Author Topic: Genuine vs Aftermarket Santiago alloys is there a difference?  (Read 13730 times)

Offline dereks

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Back to replica wheels, it's not unheard of for dealers to replace damaged wheels on used cars with reps as they are often cheaper than decent referbs, especially on diamond cuts. I bet there a fair few people driving round on reps that don't even know it.

I'd would go absolutely spare if they put a rep on my car.

I bought a mk6 with replica Monza's on it, only found out when they were covered in white worm after a couple of years never really got a final outcome as I traded it in for a mk7 when I took it in to them.

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Of course, approval stamps can be faked along with everything else, they aren't exactly secure markings.

Someone I knew who made motorbike race exhausts used to offer a quick BSI kite stamp to stop plod from chewing you up when they walk around popular cafes at the weekend ;-)

I made Cornish pasties the other day, because they were made in the West Midlands they were fake but I still think they were as good if not better than anything I've tasted when I've been in Cornwall.

I might start making wheels next.
I hope your pasties were made properly, I'm very particular about pasties.


You don't hear too many horror stories of replica wheels splintering into a million pieces on the highway resulting in mass death.
I'd think the supplying dealer would be highly liable if the wheels were unsafe. Bit late to find out if you've turned yourself into being a bit dead granted...

I've been making them to the authentic recipe for over 20 years. Would you like to try some?

I'd love one. If you're ever heading towards Cornwall drop one in. It'll have gone to a good home!
I've got a very long lineage of Cornish ancestry (quickly glossing over the Irish and English bits of me)  so I'm always open to test drive a pasty.

Going back to spacers, well you can't buy better than H&R so you're well sorted there. ECS flush kit is 15mm front I seem to remember. As you say, a few mm shouldn't make too much difference. What wheels are your sister's ClubSport running on?

Hope to be going down later in the summer so I'll make you a batch.

She has Pretoria's on it, the car has every extra she could tick.
Have you any pictures on here of your sisters CS?
Not enough CS pictures on here for my liking :smiley:
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Hope to be going down later in the summer so I'll make you a batch.

She has Pretoria's on it, the car has every extra she could tick.

Aww, thank you  :smiley:
I'm touched.
And hungry.  :drool:

Your sis's car certainly sounds like the sort of car to keep hold of for a very long time. A truly special Golf (OK a CSS is more special and an R a better all rounder but this sits squarely in the middle being both very special and also very practical).

Back to replica wheels, it's not unheard of for dealers to replace damaged wheels on used cars with reps as they are often cheaper than decent referbs, especially on diamond cuts. I bet there a fair few people driving round on reps that don't even know it.

I'd would go absolutely spare if they put a rep on my car.

I bought a mk6 with replica Monza's on it, only found out when they were covered in white worm after a couple of years never really got a final outcome as I traded it in for a mk7 when I took it in to them.

Independant dealers are the worst for this but I've seen reps on main dealer cars.
An easy way for them to make a car look more attractive on the forecourt. 
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Of course, approval stamps can be faked along with everything else, they aren't exactly secure markings.

Someone I knew who made motorbike race exhausts used to offer a quick BSI kite stamp to stop plod from chewing you up when they walk around popular cafes at the weekend ;-)

I made Cornish pasties the other day, because they were made in the West Midlands they were fake but I still think they were as good if not better than anything I've tasted when I've been in Cornwall.

I might start making wheels next.
I hope your pasties were made properly, I'm very particular about pasties.


You don't hear too many horror stories of replica wheels splintering into a million pieces on the highway resulting in mass death.
I'd think the supplying dealer would be highly liable if the wheels were unsafe. Bit late to find out if you've turned yourself into being a bit dead granted...

I've been making them to the authentic recipe for over 20 years. Would you like to try some?

I'd love one. If you're ever heading towards Cornwall drop one in. It'll have gone to a good home!
I've got a very long lineage of Cornish ancestry (quickly glossing over the Irish and English bits of me)  so I'm always open to test drive a pasty.

Going back to spacers, well you can't buy better than H&R so you're well sorted there. ECS flush kit is 15mm front I seem to remember. As you say, a few mm shouldn't make too much difference. What wheels are your sister's ClubSport running on?

Hope to be going down later in the summer so I'll make you a batch.

She has Pretoria's on it, the car has every extra she could tick.
Have you any pictures on here of your sisters CS?
Not enough CS pictures on here for my liking :smiley:

No I don't but I'll get some.
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Hope to be going down later in the summer so I'll make you a batch.

She has Pretoria's on it, the car has every extra she could tick.

Aww, thank you  :smiley:
I'm touched.
And hungry.  :drool:

Your sis's car certainly sounds like the sort of car to keep hold of for a very long time. A truly special Golf (OK a CSS is more special and an R a better all rounder but this sits squarely in the middle being both very special and also very practical).

Back to replica wheels, it's not unheard of for dealers to replace damaged wheels on used cars with reps as they are often cheaper than decent referbs, especially on diamond cuts. I bet there a fair few people driving round on reps that don't even know it.

I'd would go absolutely spare if they put a rep on my car.

I bought a mk6 with replica Monza's on it, only found out when they were covered in white worm after a couple of years never really got a final outcome as I traded it in for a mk7 when I took it in to them.

Independant dealers are the worst for this but I've seen reps on main dealer cars.
An easy way for them to make a car look more attractive on the forecourt.

She is only keeping it until next year, then it's all mine :laugh:
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