0461.jpg)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/007.jpg)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/001-1.jpg)
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Who forgot to put tyre black on the bottom part of his front mudflaps, then? :wink:
Nice wheel repair, though :smiley:
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Looks awesome Neil.
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Nice looks better than new, Would have looked better silver fitted on my car though :grin: :evil: :wink: