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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: mkviken on 13 September 2012, 21:07
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i got a new replacement wheel and tyre today from the dealership.
i decided not to fit the wheel yet - i applied 3x coats of wheel sealant and dressed the tyres then hid it in the wardrobe for now :laugh:
im going to leave the 'old' scratched wheel on for the now and will either keep it as a spare or sell one of the wheels on.
anyone know how much it costs to refurb monza shadows and how successful are they? the scratch is fairly small, i touched it up with black paint an clear lacquer and its not too bad but not perfect obviously.
cant decide whether to wait till old tyre is knackered then fit new wheel/tyre so i only have to pay for 1 new tyre when the time comes or just refurb my old wheel and sell the brand new wheel and tyre.
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If you search on that other forum a place in Newcastle and a place in Sunderland have had good reviews for doing them. At least if it local you can take it back if they screw up.
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I'm surprised the dealership didn't ask for your old wheel back and/or only offer to refurb your wheel. Well played! :cool:
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I refurbed my Monza shadows for £85 each, looked perfect and a year later they are like new. You would never tell they had been done.
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If you search on that other forum a place in Newcastle and a place in Sunderland have had good reviews for doing them. At least if it local you can take it back if they screw up.
I've used SEM in Sunderland before and they're really good but wasn't sure if they did diamond polishing. Had a look on their website and it says they do so I think I will give them a try.
They're on holiday I think but will take it in next week. I'm hoping they can just do a spot repair rather than strip the whole wheel but as long as it looks OEM I'm not really bothered.
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AFter 3 years of parking miles from the kerb I did my front offside the other week. Not a major scrape but I know it's there so want to get it sorted at some point.
Harrogate VW quoted £120 for a refurbed wheel i.e. they send it off to a company whose name escapes me at the moment and I get a refurbed one rather than my own. They've not contacted me in nearly a month so they can get lost. This by the way was the same company my local Wheel Specialist said they would use as they can't do diamond polished alloys. They quoted £120 plus VAT so are even more.
Donny VW have a chap who does wheels for them who quoted £50 to "touch it up". It won't be perfect but will be better than it is a the moment. So might consider him at some point unless there are proper refurbers out there who can beat £120 which clearly there are.
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Ken, if the damaged wheel isn't too bad, I'd wait until you need tyres, so that you only need to buy one tyre, then sell it. I'm sure that there are plenty of people with really battered wheels that would happily buy a better one rather than having to buy a new one or risk a dodgy refurb.
That's what I did when I got a replacement Vancouver.
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Thats what i decided to do actually
I touched it up with some black paint and clear lacquer and it looks pretty decent to be honest. if your standing more than a couple of feet away you cant see it.
i actually might buy another bridgestone tyre now so i have 2 matching as i by the time i need a new pair they might be out of production.
the OEM ones are made in poland and the 'off the shelf; ones are made in hungary and some of the codes are different on the side so i guess theyre different compounds. i will try and get another matching one to go with my new tyre
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I had a nightmare trying to source the identical Bridgestone tyre when I curbed my wheel in the first week of car ownership.
There were so many different Potenza RE050A tyres 1Z, EZ, SZ, TL
I even emailed Bridgestone and they were unsure. Apparently the compound is the same its the tyre tread that is different for different car manufacturers.
This was Bridgestones final say on it, if its any help
"Product code 2686 is the correct tyre for your car [225/40 R18 RE050A 92Y XL TL GOLF FL WAR]
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Rhino Alloys will d a full refurb for £105. I think I'm going to give them a try. When I rang them the bloke explained the full process they went through and it sounded very thorough.
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I remember getting one of my Monza's refurb'd last year. The place I went was recommended but I found it a tad off-putting when I pulled up in the other half's car with the wheel in the boot to find a MK5 GTi and a Audi TT wheel-less on axle stands.
Still, nearly a year on, the finish is still excellent so I'm well impressed.
Ava
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Oh, and sorry, the cost was £55.
Ava
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Can you divulge where it is Avalon? Could be an option as I'm regularly up your way.
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Andy - the wheel was sorted on one of my many sojourns to Milton Keynes. I'll dig the info out if you're down in the land of concrete cows, but I'm guessing you're more likley to be up in Toon Town.
Ava
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Andy - the wheel was sorted on one of my many sojourns to Milton Keynes. I'll dig the info out if you're down in the land of concrete cows, but I'm guessing you're more likley to be up in Toon Town.
Ava
Milton Keynes you say, it wasn't Pristine was it?
I've just had a spare Shadow that I picked up collected and its winging its way to Lepsons to have the life put back in it....
Will report back once it's done with pics....
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Don't recall the name, but the place was adjacent to an Insurance repair yard in Wavendon.
Ava
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As far as I'm aware Lepsons and Pristine are only two companies in the UK that actually have the required equipment to do the diamond cut process...I did hear that A1 in Wolverhampton cud do it but have since read that they now accept diamond cut but send it on to Lepsons to do, the customer is told this when phoning A1...aparently!
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Don't recall the name, but the place was adjacent to an Insurance repair yard in Wavendon.
Ava
That's Pristine, always used to do a good job but not used them for years. They refurbed my Clio Williams wheels about 10 years ago and were able to add the diamond cut polished lip which is very rarely added, they looked superb :cool:
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Yes, as mentioned, well impressed with the job and price.
Ava
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Grrrrrrr! :angry: parcel force!! Kin numptys....
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Got my wheel back this morning...
First things first WARNING!!!! by know means do you want to use Parcel Force to get your wheel there, it's not the hole of the Parcel Force service that is crap as I've used them in the past and they've been great...
I phone PF on Friday the 21st to arrange a collection on a 24hr Guaranteed so the wheel shud arrive at Lepsons on monday 24th(NO later) the Poole Depo collected it the same day at 4.15 with no problems, they then sent it up to there Medway Depo who then were suppose to delivery the alloy on the Monday...this is where my problems started, as said I put on a guaranteed 24hr so it wud be with the delivery company any longer than it has to be...well thro the day(Monday 24th) I was constantly checking my parcels where abouts and percificaly told PF Medway that the refurb company shuts at 5pm even tho I know the shut at 6pm...anyways my parcel didn't arrive on the monday for some unknown reason :angry:
I spoke to a manager that same evening to try and get a explanation to why they failed to delivery when promised...he apologised and said he personally guarantees it will be there on tuesday, I accepted his apology...
Now thro Tuesday I again was constantly phoning and tracking online the where abouts of the wheel, it finally arrived with Lepsons at 5.30pm and I'm convinced If I didn't keep badgering Medway the wudnt of delivered it again.
I have since made a claim for failed delivery(on there part) and have received a emailing confirming I will receive a refund in the next 10 working days thro the post...we shall see.
Anyway so Lepsons pretty much had the wheel from (wednesday 26th) onwards, they were a very pleasant company to deal with, they kept me constantly informed of the process of my alloy. I received a phone call from Lepsons Monday the 24th to say my alloys was ready for collection and that the price was £70+vat so £84 in total which I thort was very reasonable...
I then proceeded to arrange collection, I used PF again thinking that mistakes do happen and thort "Na it won't happen twice surely" how mistaken was I :angry:
I paid for guaranteed 24hr by noon this time as I knew the wheel wud be in a A1 condition and again didn't want it left with PF any longer than it had to be. PF Medway were due to pick it up that same Monday 24th so I wud have it by Tuesday 25th...now cus of previous experience with Medway I again was constantly on the phone and online tracking it and was assured that they will collect my parcel by 6pm....well guess what happened? They didn't...
I spoke to the same manager who again apologised and said he cud have a driver the in 15-20mins, I then said it to late the company shuts at 6pm so 6.15/6.20 is just not good enough...he then tried to make up an excuse to why the driver didn't collect, he said she(drive) was pregnant and that she started bleeding...I then replied to to say look I don't want to hear your excuses, to which he said the best I can do is upgrade your delivery to get to you by 9am Wednesday...of course I had to accept this :angry:
So on Tuesday I again was constantly phoning and online tracking to see if the parcel had been picked up...I was told at about 3pm that the collection wud happen between 4-5pm so come 5 I tracked it and they still hadn't collect it :angry: it finally got collect at 5.50pm :shocked: :angry: 10mins before they(Lepsons) shut...thankfully it got dispatched from there Medway Depo last night and I received it at 8am this morning :smiley:
Long story short if your going to send a parcel up to Lepsons DON'T and I mean DON'T use PF...they Medway Depo is a absolute JOKE! :angry:
I don't have a problem with the hole of the PF service just literally there Medway Depo...
I have now put in another claim for delayed collection with a stinking letter attached!!
So the result of the refurb...
(http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy301/SWIFTGTS/VW%20GTD%202012/16abed14239ec3c5cc91b5847201aff1.jpg)
(http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy301/SWIFTGTS/VW%20GTD%202012/fa0539b85242066c2aa6ef62bbc028df.jpg)
As you can see it looks good as new, if not better...well chuffed! :cool:
Lepsons had the wheel for 5days but are shut on Sundays so the turn around for me was 4days really :cool:
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I've heard only good things about Lepsons, i'd probably go with them if i ever needed a refurb! :sick: glad your happy with the results, just a shame PF spoiled it a bit for you. :angry:
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I've heard only good things about Lepsons, i'd probably go with them if i ever needed a refurb! :sick: glad your happy with the results,just a shame PF spoiled it a bit for you. :angry:
Tell me about, I have now received another email from PF saying that they've paid out on the 2nd claim so within a week or so hopefully I shud receive the two cheques...
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Great job mate
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Great job mate
Agreed that looks spot on :cool:
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+1 for lepsons, I had a wheel reburbed by them a while ago top job. Anyone in the sussex area can drop their wheels into wheelworks in crawley and they use lepsons to do their diamond cut alloys, they obviously add their ££ on top but it saves on the delivery and collection problems and in my case the petrol and traveling time to and from lepsons.
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I think there's a place by Preston (just spotted via google) that does diamond cut wheels and I noticed has a pic of some referbed x2 Monza shaddows. Sadly I'm having to hunt myself as the surface of the x2 wheels on the near side of my car are badly scuffed from a nasty impact from some rocks being used as a curb.
local VW dealer quoted replacement wheels - supply only were £520 each (ouch!). Was thinking at buying a new set of x4 for summer, and use the current set for my winter tyres, not sure at that price lol
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Probably better I carry this on in this thread :embarrassed:
So my wife has manage to kerb the n/s front alloy, not too bad as she scuffed it parking rather than clocked a kerb but a trip to the refurbishers is required.
I am going to use Pristine in Milton Keynes as they are local so I will do before and after pics, fingers crossed they do a good job :undecided:
Heard good things of them mate I'm sure there come back good as new...please cud you quote the price for the refurb, be good to see what price diff is between Lepsons & Pristine...
They have quoted me £84 which sounds very reasonable to me having described the wheel over he phone, expecting it to be more when I drop wheel off, we'll see and I will post up.
Irony of it was wife had gone to charity shop with some clothes, so trying to do something good has cost us the best part of £100 :rolleyes:
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Probably better I carry this on in this thread :embarrassed:
So my wife has manage to kerb the n/s front alloy, not too bad as she scuffed it parking rather than clocked a kerb but a trip to the refurbishers is required.
I am going to use Pristine in Milton Keynes as they are local so I will do before and after pics, fingers crossed they do a good job :undecided:
Heard good things of them mate I'm sure there come back good as new...please cud you quote the price for the refurb, be good to see what price diff is between Lepsons & Pristine...
They have quoted me £84 which sounds very reasonable to me having described the wheel over he phone, expecting it to be more when I drop wheel off, we'll see and I will post up.
Irony of it was wife had gone to charity shop with some clothes, so trying to do something good has cost us the best part of £100 :rolleyes:
:laugh: read the other post first so relied to that one first...
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Probably better I carry this on in this thread :embarrassed:
So my wife has manage to kerb the n/s front alloy, not too bad as she scuffed it parking rather than clocked a kerb but a trip to the refurbishers is required.
I am going to use Pristine in Milton Keynes as they are local so I will do before and after pics, fingers crossed they do a good job :undecided:
Heard good things of them mate I'm sure there come back good as new...please cud you quote the price for the refurb, be good to see what price diff is between Lepsons & Pristine...
They have quoted me £84 which sounds very reasonable to me having described the wheel over he phone, expecting it to be more when I drop wheel off, we'll see and I will post up.
Irony of it was wife had gone to charity shop with some clothes, so trying to do something good has cost us the best part of £100 :rolleyes:
:laugh: read the other post first so relied to that one first...
These things happen, if the £84 inc vat then that's the same as I got charged from Lepsons, worked out £70 + vat...
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Yeh the same, £70 + VAT.
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I need to have a Monza Shadow refurbed. Car had only done 1000 miles and my wife managed to scrape it along the kerb :whistle:
Must admit, I was toying with a new wheel at the cost of £ 579 from the dealers.
I am concerned that the refurb wheel will look a different shade/colour to the originals........
Must admit, Lepsons is getting some good reviews here on the forum..........
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I need to have a Monza Shadow refurbed. Car had only done 1000 miles and my wife managed to scrape it along the kerb :whistle:
Must admit, I was toying with a new wheel at the cost of £ 579 from the dealers.
I am concerned that the refurb wheel will look a different shade/colour to the originals........
Must admit, Lepsons is getting some good reviews here on the forum..........
Read this (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=240445.20)thread it will put your mind at ease...
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Thanks for that Mr GTD.
Was the colour/shade match exactly the same as the other wheels ?
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Thanks for that Mr GTD.
Was the colour/shade match exactly the same as the other wheels ?
Yeah it was spot on....