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Title: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 24 July 2006, 18:29

I've been offered some genuine rs4 alloy wheels, but I'm told that at least 2 of them need a refurb, anybody know how much it costs roughly??

there 18 inch  :grin:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: Rhyso on 24 July 2006, 19:37

be careful mate; the genuine one's might not fit your hubs.  I think they are 5x112 but the golf is 5x100  :undecided:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 24 July 2006, 19:53

cheers mate never thought of that  :cry:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: Rhyso on 24 July 2006, 19:54

double check at least! can you get hold of the wheels and try them??

sorry to put a downer on it mate  :sad:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 24 July 2006, 20:00

no i can't but I'm looking into it, its a friend of a friend, cos he says he's not sure if they are genuine now or not. how can you tell if they are will they just have 5 holes and not multiholed like the replicas???

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: Rhyso on 24 July 2006, 20:04

from what i know the genuine ones have a much better, shinier finish.  hard to describe the difference i'm afraid mate  :sad: but place a gen and a replica side by side and its easy to spot the differences

replicas can have just the 5 holes too but with the correct PCD for the golf

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 24 July 2006, 20:08

ok this could get tricky then, i hope there multiholed then i think they should fit, but even so if they are the right price i could always sell them on. i'll wait and see wat happens, but thanks for the help  :grin:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: Rhyso on 24 July 2006, 20:17

ay haggle and make some cash out of it  :wink:

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: GolfGL on 24 July 2006, 21:53

Genuine ones will probably have the audi part number behind the centre cap i think its something li 1j0 then 6 numbers

Title: Re: alloy wheel refurb, price??
Post by: R32_T on 24 July 2006, 22:21

Quote from: GolfGL on 24 July 2006, 21:53

Genuine ones will probably have the audi part number behind the centre cap i think its something li 1j0 then 6 numbers

Yep, correct.

Genuine ones are a different shade to the replicas. Replicas look to silver, sort of like in your face. Have a look at the finish of the paint