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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: pulp58 on 10 February 2008, 21:38

Title: Monza II's condition
Post by: pulp58 on 10 February 2008, 21:38

Hi

I am really careful washing my Monzas, wash them with a wool mitt and lots of soap, no wheel cleaners due to their finish. From day one I noticed they scratched quite easily but.........yesterday in the sunshine, I noticed my wheels had loads of swirl, marking, scratches etching.  The metal finish on the 18's is very very easy to mark. I am so carful with them, I wonder what sort of s**t state they would be in if I wasnt careful with them.  :sick:

I thought I took good care of them, but they seem to be not very hard wearing at all. my car is 12 months old in 6 weeks and I worry what they will look like in another 12 months.

Are other peoples looking sorry in the sunshine or am I just being too precious with them. ?  (by the way, not in direct sunlight, they look amazing as always!)

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: JonnyG on 10 February 2008, 22:14

Have you any photos ?

If they are only swirled, then they should polish up fine with a mild cutting polish and a machine polisher such as a Porter Cable or the new Meguiars G220  :smiley:   The wheels are lacquered, so it will only be the lacquer which has the fine swirls / scratches.

I bought a set of 18" Monzas on E-bay and they polished up fine, apart from the odd deeper scratch.

The main permanent damage reported a lot with the 18" Monzas is the dreaded milky worms  :sad:

Heres a link on swirl removal (I know it's for paint, but it works on alloys too, especially the lacquered flat face of 18" Monzas)  :

http://www.tyresmoke.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1056920/page/0/fpart/all/vc/1/nt/2

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: Cass on 10 February 2008, 22:27

No problem with mine at all - no scratches or dreaded worms (so far) - washed every week since new, Sept 06.

Cass

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: 08micsta on 11 February 2008, 06:51

Not a scratch on ours....

But I use Prepsol cleaner and after leaving that on for a while I spray the rims down with a high pressure washer and then once they dry use a cotton cloth to just clean the remaining break dust. Works very well:

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x255/08micsta/PICT0022.jpg)

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x255/08micsta/PICT0003.jpg)

Mike

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: pulp58 on 11 February 2008, 09:13

its more like fine scratches, only noticable under direct sunlight. Ive got a detailer coming in a couple of weeks, I might ask him to have a go with them

will post some pics tonight  :wink:

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: duzza on 11 February 2008, 11:11

SH!T!!! Are they chunks out of your tyre wall Mike??

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: joesgti on 11 February 2008, 11:17

Quote from: duzza on 11 February 2008, 11:11

SH!T!!! Are they chunks out of your tyre wall Mike??

women drivers eh mike :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: Monza II's condition
Post by: 08micsta on 11 February 2008, 11:25

NO NO!

Truck drivers.... Thin road. Stupid truck driver. Mommy swerved up a 5 inch pavement to avoid a head on with the truck... Wrote off two Monza rims and a tyre.....

Lol......

Life sucks eh?

Mike