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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1110 on: 27 April 2026, 20:57 »
Sometimes you get a couple years free services thrown in with a PCP so the original owner might have secured that.
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Offline Watts

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1111 on: 27 April 2026, 21:17 »
Sometimes you get a couple years free services thrown in with a PCP so the original owner might have secured that.

Most likely. With the money saved I can pay for the insurance mileage limit to be upped :rolleyes:
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Offline Garwen

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1112 on: 05 May 2026, 08:02 »
Ours had its first bath


Offline joe6

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1113 on: 05 May 2026, 10:14 »
Looking really great.
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Offline davo245

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1114 on: Today at 07:30 »
Ours had its first bath


Sorry but really not a fan of those wheels tbh
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Offline SRGTD

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1115 on: Today at 10:02 »
Ours had its first bath


Sorry but really not a fan of those wheels tbh

We’re all different, so not everyone will like them.

I don’t mind them and I think they suit the car :smiley:. IMHO the red tinted clear coat on the alloys also complements the decal along the bottom of the doors. Having said that, I wouldn’t choose them as they’re diamond cut so durability won’t be as good as alloys with a powder coated / painted finish, especially during the winter months. There’s also the added complication with the black / red Queenstown diamond cut alloys that if they ever need refurbishing (and they probably will at some point because of careless tyre fitters, accidental brushes with kerbstones, the inevitable white worm corrosion), not all alloy wheel refurbishers offer a tinted clear coat option for diamond cut alloys.

I’d go for either the Estoril’s or Warmenau’s - both in black.
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