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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:34 pm
by Mouse_GTI
Just been quoted £40 a wheel for refurb/powercoating, that's excellent
edit: so hopefully the car will look like this soon:
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:39 pm
by Dee-vub
^^^^thats a perfect choice. i'v only seen it done once with the black centres on some1's black gti.
Looks great! bit lowerage needed tho.
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:04 pm
by danny_boy
wow 40 quid for a refurb! that sounds well good
wher are you getting it done? and do you know how much it usually costs?
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:38 pm
by ---Carl---
thats the usual price lol about 40 a wheel
some places round here do it for about 30
quite good price,
but i think u pay for wot u get
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:22 pm
by Mouse_GTI
danny_boy wrote:wow 40 quid for a refurb! that sounds well good
wher are you getting it done? and do you know how much it usually costs?
Finesse (sp?) finishings in Aberdeen. The guy showed me some of the wheels he'd done, all of them are amazing quality. I was expected around £40 for refurb then another £30 for powdercoating per wheel. Only trouble is, I have to take the tyres off and split the rims myself, which is a pain. 4 days to get it done, but it will be worth it
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:52 pm
by Mouse_GTI
Here is what I got done today. The pictures don't do the new badge justice, it looks great...
Original badge:
"Polo" off:
"GTI" off:
Debadged:
Broken badges and new badge:
New rear end:
New badge, gleaming red "I":
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:02 pm
by DubGTI
---Carl--- wrote:
but i think u pay for wot u get
Deffo
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:03 pm
by M@Turner
£40. That sounds reasonable.
I went down to my local powder coaters and sand blasters to get a quote this morning!
£5 per centre to sandblast
£30 per centre for powder coating
Then its a matter of taking tyres off and splitting them, then refurbing the rims myself.
Seems a lot of effort aswell a money to bother doing!
I don't know what to do!
Mat
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:36 am
by ModifiedMadness
CymruPolo wrote:Did all the crap under the badges come off easily?
Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover does the job in no time
then I used a bit of Scratch X because I could still slightly see the POLO
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:44 am
by Mouse_GTI
I just used WD40, it took a while though. Just left a slight yellow outline. Backend looks much tidier, I'm well happy with it
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:59 pm
by Del_GTi
Nice sparkly new GTi badge there mate.
I went for the anni style Golf badges for mine:
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:08 pm
by Mouse_GTI
Wow they look stunning. They didn't look good on a photoshop, wish I got them!
My wheels are getting done on Tuesday and I'll temporarily be riding on DelG40's 13" BBS badboys from the G!
Managed to snap off the electric mirror control switch today, bummer
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:00 pm
by Si_GTi
Mouse_GTI wrote:My wheels are getting done on Tuesday and I'll temporarily be riding on DelG40's 13" BBS badboys from the G!
Will the 13"s fit around the GTi's 256mm brakes and calipers?
="CymruPolo"]Do the mirrors on the GTi bend in on the outside? (for example if you wanted to park somewhere and were afraid a passing car would clip it) I tried pushing mine in the other day and didn't like to force it 'cause it didn't seem to budge.
Yep, they do fold in, although sadly only by hand, electric folding mirrors would have been an exquisite touch though haha! If they haven't been moved for quite some time they may need just a bit of force to budge, my passenger-side mirror sometimes needs a good thump to get it to tuck in
