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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: jonnygo on 08 July 2010, 17:57
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Hello GTIsters
Tonight I scratched my immaculate Monza shadows. (far side front wheel) The crunch from hitting the kerb at speed was awful but the scratch marks are not shockingly bad.
Does anyone know of a way I can make them better without getting them done professionally?
cheers
Jonny
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I'm not sure where your located but spit and polish as below are the guys I know the dealers down my way use for repairing Monza's shadows.
Got a feeling its about £90 quid a wheel
SPIT AND POLISH
UNIT 12B SOVEREIGN WAY TONBRIDGE KENT TN9 1RS.
TEL: 01732 367771
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I'm not sure where your located but spit and polish as below are the guys I know the dealers down my way use for repairing Monza's shadows.
Got a feeling its about £90 quid a wheel
SPIT AND POLISH
UNIT 12B SOVEREIGN WAY TONBRIDGE KENT TN9 1RS.
TEL: 01732 367771
I am in dispute with these guys over refurbing my monza shadows so avoid.........shocking customer service so far and a pi$$ poor job
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I'm not sure where your located but spit and polish as below are the guys I know the dealers down my way use for repairing Monza's shadows.
Got a feeling its about £90 quid a wheel
SPIT AND POLISH
UNIT 12B SOVEREIGN WAY TONBRIDGE KENT TN9 1RS.
TEL: 01732 367771
I am in dispute with these guys over refurbing my monza shadows so avoid.........shocking customer service so far and a pi$$ poor job
Good to know. What have they done?
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Did a rubbish job, did them a second time and did an even worse job.
Really, avoid this company. Doing a bad job is one thing but their customer service in dealing with my complaints is just horrendous.
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I may just be selling all mine soon. So if anyone is interested in spares :wink:
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Did a rubbish job, did them a second time and did an even worse job.
Really, avoid this company. Doing a bad job is one thing but their customer service in dealing with my complaints is just horrendous.
Thats good to know mate. God I feel bad now for suggesting someone else use them.
p.s. What did you do after the second time round try another firm?
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Did a rubbish job, did them a second time and did an even worse job.
Really, avoid this company. Doing a bad job is one thing but their customer service in dealing with my complaints is just horrendous.
How horrible. Can you go somewhere else to get the job done satisfactorily?
I've got to give my car into the bodyshop tomorrow to get a dented bonnet fixed. They will probably wreck the car.
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Hello GTIsters
Tonight I scratched my immaculate Monza shadows. (far side front wheel) The crunch from hitting the kerb at speed was awful but the scratch marks are not shockingly bad.
Does anyone know of a way I can make them better without getting them done professionally?
cheers
Jonny
Jonny, is the scratch just on the laquer finish, or is it down to the metal of the alloy ?
Reason I'm asking is that a detailer could repair this with filling the scratch with laquer and machine polishing it out for you.
If its in the metal then you'll need a more professional repair done.
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Did a rubbish job, did them a second time and did an even worse job.
Really, avoid this company. Doing a bad job is one thing but their customer service in dealing with my complaints is just horrendous.
How horrible. Can you go somewhere else to get the job done satisfactorily?
I've got to give my car into the bodyshop tomorrow to get a dented bonnet fixed. They will probably wreck the car.
No I still need to get them done somewhere else but am very unhappy with Spit and Polish. If they bothered to reply to my emails then I wouldn't resort to commenting about their poor service but they haven't really given me an option.
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
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Did a rubbish job, did them a second time and did an even worse job.
Really, avoid this company. Doing a bad job is one thing but their customer service in dealing with my complaints is just horrendous.
How horrible. Can you go somewhere else to get the job done satisfactorily?
I've got to give my car into the bodyshop tomorrow to get a dented bonnet fixed. They will probably wreck the car.
No I still need to get them done somewhere else but am very unhappy with Spit and Polish. If they bothered to reply to my emails then I wouldn't resort to commenting about their poor service but they haven't really given me an option.
Do these companies not realise that a bad reference in a forum such as this could have a negative effect on their business?
Or do they not care?
Or are they so secure in their knowledge that there is no competition?
Beggars belief.
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There's not many companies doing diamond cut but really, these guys were just terrible, I can't begin to list the defects.
It took them nearly a week to reply to an email and now they have stopped communicating altogether even tough I have been polite and professional.
Still, I reckon I've already put a few people off so how will be the losers?? Not me......
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There's not many companies doing diamond cut but really, these guys were just terrible, I can't begin to list the defects.
It took them nearly a week to reply to an email and now they have stopped communicating altogether even tough I have been polite and professional.
Still, I reckon I've already put a few people off so how will be the losers?? Not me......
Put me off 100%.
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There's not many companies doing diamond cut but really, these guys were just terrible, I can't begin to list the defects.
It took them nearly a week to reply to an email and now they have stopped communicating altogether even tough I have been polite and professional.
Still, I reckon I've already put a few people off so how will be the losers?? Not me......
Put me off 100%.
Best solution: Don't kerb 'em! :grin:
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There's not many companies doing diamond cut but really, these guys were just terrible, I can't begin to list the defects.
It took them nearly a week to reply to an email and now they have stopped communicating altogether even tough I have been polite and professional.
Still, I reckon I've already put a few people off so how will be the losers?? Not me......
Put me off 100%.
Best solution: Don't kerb 'em! :grin:
It's a constant worry.
At present I have a bloody big dent on my bonnet which is making me feel sick. :cry: :sick: 100% my stupid fault.
Hope the bodyshop does not bugger other parts of the car.
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
Mmm padawan you say..... a jedi you will be! I've started putting jetseal on mine since you said it, works a treat and helps with the day to day grime awesome but i'm always twitchy when parkin, waiting for that scrape! :sick:
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
Mmm padawan you say..... a jedi you will be! I've started putting jetseal on mine since you said it, works a treat and helps with the day to day grime awesome but i'm always twitchy when parkin, waiting for that scrape! :sick:
Jetseal should be awarded the medal of honour for the protection it gives :grin:
I've been putting jetseal inside my exhaust now... no I've not been drinking, but if you do this, when you polish up the outside of the exhausts you can then just wipe away the sh!t from the inside too :grin: and they come up gleaming. quite why I'm telling you this I dont know. Ok I may have had a beer or two. :embarassed: :smiley:
Don't think about the scrape, it will only make you have nightmares. hehe.
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
Mmm padawan you say..... a jedi you will be! I've started putting jetseal on mine since you said it, works a treat and helps with the day to day grime awesome but i'm always twitchy when parkin, waiting for that scrape! :sick:
Jetseal should be awarded the medal of honour for the protection it gives :grin:
I've been putting jetseal inside my exhaust now... no I've not been drinking, but if you do this, when you polish up the outside of the exhausts you can then just wipe away the sh!t from the inside too :grin: and they come up gleaming. quite why I'm telling you this I dont know. Ok I may have had a beer or two. :embarassed: :smiley:
Don't think about the scrape, it will only make you have nightmares. hehe.
Sweet! i'll do it next time it gets a bath, Drink up! :wink:
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
Mmm padawan you say..... a jedi you will be! I've started putting jetseal on mine since you said it, works a treat and helps with the day to day grime awesome but i'm always twitchy when parkin, waiting for that scrape! :sick:
Jetseal should be awarded the medal of honour for the protection it gives :grin:
I've been putting jetseal inside my exhaust now... no I've not been drinking, but if you do this, when you polish up the outside of the exhausts you can then just wipe away the sh!t from the inside too :grin: and they come up gleaming. quite why I'm telling you this I dont know. Ok I may have had a beer or two. :embarassed: :smiley:
Don't think about the scrape, it will only make you have nightmares. hehe.
Sweet! i'll do it next time it gets a bath, Drink up! :wink:
It's probably best I slow down, I get proper randy on drink. I'll end up having phone sex with aw1m and regretting it in the morning or spend the next 4 hrs looking for granny pron on the interweb. It's not good.
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No chance Kev. Too pooped to pop. Too bloody upset with my prang. Think it is worse than it looks. Ther trailing edge of the nearside front wing is too proud of the leading edge of the door. Am sure it was not like this. Will know tomorrow when I take it into the bloodysh!t to get it fixed. Really upset. But thanks for the thought. :wink:
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You planning a future in detailing kev? you seem to have really got into it, good man.... i'll be askin you soon instead of dan and guy! :wink:
ref the refurb i'd always thought it was almost impossible to get the shadows done right if it's the metal thats damaged, they're doesn't seem to be many forum members with happy endings.
Yeah I love detailing. I learn nearly every day, do lots of reading and lots of practise. I know my polishing machines well now and the limits of both. Really like the rotary, when before I was sh!t scared of it lol. But to answer your question, no, not a career for me I'm afraid. I'll just help friends & family etc. Dan and Guy are really good, lots of experience between them. I'm just a padwan :grin:
The shadows are a nightmare, if they are never touched they gleam, if they get scratched you can notice it a mile off. I had a hairline scratch on mine.... I used VW Karlack (clear coat) to fill it, a little jiggery pokery and used my dual action machine polisher on a low setting to blend it in, it worked a treat and you can never tell it was there.
I really wouldnt know what to do if the metal got scratched. As you say, if other members dont have happy endings then it may just be a matter of get a repair done 'get it as best you can' then live with it.
Mmm padawan you say..... a jedi you will be! I've started putting jetseal on mine since you said it, works a treat and helps with the day to day grime awesome but i'm always twitchy when parkin, waiting for that scrape! :sick:
Jetseal should be awarded the medal of honour for the protection it gives :grin:
I've been putting jetseal inside my exhaust now... no I've not been drinking, but if you do this, when you polish up the outside of the exhausts you can then just wipe away the sh!t from the inside too :grin: and they come up gleaming. quite why I'm telling you this I dont know. Ok I may have had a beer or two. :embarassed: :smiley:
Don't think about the scrape, it will only make you have nightmares. hehe.
Sweet! i'll do it next time it gets a bath, Drink up! :wink:
It's probably best I slow down, I get proper randy on drink. I'll end up having phone sex with aw1m and regretting it in the morning or spend the next 4 hrs looking for granny pron on the interweb. It's not good.
Slow down..........definatly slow down! :grin:
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No chance Kev. Too pooped to pop. Too bloody upset with my prang. Think it is worse than it looks. Ther trailing edge of the nearside front wing is too proud of the leading edge of the door. Am sure it was not like this. Will know tomorrow when I take it into the bloodysh!t to get it fixed. Really upset. But thanks for the thought. :wink:
Are you saying that the wing has moved? i thought it was just a dent the size of a 5p??
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No chance Kev. Too pooped to pop. Too bloody upset with my prang. Think it is worse than it looks. Ther trailing edge of the nearside front wing is too proud of the leading edge of the door. Am sure it was not like this. Will know tomorrow when I take it into the bloodysh!t to get it fixed. Really upset. But thanks for the thought. :wink:
Are you saying that the wing has moved? i thought it was just a dent the size of a 5p??
The dent is there but the gaps between wing and door on both sides are the same. However, the nearside wing edge is slightly further out than the door edge. Maybe it was like this all along and I did not notice it, though I doubt it. If the wing has moved then it is an insurance job. However, the prang happened when I was moving at a snail's pace.
PS: Maybe the door needs re-hanging :rolleyes:
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No chance Kev. Too pooped to pop. Too bloody upset with my prang. Think it is worse than it looks. Ther trailing edge of the nearside front wing is too proud of the leading edge of the door. Am sure it was not like this. Will know tomorrow when I take it into the bloodysh!t to get it fixed. Really upset. But thanks for the thought. :wink:
Are you saying that the wing has moved? i thought it was just a dent the size of a 5p??
The dent is there but the gaps between wing and door on both sides are the same. However, the nearside wing edge is slightly further out than the door edge. Maybe it was like this all along and I did not notice it, though I doubt it. If the wing has moved then it is an insurance job. However, the prang happened when I was moving at a snail's pace.
Hmm, dificult to picture, good luck and keep us posted. :smiley:
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No chance Kev. Too pooped to pop. Too bloody upset with my prang. Think it is worse than it looks. Ther trailing edge of the nearside front wing is too proud of the leading edge of the door. Am sure it was not like this. Will know tomorrow when I take it into the bloodysh!t to get it fixed. Really upset. But thanks for the thought. :wink:
Are you saying that the wing has moved? i thought it was just a dent the size of a 5p??
The dent is there but the gaps between wing and door on both sides are the same. However, the nearside wing edge is slightly further out than the door edge. Maybe it was like this all along and I did not notice it, though I doubt it. If the wing has moved then it is an insurance job. However, the prang happened when I was moving at a snail's pace.
Hmm, dificult to picture, good luck and keep us posted. :smiley:
Thanks. :smiley:
Will do.
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Another place you guys could try is Lepsons
http://www.lepsons.com/
I'm fairly sure they refurb Monza's and my dad had some AC Schnitzer alloys of his BMW refurbed there, which came back perfect.
Keeping Monza's tip top is a nightmare, that's why I'm looking for set of winter alloys at the moment. I've been offered a set of mint interlagos alloys with tyres for £650-00 but I can't make my mind up about them on the Golf at the moment.
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I have a photo but unsure how to upload?
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Upload it to www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com) then place the url photobucket gives you into the this thread and then highlight it then select "insert Image" icon.
Look here (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0) for more details
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If you just want to see a GTI with Interlagos wheels, look at Frogs on here.
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success! I uploaded my pic.
Now. Does anyone think I can somehow rub these marks out?
Problem with Monza shadows as per previous threads is that they are so prone to marking. there is no rim so damage is usually all the way across the wheel.
I bought my MK6 with bad scratches on 2 wheels but negotiated with VW that they sort them out and they did a really good job to be fair. they also removed a nasty deep scrtach in the rear bumper where, presumably the VW dealership manager had been placing his spiked golf shoes ready for a round!
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Oh and while we are on the subject of wheels. What tyres are good for Monza 18s? Should I go back to vW or Kwikfit or who?
Thanks
Jonny
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Does anyone think I can somehow rub these marks out?
Doesn't look like you've got much to lose by trying. Start by rubbing down and then reduce grit size to bring the polish back. Clear lacquer them by blending in and then machine polish to improve the finish. If it goes tits up you've got to refurb anyway.
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Oh and while we are on the subject of wheels. What tyres are good for Monza 18s? Should I go back to vW or Kwikfit or who?
Thanks
Jonny
Pilot Sports or Goodyear eagle f1 assym are the only tyres I would run on my golf :cool:
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Oh and while we are on the subject of wheels. What tyres are good for Monza 18s? Should I go back to vW or Kwikfit or who?
Thanks
Jonny
Pilot Sports or Goodyear eagle f1 assym are the only tyres I would run on my golf :cool:
I agree 100%. I have driven a Golf with the Goodyears. So quiet and such precise handling.
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Oh and while we are on the subject of wheels. What tyres are good for Monza 18s? Should I go back to vW or Kwikfit or who?
Thanks
Jonny
Pilot Sports or Goodyear eagle f1 assym are the only tyres I would run on my golf :cool:
I agree 100%. I have driven a Golf with the Goodyears. So quiet and such precise handling.
Before anyone says... not so great in winter. They are about as good as any other tyres would be in winter.
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Very, very impressed so far with the Vredestein Sessanta's, feel better than the Pilot Sport 3's already and look very smart.
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Very, very impressed so far with the Vredestein Sessanta's, feel better than the Pilot Sport 3's already and look very smart.
I have looked at these previously... seem like good value for the price I have to say. How do they compare to the F1 assyms Gossa??
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Very, very impressed so far with the Vredestein Sessanta's, feel better than the Pilot Sport 3's already and look very smart.
I have looked at these previously... seem like good value for the price I have to say. How do they compare to the F1 assyms Gossa??
Haven't had them before mate but quiter and more compliant around town than the PS3's and bags of grips so far but I would want to try them in winter before giving them a final verdict. So far, very impressed and don't let the price put you off.
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I'm probably going to have a local specialist do my BBS alloys on the Mk2. Looked a decent outfit. I asked him about the Monzas and not even they do diamond cut alloys - basically he said they were a nightmare.
So all my mates who take the p*** saying "taxi to the kerb" every time I park up can continue with that all they want cos I'll be parking even further away from it now!!!!