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Offline mysticman aka polypathetic

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mk3 alloys
« on: 04 December 2004, 20:52 »
does anyone know what the name of the standard alloys that come on a mk3 the nine spoke ones, are they called voodoo and does anyone know where i could aquire some centre caps for those alloys as they are made of ali and look sh!te due to corrosion
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Offline gti_taff

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Re: mk3 alloys
« Reply #1 on: 04 December 2004, 22:19 »
Im pretty sure the nine spoke ones are called longbeach. The caps on mine went all corroded aswel, so the only place i could get caps from was the dealer. They were about ?4 quid each.

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Re: mk3 alloys
« Reply #2 on: 05 December 2004, 19:10 »
yup i think its long beach too... i never even heard of voodoo... but the earlier mk3s came with ones called monte carlos i think
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Re: mk3 alloys
« Reply #3 on: 05 December 2004, 19:18 »
If they look like these they are def long beach.

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Re: mk3 alloys
« Reply #4 on: 06 December 2004, 15:06 »
ebay usually has the centre caps and wheels somewhere...
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Offline mysticman aka polypathetic

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Re: mk3 alloys
« Reply #5 on: 09 December 2004, 23:07 »
cheers guys guess i'll be going to the big veedub shop in the sky to ask mother vw for some centre caps then
cheers anyway