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Offline Ess_Three

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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #20 on: 13 October 2012, 14:44 »
Quote from: Exonian on 13 October 2012, 14:04
Get some black plastic nut covers off a Caddy Van AndyG, just to tidy the look up a bit.

You can get 'em off eBay for about £10.
I just bought a set of the hexagonal bolt covers for my VWR/TD Pro-Race 1.2 winters, for just over £10.

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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #21 on: 13 October 2012, 14:46 »
The Caddy van ones are pretty good as the nut covers and VW centre badge all come in one part and are ideal for steel wheels
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #22 on: 13 October 2012, 15:21 »
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #23 on: 13 October 2012, 16:26 »
Ginge,I'd sooner not have them but when it snows I literally can't get out of my street.They are only going on when snow is forecast,as soon as it clears up the monza's are going back on.
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #24 on: 13 October 2012, 17:07 »
Quote from: AndyG on 13 October 2012, 16:26
Ginge,I'd sooner not have them but when it snows I literally can't get out of my street.They are only going on when snow is forecast,as soon as it clears up the monza's are going back on.

In that case fair play, I've told work if the snow is bad then come and fetch me!
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #25 on: 13 October 2012, 17:27 »
Quote from: AndyG on 13 October 2012, 16:26
Ginge,I'd sooner not have them but when it snows I literally can't get out of my street.They are only going on when snow is forecast,as soon as it clears up the monza's are going back on.

I couldn't live with the looks either...but you can't argue with the performance advantage of winter tyres.
I can't get off my driveway, never mine out of the street, if the snow is bad and I leave my 19" summer wheels on.

18" BBS CH with winter tyres were my last set...18" VWR/Team Dynamics Pro-Race 1.2s for this winter.

My old man runs 16" Borbet alloys on his Mk5 GT for winter (down from 17s) and again, they don't look as good...but be worries a lot less about clipping a kerb than I do with 18s on.

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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #26 on: 13 October 2012, 17:32 »
You watch now I'll have bad weather and clip one of mine!
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #27 on: 14 October 2012, 11:47 »
Now the wife has a BMW I'm going to have to use the Mk6 this winter so I think it's time to go down the winter tyres route too. I'm also going to buy a set of cheap (ish) alloys too in order to protect the Monza Shadows.

I'm sorry if this has been covered before but exactly what size 18 inch alloy do I need to buy? Despite having read previous posts on offsets and so on I still don't understand it. And there's 8, 8.5 and so on. I just want to know the exact size before I start trawling the net. I assume the tyre size will be the same as the Monza Shadows?

Any recommendations for decent winter tyres too?
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #28 on: 14 October 2012, 11:54 »
Where is the best place to buy a new set of monza  shadows?
I normally just get the tyres switched over but do like the idea of getting a new matching set of alloys.

Local VW quoted me just over £500 per wheel which seems high, also they had them down as another name not monza shadows

My current ones are scuffed so was thinking of using these for winter and anew set for summer.
ny thoughts apart from eBay?
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Re: Winter Wheels question.
« Reply #29 on: 14 October 2012, 12:12 »
Quote from: JellyCat on 14 October 2012, 11:54
Where is the best place to buy a new set of monza  shadows?
I normally just get the tyres switched over but do like the idea of getting a new matching set of alloys.

Local VW quoted me just over £500 per wheel which seems high, also they had them down as another name not monza shadows

My current ones are scuffed so was thinking of using these for winter and anew set for summer.
ny thoughts apart from eBay?


Mr GTD is ya man for this as he finds loads of deals out there. Try the mk6 eBay section as you'll find a set of refurb end on there no doubt.
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