MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Gazp172 on February 20, 2017, 08:34:33 am
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Show us your refurbed 18" Monzas please. :drool:
The refurb job the previous owner did isn't filling me with confidence so need need some ideas and support that everything will be ok.
Also what sort of price could I be looking at :confused:
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Diamond cut refurb should be about £100 a corner.
May find some companies do it for a tenner or so cheaper.
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Diamond cut refurb should be about £100 a corner.
May find some companies do it for a tenner or so cheaper.
Been reading a few posts on the forum and seen white worm mentioned!? Is this something the 18s suffer from and keep in mind if I go the diamond cut route.
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Diamond cut are prone to white worm. Only takes a small chip to start it off - and with the state of the roads its all too easy to get a chip!!. I have BBS Monza 18s on my GTI, but now powdercoated, without black inserts. Solves the white worm issue, and this is entirely personal taste, I am not a fan of the diamond cut, nor the black inserts.
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Diamond cut are prone to white worm. Only takes a small chip to start it off - and with the state of the roads its all too easy to get a chip!!. I have BBS Monza 18s on my GTI, but now powdercoated, without black inserts. Solves the white worm issue, and this is entirely personal taste, I am not a fan of the diamond cut, nor the black inserts.
TBH i'm not too fussed about diamond cut either. All I'm trying to achieve with my GTI is a nice standard/subtle, well maintained car. It's also my daily runner so I don't want to be spending or putting effort into something like diamond cut wheels and then worrying about them every time I drive.
Are standard 18 Monzas not BBS is there a difference? Sorry I'm a total GTI noob.
You got any pics of yours on the car?
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I had mine powered coated £48 a corner better than new now.
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I had mine diamond cut for around €500 all in
Make sure the inserts are sprayed dark grey for contrast and ask for extra lacquer coatings to help prevent stone chips.
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Monzas are either Ronal or BBS. The BBS ones have metal valves which are thinner than the standard rubber valves. No real other difference, or so I understand, between the two.
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Diamond cut are prone to white worm. Only takes a small chip to start it off - and with the state of the roads its all too easy to get a chip!!. I have BBS Monza 18s on my GTI, but now powdercoated, without black inserts. Solves the white worm issue, and this is entirely personal taste, I am not a fan of the diamond cut, nor the black inserts.
Glad it's not just me then! :happy2:
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Diamond cut refurb should be about £100 a corner.
May find some companies do it for a tenner or so cheaper.
Been reading a few posts on the forum and seen white worm mentioned!? Is this something the 18s suffer from and keep in mind if I go the diamond cut route.
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Yeah Diamond cut is prone to white worm, so even if you get them re-done in that finish, be aware white worm will more than likely set in again sometime down the line.
If you aren't fussed about them being in a Diamond cut finish, I'd personally get them powder coated in black or gun metal grey
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Looks amazing when done but as others have said - the white worm soon creeps in and then you are left with annoying marks. I paid £350ish a couple of years ago
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Looks amazing when done but as others have said - the white worm soon creeps in and then you are left with annoying marks. I paid £350ish a couple of years ago
How long before your white worm came back?
Also, did your tyres come with the white outlining or did you diy?
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Liking the grey inserts on yours luke, the grey inserts aren't as harsh as the oem wheel and adds a bit extra to just a plain coloured wheel. :happy2:
I'll have to have a think and see what my options are though with the local wheel refurbers.
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Looks amazing when done but as others have said - the white worm soon creeps in and then you are left with annoying marks. I paid £350ish a couple of years ago
How long before your white worm came back?
Also, did your tyres come with the white outlining or did you diy?
@lukemk5gti (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10176) I think it was about 8 months on - and that was because I went to change my tyres and the guy changing them hit his bolt on the actual wheel instead of the hole. Then 8 months on and the white worm started. But it hasn't developed a lot since. I sold the alloys to @rashg60 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11930) who has told me it hasn't got worse.
The white markings I did myself with a white tyre writing pen I bought off amazon for £1. Not the best pen but I couldn't see a better solution and you need to go over it a few times to get it looking proper.