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Jun 28th, 2020, 21:33 | #1321 | |
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The chap is going to refurbish the wheels for £160 - that is less than I paid for a set of wheels to be powder coated 15 years ago. I think that is a bargain - we'll see how well it turns out. I might go for a slightly darker colour (grey instead of silver). I think it will be a good solution getting the 18" wheels properly powder coated (the original paint finish is rather poor and VAG wheels are known to suffer from corrosion), the tyres (all nearly new - I always replace them with original specification Continental) re-fitted and returned to the car for the summer months, whilst keeping a good set of steel wheels with winter tyres for Nov-Mar is a really good one. I'm feeling quite pleased with myself for finding a really good set of steel wheels and winter tyres, plus dovetailing in the refurbishment of the alloy wheels (which I knew needed doing one day) and solving that irritating slow puncture all in one neat sequence of events. If all goes to plan the whole thing will cost just £220 (plus a bit of diesel and some of my time). As I told John recently: being a tightwad is something to be proud of :-) Alan Last edited by Othen; Jun 28th, 2020 at 21:42. |
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There is an argument that the lower the unsprung weight and the shorter the sidewall height, the better the handling and roadholding. However life is a compromise and there is a point, often a very fine line between a harsh ride and a comfortbale one with good handling and roadholding. If our roads were glass-smooth, 18" wheels wouldn't be a problem for you but as they're not, all the money VAG spent on creating the suspension system is nullified by the fact they've gone for 18s when 16s would give a much nicer ride. That aside, i think this is the ultimate tightwad : Start ^^^^^ Sanding down the front ^^^^^ More sanding ^^^^^ Tyre off and primed ^^^^^ Top coats inc lacquer and tyre back on, on the car ^^^^^ Part-way through centre cap refurb ^^^^^ The finished article! ^^^^^ Just another 4 wheels and 3 centre caps to do! Cost so far, about £40 but i can use some of the materials on the other wheels so total cost likely to be about £60-80. The rest is my own efforts/time and the next wheel won't be sanded back so much!
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Nice turn around with the wheels, they would have looked awesome if the alloy was polished and clear lacquered
This was an Audi wheel I did a few years ago with some kerb rash. Dry sand, wet sand 400/1200/2000 grade. Solvol Autosol then etch primer and lacquer
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No idea what sort of alloys Alan has on his Skoda but i expect we'll see some before and after pics - hint, hint Alan!
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I'm guessing you have a friendly tyre fitter to assist? Alan |
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He says they will be ready in 3-5 days, so I hope to have some nice 'after' photos by about the end of the week. Alan |
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I agree with you Dave, VAG would have spent millions tuning the suspension - and largely wasted it by fitting fashion accessory wheels. I didn't have any choice of wheels when I bought my Skoda (new) - it was the Elegance model and they all came with 18" alloy wheels and 40% aspect ratio tyres, but in hindsight (a wonderful thing) I'd probably have asked the garage to downgrade the wheels to 16" steel and had far fewer punctures, cheaper replacement tyres, better fuel consumption, a quieter ride, better handling and I wouldn't be paying £160 to have them re-painted now:-) |
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Errrrr, yeah - me!
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The other thing with very wide tyres is that they can "tramline" along ridges in the road easier than narrower tyres and are more susceptible to road camber changes.
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