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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Rolfe on 15 June 2010, 20:14
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How do you guys avoid kerbing your alloys, like, EVER? Especially when you have half an inch less clearance on the Shadows?
These Monzas seem unusually easy to damage, even the standard ones. I don't remember the Peugeot's alloys being so easily damaged, though after almost 12 years they did have their knocks I have to say.
The thing is, I don't really care. Much. (So long as I don't total one the way I did one of the Peugeot's, one potholed morning.) But if I'd paid an extra £450 for them, I'd be right hacked off.
Rolfe.
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I think the sidewall height of the pugs was also higher than the 17" monzas as mine don't seem that tall. Iinearly got one of mine today just getting onto the workshop ramp and in 27 years of driving onto that ramp i have never managed to damage an alloy. The way the tyres don't stick over the alloy does not help either. Or the lack of any side edging.
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.... Or the lack of any side edging.
The Bridgestone tyres on my 18" Monza Shadows have protective rims which have got me out of trouble thrice so far. :smiley:
It really does not matter whether one has paid the extra money for the much better looking Monza Shadows or not. However, what is pertinent is the embarrassment one should feel driving a car with kerbed alloys.
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You're going to tell us how you avoid that, then? :cool:
Rolfe.
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You're going to tell us how you avoid that, then? :cool:
Rolfe.
Dont drive near kerbs i would say :grin:
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You're going to tell us how you avoid that, then? :cool:
Rolfe.
Learn to drive :wink:
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You're going to tell us how you avoid that, then? :cool:
Rolfe.
Dont drive near kerbs i would say :grin:
...... and therefore become a more careful and better parker. You should alaways park approximately 6" from a kerb to aid manoeuvrability for safely getting in and out of parking spaces and subsequently avoid kerbing your alloys. :cool:
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It's not just about parking though. Paragon or not, I'd really like to know how you never get a mark on these things.
Rolfe.
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It's not just about parking though. Paragon or not, I'd really like to know how you never get a mark on these things.
Rolfe.
Luck and skill. :cool:
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I never kerb my wheels by keeping a good distance from the car in front to give me more time to dodge urban craters and park miles away from the kerb(People think I can't park!)
I also protect my wheels by washing it every week and applying sealant on it every month
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I never kerb my wheels by keeping a good distance from the car in front to give me more time to dodge urban craters and park miles away from the kerb(People think I can't park!)
I also protect my wheels by washing it every week and applying sealant on it every month
I thought I had OCD! :rolleyes: :smiley:
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Im terrible! Something that even pills, CBT or pretty woman can't help!
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Im terrible! Something that even pills, CBT or pretty woman can't help!
You are not. Perfectly normal IMO. :cool:
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>>How do you guys avoid kerbing your alloys, like, EVER? Especially when you have half an inch less clearance on the Shadows?
It helps if you don't live in London. Some of the spaces I've had to get mine into without damaging them, I've actually insisted on having my wife walk round the car to admire my work. Sometimes she humours me, most of the time she tells me to stop being a saddo. :grin:
Actually, I did kerb one of my wheels, it was a slight scratch on driver side front, very minor but I caught an edge on a granite kerb that had fallen forward and when I reversed in, didn't see it but caught it when I pulled forward to straighten up. I wasn't even tight to kerb and just thought I'd gone over road debris or something. Felt :sick:
What are the best tyres for offering a little protection, I feel I would have been spared with a little more tyre wall. Currently running factory fitted 17" Michelins.
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10 month in and 8000 miles and not one scratch.
Fantastic wheels, look great and just wipe clean.
All look like new.
I think Rolfe is in denial and actually wished he had specced them.
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I think Rolfe is in denial and actually wished he had specced them.
Rolfe is a lady. And that's the problem: if she were a man, she wouldn't kerb the wheels :grin:
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I think Rolfe is in denial and actually wished he had specced them.
Rolfe is a lady. And that's the problem: if she were a man, she wouldn't kerb the wheels :grin:
It's mainly to do with hand/eye cordination :evil:
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I'm really glad I took the Monza II. They looked a lot better in the flesh. Mine is almost 2 months old 9300km. Just had a 6400km euro trip from Norway to Italy and back. Monza II still in perfect condition. :) I treat them the same way as the paint work. My wheels get waxed and polished. I love that they are extremely easy to keep clean and they look great. They are also quite unique here in Norway. I haven't seen any other car with Monza's.
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I've noticed on mine that I've managed to get scratches that must have come from stones or something, actually on the polished part of the rim :sad:
I guess I'll need to get them refurbed at some point perhaps... just to get that shiny feel back.
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Men, women, young boys and young girls love them.
You can take your pick to satisfy your inclinations! :evil: :laugh:
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As most have said, learn to drive, dont cut corners, take wider turns and dont park 2 mm from the kerb. To be honest, Monza's or not, if you kerb any alloy its gonna be ruined to some extent.
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I think the large width of the mk6 does not help. As i said earlier putting it on the workshop 4 post ramp i had to widen it to further an i have for most luxury A8 size cars in the past!
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Just washed my mk6 and noticed a couple of quite large stone chips out of each rear alloy. I would be :cry: now if i had the monza shadows and i know what would come next.
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Just washed my mk6 and noticed a couple of quite large stone chips out of each rear alloy. I would be :cry: now if i had the monza shadows and i know what would come next.
That's exactly what happened to me... and I nearly did cry.. I need to get them off, cleaned and get some sealant on them as soon as I get home I think
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Just washed my mk6 and noticed a couple of quite large stone chips out of each rear alloy. I would be :cry: now if i had the monza shadows and i know what would come next.
I really cannot follow the logic behind the topic titel..................why not buy a scratched and dented MK VI straight away....costs less and you are homefree..... :wink:
I myself rather see a scratched Porsche driving by than a brand new Opel.... :cool:
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.....I really cannot follow the logic behind the topic titel..................
I can. :wink:
Sour grapes! :evil: