Bloody rust....

[duzza]

If you've let your tailpipes go to the dogs (grimy with heat soak tarnishing?) thjen a little the "Solvol Autosol' simply won't do the job. You're not the only one who has had a job cleaning built up crap off your tailpipes, it's another 'GTI' quirk.

Try very fine sandpaper followed by wire wool (wire wool alone won't do it if it's bad) and then use a metal polisher (Solvol Autosol is fine at this stage).

The tailpipes won't stay clean but a weekly 3-5 minutes with the aforementioned method will keep them looking immaculate.

Good tip! Mine are shot, megs and wd40 wouldnt even touch them on Saturday when I tried. Will give this a go.

[Kermit]

Cool - thanks for all the replies- certainly some decent info - looks like I better invest in a few bits and bobs and get some decent elbow grease on the job - might do a before and after photo if I can be bothered 

As for the hubs I'll let you know how I get on.

[Cass]

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Cass

....Sorry, Cass! You may have noticed that it happens a lot when I post in a thread . It's not actually ever my intention though.....Honest!

Love those big AP Racing discs and calipers RR

Cass

[RedRobin]

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Cass

....Sorry, Cass! You may have noticed that it happens a lot when I post in a thread . It's not actually ever my intention though.....Honest!

Love those big AP Racing discs and calipers RR

Cass

....Thanx 

I love their stopping power too!! - Five Star Awesome!

I visited a car wash today - No, don't panic!! Not a drive-through but a hand brush and handheld jet wash, just to get the main dirt off before a tender loving RR handwash with various scented products by Meguiar's. Anyroadup, I nearly got the small brush head stuck in the hole of one of my rear Monza 18's with standard brakes and knocked the caliper quite hard.

Driving away, the first time I braked it sounded like I had caught a tin can under the car! So I stopped and checked and saw nothing. Carried on and heard squeaking and rubbing. Had another inspection but couldn't see anything wrong. So I decided to go and test the brakes properly: Hard on (the brakes!!) at 90 - 20 mph, flip the paddles a couple of gearshifts and accelerate and do the same again. Although I made sure there weren't any other vehicles near me, a car well behind decided to stay even further behind!! Yes, those front AP brakes are faultless.

 

[Kermit]

Had the car in the stealers today (4 new Monzas) - asked about the hubs and they said they can't rectify under warranty - they were having none of it 

Anyone know of any dealers in the North west that replaced or sprayed the hubs as I think I'll be asking elsewhere 

[Phil mcavity]

mines booked in nxt tuesday to have all 4 done under warranty. If your down south then come to my local dealer for a free hub respray!

[182_blue]

....They are called 'bells' but mine didn't go rusty:-



And then I changed them to these:-

Doh! Really like the look of the AP's, would it be rude to ask how much they set you back, roughly of course!!!

yeh, i had ally top hats on my ST

[G864 TST]

Just noticed my "bells" are gettin a wee bit orange as well!!
What's the best first course of action - elbow grease and a rub with what?

What's safe to use on that piece of the car?

Not a mark on my wheels but orangy bells 

CT

[TagnuT]

I was looking at a brand new S3 in the showroom yesterday £31.100 withe the extras. 

Had a look through the wheels and the disk bells were going rusty already!!!

[froggy]

Got the same problem mate on 07 GTI. Went to local dealer (CM23) and was told to bring it in and that they'll sort it out - under warranty!