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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: PabloGTI on 27 August 2007, 17:46

Title: Scabby centre caps
Post by: PabloGTI on 27 August 2007, 17:46: Hi,

My 18 inch monzas are holdng up quite well, but are being let down by the increasingle scabby centre caps. The chrome bits are turning white, as if water has got underneath them.

Has anyone else had this, or better yet, had them replaced under warrenty?

Paul.
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: telboy on 27 August 2007, 18:18: Paul, I too had the scabby looking centre caps :sad:, took car in to stealers and had them replaced under warranty, shouldn't be a problem! :wink:
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: PabloGTI on 27 August 2007, 18:24: Excellent!!!

I try to keep it looking nice, and the caps were beginning to let it down.

I have a service coming up, so i will try to get them done then on the warrenty. I bet they are something like Ã‚£10 each from VW.
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: telboy on 27 August 2007, 18:27: Paul, you're not far wrong re the price, however major the fact as my service manager insisted that this was a common fault? Warranty should cover this no probs :cool:
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: TagnuT on 27 August 2007, 21:22: Had then replaced on my Mkiv quite a few times under warrenty. However, one garage used a screwdriver to pop out the centre cap and made a mess of the alloy. :sick:
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: NORTHERNER on 27 August 2007, 22:08: They are Ã‚£5 a pop... I had three replaced when they replaced my alloys under warranty... the fourth is on the alloy that is quite kerbed which I think i will be getting replaced pretty soon to make the car look mint again.
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: PabloGTI on 27 August 2007, 22:41: Quote from: TagnuT on 27 August 2007, 21:22
However, one garage used a screwdriver to pop out the centre cap and made a mess of the alloy. :sick:

Ouch.

Its reading things like this that makes me not want to get my car serviced.

Just wrap it up in bubblewrap, not drive it and just unpack it when the weathers nice to look at it.
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: mike. on 27 August 2007, 23:28: Yep. I'm getting all four replaced this week as well as two Monza II's when I get four new tyres.

The car is two years old..
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: PabloGTI on 28 August 2007, 01:22: Quote from: mike. on 27 August 2007, 23:28
Yep. I'm getting all four replaced this week as well as two Monza II's

What was wrong wih the monzas? Attack of the white worms?
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: mike. on 28 August 2007, 09:21: Yes, it's the white worms....

Had to send back four different replacements before I got good ones.

Two had white worms started and they hadn't even been fitted to a car and the others were badly scuffed because they transport them in a cardboard box with no protection.
Title: Re: Scabby centre caps
Post by: duzza on 28 August 2007, 09:44: There must be literally thousands of returned Monza II's kicking about begging to be sprayed up and put on ebay :smiley: