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Looking to add these onto my wheels before the inevitable happens. There's a few different types though and colours. What type are you good people rocking?

Love to see before I decide, my GTI will be a Reef Blue so I'm thinking about the black rimblades pro.

Forum member MilgeS has these (or a similar product) fitted to both of their Polos (an R-Line and a GTI+). Both of their cars are used as driving instructor vehicles, so I can understand why they’d fit them, because of the potentially higher than normal risk of the wheels making contact with a kerbstone by a learner driver.

However, I personally wouldn’t fit them;

• I seem to remember they’re hammered on, so could the fitting process damage the (thin) lacquer/clearcoat, underneath the Rimblade? If so, then that could start the onset of white worm.

• Any small particles of grit that could get between the Rimblade and the wheel would create ideal conditions for trapped grit to rub against the clearcoat, again increasing the risk of white worm.

• I’ve read on another forum some time ago (sorry, can’t remember which forum) of someone who fitted these, and the ends of the Rimblade at the join separated while the car was being driven. As the Rimblade became detached from the wheel, it damaged the paintwork on the car as it hit the bodywork with each rotation of the wheel.

So while the Rimblades might help provide some protection against kerbing damage, they could also cause other issues.

IMO if you’re planning on keeping the Brescia wheels on the car;

• ensure they’re well protected against the elements

• repair any stone chip damage immediately - use a clear lacquer paint pen on the diamond cut surfaces and black touch up paint on the black painted sections.

• get a set of painted / powder coated wheels and fit these for use during the winter months. Diamond cut alloys and winter road conditions aren’t a good combination, and many alloy wheel manufacturers / retailers state on their websites that diamond cut alloys aren’t suitable for winter use.

SRGTD wrote: IMO if you’re planning on keeping the Brescia wheels on the car;

• ensure they’re well protected against the elements

• repair any stone chip damage immediately - use a clear lacquer paint pen on the diamond cut surfaces and black touch up paint on the black painted sections.

• get a set of painted / powder coated wheels and fit these for use during the winter months. Diamond cut alloys and winter road conditions aren’t a good combination, and many alloy wheel manufacturers / retailers state on their websites that diamond cut alloys aren’t suitable for winter use.

Any tips on how I can go about doing this? (For when the winter months approach).

S_94 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 6:44 pm

SRGTD wrote: IMO if you’re planning on keeping the Brescia wheels on the car;

• ensure they’re well protected against the elements

• repair any stone chip damage immediately - use a clear lacquer paint pen on the diamond cut surfaces and black touch up paint on the black painted sections.

• get a set of painted / powder coated wheels and fit these for use during the winter months. Diamond cut alloys and winter road conditions aren’t a good combination, and many alloy wheel manufacturers / retailers state on their websites that diamond cut alloys aren’t suitable for winter use.

Any tips on how I can go about doing this? (For when the winter months approach).

Sealant and/or wax applied to the wheels to last the winter months. Your Michelin PS4s have a good lip to protect against rim keeping.

As above, I do have them on both cars, they aren't hammered on, they are 3M double sided tape, maybe confused with Alloygators which most definitely shouldn't be used with diamond cut wheels.

After 6 months on the cars I have one scuff on each rim sadly, they were cause by the car reversing up slightly onto a kerb and then slipping off, so a downward scuff rather than a side on scuff which it's designed for. I have had a couple of sideway scuffs which have not damaged the wheel but you must stop and take the Rimblade off at the first opportunity if possible as the speed of rotation will pull it away and then it whips around and could possibly damage your paintwork like that.

For the damaged ones, I clean up with a stanley knife, tar and glue remover and then bought a roll of 3M tape and reapplied it, so far so good. To get the glue off the alloy it's easy with a rubber wheel (links below) in a drill, you'll be there forever with tar and glue remover!!

The Rimblades Pro that I have are a preformed circle, the cheaper Rimblades are like a rubber with double sided tape but I have seen these applied and they look awful as it's very tricky to get on evenly and round!

Carbon Collective Platinum Wheels is excellent for protecting your wheels too https://www.carboncollective.com/produc ... um-wheels/

I went for white so as not to make the alloy appear smaller on the R-Line, red on the GTi to match the red accents.

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monkeyhanger wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 7:05 pm

S_94 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 6:44 pm

SRGTD wrote: IMO if you’re planning on keeping the Brescia wheels on the car;

• ensure they’re well protected against the elements

• repair any stone chip damage immediately - use a clear lacquer paint pen on the diamond cut surfaces and black touch up paint on the black painted sections.

• get a set of painted / powder coated wheels and fit these for use during the winter months. Diamond cut alloys and winter road conditions aren’t a good combination, and many alloy wheel manufacturers / retailers state on their websites that diamond cut alloys aren’t suitable for winter use.

Any tips on how I can go about doing this? (For when the winter months approach).

Sealant and/or wax applied to the wheels to last the winter months. Your Michelin PS4s have a good lip to protect against rim keeping.

Thanks monkey. Any products you recommend?

S_94 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 9:05 pm

monkeyhanger wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 7:05 pm

S_94 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 6:44 pm

Any tips on how I can go about doing this? (For when the winter months approach).

Sealant and/or wax applied to the wheels to last the winter months. Your Michelin PS4s have a good lip to protect against rim keeping.

Thanks monkey. Any products you recommend?

I'm in favour of G-Techniq C2V3 sealant - easy for a novice to apply (some sealants have to be polished off if you don't rub the excess off quick enough, followed by some Collinite wax - should easily last the winter if applied October.

monkeyhanger wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 9:47 pm

S_94 wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 9:05 pm

monkeyhanger wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 7:05 pm

Sealant and/or wax applied to the wheels to last the winter months. Your Michelin PS4s have a good lip to protect against rim keeping.

Thanks monkey. Any products you recommend?

I'm in favour of G-Techniq C2V3 sealant - easy for a novice to apply (some sealants have to be polished off if you don't rub the excess off quick enough, followed by some Collinite wax - should easily last the winter if applied October.

Cheers mate

MilgeS wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 8:21 pm

Thanks for the pictures

Hooligaani wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 5:18 pm

MilgeS wrote: Mon May 27, 2019 8:21 pm

Thanks for the pictures

You're welcome