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Offline Kermit

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Bloody rust....
« on: 15 March 2008, 21:16 »
Not sure of the correct terminology here but there is rust on the piece of metal that sits behind the wheel but in front of the disc break and calipers (the bit the wheel screws into) - has anyone else got this problem as it looks sh!te and seems to be getting worse?  Car is only 7 months old with 11K so is this something I can complain about and get rectified under warranty?

Also, while I'm on talking about rust - anyone got recommendations on how to keep the tail pipe nice and mint - mines looking a bit nasty at the moment and finding it difficult to get the crap off it.  Will a metal polish work?
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Offline stevieC

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #1 on: 15 March 2008, 21:21 »
Rusting hubs most gti's suffer from this mine included going to see if vw will rectify this under warrenty.
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #2 on: 15 March 2008, 21:24 »
Cool... let me know how you get on.  I'm in the stealers on Thursday so I might ring up on Monday and see.  I'll post the response.  I don't ever remember owning a car with such a problem.
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #3 on: 15 March 2008, 21:25 »
my GTi had this, and dealer resprayed the hubs. My 2nd GTi also has this, only done 900 odd miles and rust is there. Dealer again has had this repaired under warranty with absolutely no questions.
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #4 on: 15 March 2008, 21:35 »
I painted the hubs myself. Was looking at a 56 plate R32 today and it was the same.

WD40 gets your tail pipes nice and clean. The crud just wipes off  :cool:
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #5 on: 15 March 2008, 23:45 »
As everyone says rusting hubs are common, best thing to do is to paint them yourself with a tough metal paint. The best thing for the tailpipes is Meguiars NXT Metal Polish which you can get in Halfords, brings them up really nice and shiny  :smiley:
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #6 on: 16 March 2008, 00:13 »
Quote from: T88OMM on 15 March 2008, 23:45
As everyone says rusting hubs are common, best thing to do is to paint them yourself with a tough metal paint. The best thing for the tailpipes is Meguiars NXT Metal Polish which you can get in Halfords, brings them up really nice and shiny  :smiley:

Or get a brake upgrade :wink: then they are alloy :cool:

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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #7 on: 16 March 2008, 00:16 »
Quote from: Hurdy on 16 March 2008, 00:13
Quote from: T88OMM on 15 March 2008, 23:45
As everyone says rusting hubs are common, best thing to do is to paint them yourself with a tough metal paint. The best thing for the tailpipes is Meguiars NXT Metal Polish which you can get in Halfords, brings them up really nice and shiny  :smiley:

Or get a brake upgrade :wink: then they are alloy :cool:

....Now, now! Hurdy! You're not encouraging others onto the slippery slope of modding are you? :evil: :wink:
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #8 on: 16 March 2008, 00:18 »
Quote from: RedRobin on 16 March 2008, 00:16
Quote from: Hurdy on 16 March 2008, 00:13
Quote from: T88OMM on 15 March 2008, 23:45
As everyone says rusting hubs are common, best thing to do is to paint them yourself with a tough metal paint. The best thing for the tailpipes is Meguiars NXT Metal Polish which you can get in Halfords, brings them up really nice and shiny  :smiley:

Or get a brake upgrade :wink: then they are alloy :cool:

....Now, now! Hurdy! You're not encouraging others onto the slippery slope of modding are you? :evil: :wink:

Moi? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Re: Bloody rust....
« Reply #9 on: 16 March 2008, 00:25 »
....They are called 'bells' but mine didn't go rusty:-




And then I changed them to these:-


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