What's it worth

[Kwokie8]

From doing my research I'm looking at £8500 to £9500.

What do people think about refurbishing alloys before advertising? Take a £400 hit early or get haggled or even put people off if I leave them.

[scottm72]

give us some pictures of the car mate esp the wheels,,, wont be as much as £400 to refurb the wheels, shop about,,, also depending where you stay some small companies will come to you in a van and refurb at you home.
if you shop about £50 a wheel may be achievable.
can you add a pic or two ?

[andrewparker]

If they're Monza IIs refurbing a diamond cut wheel is going to cost more than £50.

[scottm72]

If they're Monza IIs refurbing a diamond cut wheel is going to cost more than £50.

yes I know that, and is the reason I have asked for pictures, I am just trying to make sure the guy doesn't get ripped off
also as im sure you know also not a lot of places know how to refurb the monzas properly and is also a reason why some garages wont bother refurbing them if they are diamond cut due to cost if they are selling a car that has knackered ones on it, also the time it takes getting the wheels back as where I stay you would have to post the wheels away and then wait a week for them to come back, adding they costs together is why they will usually just put reps on the car instead, it works out cheaper and they will usually have a local or not to far away supplier.

[Kwokie8]

That's alright, I know it will be around £360 as it's not my first set of diamond cut to be refurbed. I use A1 in wolves so contemplating getting them done before sale.

[scottm72]

it is a lot of money for a car you are selling but guess you kinda have to as they will bring the whole car down if you dont

[Rachael]

£360  seems reasonable for diamond cut. I got quoted £500-600!

[scottm72]

£360  seems reasonable for diamond cut. I got quoted £500-600!

would be as well buying good quality reps at that price, theres bad ones and there is 100% identical ones out there for less than £600

[Rachael]

I know! I was going to buy some more but then just had them powder coated for £220, as the Whiteworm had well and truly got to them.

I just got It knocked off the price of the car when I bought it. Personally I'd get them done before you sell it, I love the gti wheels and they were the first thing as a buyer I noticed   

[ROH ECHT]

Here's a few '07's, but they're in US value. All of the $17k cars = 10,600 bp I think, yes?

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/searchresults.xhtml?zip=92345&endYear=2007&modelCode1=GTI&startYear=2007&makeCode1=VOLKS&sellerTypes=b&numRecords=25&searchRadius=0&captureSearch=true&Log=0

[andrewparker]

£360  seems reasonable for diamond cut. I got quoted £500-600!

would be as well buying good quality reps at that price, theres bad ones and there is 100% identical ones out there for less than £600

I take it you mean 100% visually identical, because I doubt there are replicas that feature the BBS hollow spoke technology. I could be wrong though.

[scottm72]

£360  seems reasonable for diamond cut. I got quoted £500-600!

would be as well buying good quality reps at that price, theres bad ones and there is 100% identical ones out there for less than £600

I take it you mean 100% visually identical, because I doubt there are replicas that feature the BBS hollow spoke technology. I could be wrong though.

no you are right there, I bought my car with new reps and I would have changed them but to be honest only a very little percentage of gti owners could tell the difference, they aren't hollow and so will be heavier but the finish / cut and quality is identical to the Monza 2s.
I know there is a lot of reps sold that are rubbish or the diamond cut and smoothed contour don't quite look right but I got lucky with mine