MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: hoggj on May 27, 2013, 03:24:51 pm
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Hey guys i have 18" monza's on my GTi (diamond cut and painted to look like monza shadows, like on the mk6) but they are covered in white worm and look awful so I'm getting them refurbed on Thursday, but i don't want the diamond cut this time as I don't want the white worm to come back,so was going to get them powder coated silver fleck with the black inside,just the same look as i have just finished a different way, what are your thoughts ?? Will I be spoiling the look I have at the moment ??
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Have a look at the MK5/6 wheels thread. Robin did his in smoked chrome.
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i think it will be hard for them to do the black inserts and silver face with paint, will mean a lot of taping off over the new paint which will still be soft?
the diamond cut shadow look is easier because the just spray those areas and any over spray is taken off by the diamond cut process..
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I planned on doing something like that, but my refurb place wouldn't attempt powdercoating inserts a different colour because they wouldn't be able to get the same clean line at the edges like with diamond cut. I got smoked chrome instead and I actually prefer how they look now!
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Any pics of the whole car from side?
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
Are you Dorset based (going on the photos)? If so did you use a local company for the refurb' and do you rate their service / cost?
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I planned on doing something like that, but my refurb place wouldn't attempt powdercoating inserts a different colour because they wouldn't be able to get the same clean line at the edges like with diamond cut. I got smoked chrome instead and I actually prefer how they look now!
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One word stunning! That colour looks great on the monza IIs :love:
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As to the finished result I'm going to get i only hope as as nice as i have just now, to the sharpness of the black next to the silver ? But this was the 3rd place i tried,and they gave me a good sales pitch, and said they would be confident to get a nice sharp finish to the edges, and they sold be on a nice silver fleck next to the black as i really want a silver wheel on the car, although you do have a nice finish on your wheels mate :)
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Can you post a pic when you have it done, I'm in exactly the same situation as you. Was going to get new wheels but refurb sound more tempting!
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I will do..! My wheels at the moment :(
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
Are you Dorset based (going on the photos)? If so did you use a local company for the refurb' and do you rate their service / cost?
Yeah, well spotted! I used Silverwheels in Ferndown:
http://www.silverwheelsltd.co.uk/
I would certainly recommend them. They know their craft well and are happy to do custom jobs. They do a 3 coat finish on the wheels and can do a set in a day. I paid £300 for repairing and colouring my wheels which I thought was a decent price. They seem to have a good reputation and I have seen Porsches, Aston Martins etc in there.
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I planned on doing something like that, but my refurb place wouldn't attempt powdercoating inserts a different colour because they wouldn't be able to get the same clean line at the edges like with diamond cut. I got smoked chrome instead and I actually prefer how they look now!
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One word stunning! That colour looks great on the monza IIs :love:
Cheers pal! :smiley:
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i rang wicked wheels and wheeldoc and they both said they cant do it for me :scared:
a place called diamond alloys quoted me £295 for the four for the monza shadow look, but theyre other side of london!
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
Are you Dorset based (going on the photos)? If so did you use a local company for the refurb' and do you rate their service / cost?
Yeah, well spotted! I used Silverwheels in Ferndown:
http://www.silverwheelsltd.co.uk/
I would certainly recommend them. They know their craft well and are happy to do custom jobs. They do a 3 coat finish on the wheels and can do a set in a day. I paid £300 for repairing and colouring my wheels which I thought was a decent price. They seem to have a good reputation and I have seen Porsches, Aston Martins etc in there.
They look great and that's just up the road from me in Christchurch . Do you think smoked chrome would look ok on candy white ?
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
Are you Dorset based (going on the photos)? If so did you use a local company for the refurb' and do you rate their service / cost?
Yeah, well spotted! I used Silverwheels in Ferndown:
http://www.silverwheelsltd.co.uk/
I would certainly recommend them. They know their craft well and are happy to do custom jobs. They do a 3 coat finish on the wheels and can do a set in a day. I paid £300 for repairing and colouring my wheels which I thought was a decent price. They seem to have a good reputation and I have seen Porsches, Aston Martins etc in there.
They look great and that's just up the road from me in Christchurch . Do you think smoked chrome would look ok on candy white ?
Hard to say, but I reckon it would probably look pretty good yeah. I would recommend going there having a chat with them and looking at their samples. They made up a smoked chrome sample wheel for me and it should still be there. It's definitely worth seeing because you can't be sure of how it looks till you see it 'in the flesh'. Personally it was too dark for my taste so I asked for it to be lightened up a bit for my wheels. It is a cool colour though, because as they would tell you, every time they do it, it will be a very slightly different colour. This means that your wheels will be unique!
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Wheels getting done here today, so hears hoping all go's well :happy2:
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Hope it goes well. Look forward to seeing the finished job! :happy2:
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If you had wheels just diamond cut again surely if you looked after them they would last ?? See I need to get mine done only because of curb damage due to previous owner ..not white worm
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Got the wheels back yesterday and I'm very impressed :congrats:
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Pictures are not the best but trust me they have done a top job :happy2:
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Look good ...so these are just painted ??
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wow theyre excellent!! im going to ask the local place if they can do this!
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Yes just painted (powder coated) and thanks they are even better in the flesh lol :smiley:
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Need mine doing ....will do it this winter
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Nice job, looks good!
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They look really good.
What cour do they use on the face? And how much was it? Looking to get mine done next month and these look great
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They told me it was the same shade as vw silver (the same shade as the 17" standard monzas) I'm sure, it was £320, they are in Edinburgh but they also have a place in Glasgow.
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The finished look :drool:
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They look excellent and should last much longer than diamond cut. :happy2:
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Look great mate! Hopefully will last the test of time well too.
Did you give them a good seal before fitting them back on?
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Thanks for all the great coments :happy2:
I did wax them with one of my car waxes ?? Should I be looking to to more than that to them ??
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That should be ok mate, depending on how durable the wax is and how often you clean them etc, I put 2 or 3 coats on last time i did mine which lasted a few months and just made them easier to keep clean.
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Hard to do it justice in a photo, because the look changes depending on angle and light, but here you go: :happy2:
Are you Dorset based (going on the photos)? If so did you use a local company for the refurb' and do you rate their service / cost?
Yeah, well spotted! I used Silverwheels in Ferndown:
http://www.silverwheelsltd.co.uk/
I would certainly recommend them. They know their craft well and are happy to do custom jobs. They do a 3 coat finish on the wheels and can do a set in a day. I paid £300 for repairing and colouring my wheels which I thought was a decent price. They seem to have a good reputation and I have seen Porsches, Aston Martins etc in there.
Cheers, I'll give them a punt when I finally decide to spruce up a couple of sets of wheels.
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They look fantastic hoggj. Been lookng at refurb options myself and gonna ask my local place if they can do the same.
Cheers for the pics.