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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Graeme4130 on 23 August 2011, 22:23
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Probably just like many of us, I'm always massively conciois that my lovely diamond faced 18" monza wheels are rather susceptible to keening and wondered if anyone on here has ever trieda set if these ;
http://www.alloygator.co.uk
Seems like a good idea, and though I'd be after black ones, they'd probably look good with the red stripe to match the gti trim too
Be interested to hear what people thought ?
Cheers
Graeme
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Just park away from the curb. :smiley:
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took a lovely chunk out of my tyre last week, wheel wasnt TOO bad but still nasty :cry:
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Just park away from the curb. :smiley:
Yeh but those kerb's can jump out on you :smiley:
In all fairness looking on the Aligator's website gallery they don't look half bad fitted. I'm not into these coloured striped ones though.
Black looks best imo.
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Chap near me has a set of red ones on his GTI and I must admit they look quite tidy and will be added to mine once refurbed.
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Terrible photos ahoy but hopefully gives you the idea (afraid mine are the 17" monzas):
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/St_Dante/IMG_20110607_161913.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/St_Dante/IMG_20110617_122234.jpg)
They're a bit marmite in the reaction I get - most people like them and have actually come up to me to comment on how well they set off the alloys (they go with the red calipers / grill trim / red & silver nurburging badge on rear), but one friend is not keen. Everyone can't deny they do the job though - was forced against a kerb on a narrow village road by an impatient truck within a week of ownership. Alloygator took the brunt of the damage. Not been able to perfectly restore with a stanley as they claim is possible, but still far better than £50 on refurbing the alloy...
(Edited with de-regged pics before some chimp wanders onto the forum to clone my reg. :D)
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With all due respect I think them red ones look ridiculous.
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No worries - I already acknowledged they're a matter of personal taste. I find tinted windows and dodgy 3rd party wheels similarly tacky but I wouldn't expect everyone else to go by my opinion - it'd be a pretty dull world if everyone thought the same. :)
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Amen brother.
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No worries - I already acknowledged they're a matter of personal taste. I find tinted windows and dodgy 3rd party wheels similarly tacky but I wouldn't expect everyone else to go by my opinion - it'd be a pretty dull world if everyone thought the same. :)
it gives us something to laugh at!
(http://uk-mkivs.net/store/Forums/16/527220/chav1.jpg)
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I think the lightning adds a sort of cool retro look to it.
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I think the lightning adds a sort of cool retro look to it.
back to the future-esque :cool:
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I'll go order some to go with the alloygators. :D
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Bought a set of black alloygators for my 18 inch pirellis. Saved me on a few occassions. I think they are a good job. :smiley:
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No worries - I already acknowledged they're a matter of personal taste. I find tinted windows and dodgy 3rd party wheels similarly tacky but I wouldn't expect everyone else to go by my opinion - it'd be a pretty dull world if everyone thought the same. :)
it gives us something to laugh at!
(http://uk-mkivs.net/store/Forums/16/527220/chav1.jpg)
...........no wonder Max Power went tits up. :grin:
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I take it back....
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/320665_293707677310457_100000136822346_1312809_2049274600_n.jpg)
That's what one looks like after it detaches partly on a motorway and starts lashing your (new) wing.
I had to park on the hard shoulder and rip the thing off.
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That is horrendous, did it do any damage to your wing? I think you would be better off taking your chances of kerbing them.
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Through some miracle (and I suspect also due to the gator being made of a nylon compound) the initial damage on the wing looked awful. However the next morning it literally rubbed off - turns out the damage was limited to some minor scratches on the alloy from where the gator had first made a bid for freedom - annoying given they'd just been refurbished, but much better than the alternative.
I jacked the car up and ripped the rest off the day afterwards. As you said it's better risking kerbing than needing a respray....
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With all due respect I think them red ones look ridiculous.
Didnt someone on her actually have a genuine set of Huffs like that?
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Its not uncommon to get black wheels with a red lip but the red lip looks like a red lip. Not like some gaffer tape around the wheel.
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(http://prodimages.freewebstore.org/78031/wwwcargoautoaccessoriescoukshopshopimagesproductsnormalboosterredjpg.jpg)