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Offline X4MGS

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #10 on: 14 October 2010, 00:15 »
IMHO... You will find it hard to find an alloy that looks better on a MK2 than an RA....

RM's are nice but cost shed's loads and I am taking mine off for the winter so back to Sq1.... Backto RA's...

I've looked at 1000's of alloys and cant find many I like over the stock ones... Corrado BBS ones are nice but rather rare and still look similar to RA's but with curved spokes.....

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #11 on: 14 October 2010, 00:38 »
If you want to get rid because you're sick of cleaning them then i'm curious what you clean them with? 

I used to use wonder wheels but got sick of brushing the stuff in!... now i use

 

if used regularly its a piece of pi55!.. quick spray, quick blast of water! done! plus its eco friendly too!

and yes i know its bike cleaner. 

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #12 on: 14 October 2010, 10:16 »
IMHO... You will find it hard to find an alloy that looks better on a MK2 than an RA....

RM's are nice but cost shed's loads and I am taking mine off for the winter so back to Sq1.... Backto RA's...

I've looked at 1000's of alloys and cant find many I like over the stock ones... Corrado BBS ones are nice but rather rare and still look similar to RA's but with curved spokes.....

Im not looking for better, im looking for anything that isnt a beeatch to clean :p

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #13 on: 14 October 2010, 10:17 »
If you want to get rid because you're sick of cleaning them then i'm curious what you clean them with? 

I used to use wonder wheels but got sick of brushing the stuff in!... now i use

 

if used regularly its a piece of pi55!.. quick spray, quick blast of water! done! plus its eco friendly too!

and yes i know its bike cleaner. 

Cheers mate, il give that a go before I make any dramatic decisions.

Ive been using autoglym wheel cleaner, I was hoping I wouldnt need a brush for that.. but I did :(

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #14 on: 14 October 2010, 15:23 »
Cheers mate, il give that a go before I make any dramatic decisions.

Ive been using autoglym wheel cleaner, I was hoping I wouldnt need a brush for that.. but I did :(

If your wheels have weeks of cr@p on them then everyting needs a brush.. i find this stuff to be geat for weekly bi-weekly washes.  i clean my daily once a week, at worst once a fortnight and ths stuff and a pressure washer keeps on top it!...  cleaned the whole car with it once!   :lipsrsealed:  workeda treat to be fair!

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #15 on: 14 October 2010, 15:48 »
I'm just the same....

Washed Every Week and then once a month I take the alloys off and give them a good clean inside and out - With proper alloy wheel cleaner...

Ive been using autoglym wheel cleaner, I was hoping I wouldnt need a brush for that.. but I did :(
If your wheels have weeks of cr@p on them then everyting needs a brush.. i find this stuff to be geat for weekly bi-weekly washes.  i clean my daily once a week, at worst once a fortnight and ths stuff and a pressure washer keeps on top it!...  cleaned the whole car with it once!   :lipsrsealed:  workeda treat to be fair!

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Re: ride height, smaller wheels
« Reply #16 on: 14 October 2010, 17:18 »
I don't find RA's that hard to clean. Shampoo and a wash mit poked between the spoke is all they need as long as they are cleaned and sealed before the winter starts.

Saying that, my car probably wont see daylight till March, so mine won't take much cleaning.
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.