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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: firemonkey on 27 August 2007, 19:12
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Took my car to the seaside today and started to fall in love with it again after a few little niggles.
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I like mine too. :kiss:
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Looking good. Now stick some 18" Monzas on and get a remap and you'll fall in love in a new way :wink:
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Like yours more, wanner swap :grin:
I like mine too. :kiss:
Looking good. Now stick some 18" Monzas on and get a remap and you'll fall in love in a new way :wink:
:huh:Would like some 18" rims, but where the best place to get them?? :huh:
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....Do I spot mudflaps on that dandy candy white?
I'm sometimes around Weymouth - I'll look out for you and wave :smiley:
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Nice - I do love the GTI in white!! You planning on colour coding the skirts and front at any point?
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I dont see many headlamp sprayers with halogen headlamps, do you have the winter pack (and not tell people about it, then put the their heated seat on full and watch them fidget while they try to work out if they have messed themselves?)
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I dont see many headlamp sprayers with halogen headlamps, do you have the winter pack (and not tell people about it, then put the their heated seat on full and watch them fidget while they try to work out if they have messed themselves?)
You should never have given me that idea :evil:
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I have tried all the local body shops in my area and not one of them will spray the bummpers???? i want to get some R32 side skirts a Oris front chin spoiler and not sure what to get for the back yet (any ideas?) Also whant some 18" Monzas, have seen them on ebay but not sure what the quality is like??
Yeah i have the winter pack, its a bit strange having cloth heated seats but my misses love them has it on all the time!
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I have tried all the local body shops in my area and not one of them will spray the bummpers???? i want to get some R32 side skirts a Oris front chin spoiler and not sure what to get for the back yet (any ideas?) Also whant some 18" Monzas, have seen them on ebay but not sure what the quality is like??
Yeah i have the winter pack, its a bit strange having cloth heated seats but my misses love them has it on all the time!
Please dont buy rims off Ebay. Or at least not the 18" Monza ones. They either fake or refurbed or badI have tried all the local body shops in my area and not one of them will spray the bummpers???? i want to get some R32 side skirts a Oris front chin spoiler and not sure what to get for the back yet (any ideas?) Also whant some 18" Monzas, have seen them on ebay but not sure what the quality is like??
Yeah i have the winter pack, its a bit strange having cloth heated seats but my misses love them has it on all the time!
quility. :angry:
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Sorry. i quoted that twice. Please forgive me :rolleyes:
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I have tried all the local body shops in my area and not one of them will spray the bummpers???? i want to get some R32 side skirts a Oris front chin spoiler and not sure what to get for the back yet (any ideas?) Also whant some 18" Monzas, have seen them on ebay but not sure what the quality is like??
Yeah i have the winter pack, its a bit strange having cloth heated seats but my misses love them has it on all the time!
Please dont buy rims off Ebay. Or at least not the 18" Monza ones. They either fake or refurbed or badI have tried all the local body shops in my area and not one of them will spray the bummpers???? i want to get some R32 side skirts a Oris front chin spoiler and not sure what to get for the back yet (any ideas?) Also whant some 18" Monzas, have seen them on ebay but not sure what the quality is like??
Yeah i have the winter pack, its a bit strange having cloth heated seats but my misses love them has it on all the time!
quility. :angry:
If i was to buy them off VW they would be £1500, there is no way i would pay that for them. So having got much choose if i want a set.
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If i was to buy them off VW they would be £1500, there is no way i would pay that for them. So having got much choose if i want a set.
Ok... SHould you buy off Ebay at least try and get a set of genuine rims. I realise it is your car. And your money.
But I saw a thread where a guy had a accident with replica 18's and besides that. You may find the little white worms will come up if they not genuine.
Mike :smiley:
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You may find the little white worms will come up if they not genuine.
Mike :smiley:
....You get white worms on genuine BBS Monza 18's too! :sad:
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Sorry if i'm being think? but what is white worms :embarassed:
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White worms is when moisture gets under the clear lacqueur finish on the Monza 18's. It's usually brought on by the super invasive road salts used on UK roads in winter. The UK has got to be the most motorist-unfriendly place in the universe!
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No cure either, a guy I know refurbs alloys and reckons they cant be fixed, only cure is a sand blast and painting. Imagine how seething youd be if youe bought at dealer prices as a retro fit :evil:
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Oh thanks for that, dosen't look nice and wouldn't be happy if that happened after coughing £1500 for a set. Looks like Ebay here i come.
Why are BBS so must cheaper on the German Ebay ?? Anyone know??
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No cure either, a guy I know refurbs alloys and reckons they cant be fixed, only cure is a sand blast and painting. Imagine how seething youd be if youe bought at dealer prices as a retro fit :evil:
....When they get worse I intend to take them to Lepsons and have them blasted and powder coat painted rather than risk more deterioration. Apparently such white worm problems are not new to BBS alloys but they don't seem to be interested in doing something to cure it.
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It's usually brought on by the super invasive road salts used on UK roads in winter. The UK has got to be the most motorist-unfriendly place in the universe!
Move to SA. Simple :smiley:
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No cure either, a guy I know refurbs alloys and reckons they cant be fixed, only cure is a sand blast and painting.
Hmmm, I think you havn't been talking to the right people, as "Spit and Polish" most certainly can refurb Monza IIs to OEM spec. There was an article in one of the mags a while back, detailing how they did them.
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No cure either, a guy I know refurbs alloys and reckons they cant be fixed, only cure is a sand blast and painting.
Hmmm, I think you havn't been talking to the right people, as "Spit and Polish" most certainly can refurb Monza IIs to OEM spec. There was an article in one of the mags a while back, detailing how they did them.
I dont think its impossible to fix. (My mom wrote off 2 Monzas and sideskirts when she swerved to miss a truck and drove up a pavement)
I think that its very expensive and to be honest I dont think many places would like to take the risk of refurbishing them.
They can be done. But rather. If you can afford it. Buy new rims and have the other ones as spares. Then sell them on Ebay or something when you sell the car.
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No cure either, a guy I know refurbs alloys and reckons they cant be fixed, only cure is a sand blast and painting.
Hmmm, I think you havn't been talking to the right people, as "Spit and Polish" most certainly can refurb Monza IIs to OEM spec. There was an article in one of the mags a while back, detailing how they did them.
I dont think its impossible to fix. (My mom wrote off 2 Monzas and sideskirts when she swerved to miss a truck and drove up a pavement)
I think that its very expensive and to be honest I dont think many places would like to take the risk of refurbishing them.
They can be done. But rather. If you can afford it. Buy new rims and have the other ones as spares. Then sell them on Ebay or something when you sell the car.
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Sorry, I didn't make it too clear. Spit and Polish http://www.spitandpolish.co.uk/ are a highly regarded and long established UK wheel refurbisher. Their costs for refurbing a Monza II would be about £55 per rim, but you'd obviously need to double check the price. They will . . . well, just read their web site! :rolleyes: