New rim time :D

garnier · Post by **garnier** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:56 pm

It's fair to say my RXII's are well past their sell by date. The fronts are totally corroded but the rears aren't too bad. Luckily, there's no kerb damage on any. I'm planning on spending time over a the course of a few weeks to refurb them. Of course I'll need another set of rims to run about on

- will possibly by some new rims and either keep them and sell the refurbed RXII
- or put the shiny RXIIs back on and sell the other ones. Decisions Decisions.

I reckon I can do a decent job of the refurb as I'm pretty handy with paints and have done some bodywork/spraying in my days. So they will look good. But I'm also liking how 16's look on the polo gti.

Wheelbase do these in 16" with 40 profile tyres for Â£500:

I also like the 15x7.5 Ronal LS - there's a set doing the round on ebay for about Â£500 without tyres. Could always just have my tyres swapped from the RXIIs onto the new wheels over at a tyre place (would also give my rubber a wee stretch). Guess I'd still fetch about 500 for these rims on ebay in a couple of months time, not sure about the offset of them tho, think it's 25.

Looking forward to getting starting rubbing down the RXIIs. Plan to leave the rim polished and unlaquered, and the centres either professionally powder coated (about Â£100 for 4) or sprayed with hammerite by hand. (The cheap option, but can look just as good). Probably do a gunmetal coloured centre.

Can't wait

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:14 pm

a few guys on here have bought some G60 steelies for about Â£130 from the stealers and just swapped the tyres while they refurbed their RXII's
they're not bad looking either and you could use them as winter wheels.

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:16 pm

just in the progress of refurbin my polo wheels the winter weather has badly eatten my wheels. feel the same bout 16's on the polo was considering gettin the golf cab 16's not sure few pairs floatin around on ebay at the mo.
(how do you attach pics ?)

garnier · Post by **garnier** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:55 pm

To post images you need somewhere to store the images on the web (not this site, somewhere like bravenet.com. Upload the images to your webhosting site (bravenet.com is free) and take a note of their address eg. www.bravenet.com/yourname/g60steelie.jpg. When posting in this forum, just press the 'Img' button, paste in your link to your uploaded image and then press the 'Img' button again. You need to use an 'Img' tag at the start and end of each image posted, for maximum control. Easy

The G60 steelies are a great idea! They look decent and will dop the job. I seen a blue polo on here with white G60 steelies - at least I think thats what they are. Looks cool. Are they really only Â£130 from stealers? Correct offset and all that?

I could always practice my spraying technique on the steelies.

Has anyone sprayed RXIIs by hand before? I think it looks tricky, all those little spokes and nooks and crannies look like it'd easy for paint to gather in and cause some messy little runs in the paint.

There's a nice looking black polo on G60 steelies over here:

http://forums.dieselstation.com/index.p ... ntry347545

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:03 pm

i have sprayed them once and never again sent them off to spit and polish for a decent job this time.

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Redline · Post by **Redline** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:05 pm

garnier wrote: There's a nice looking black polo on G60 steelies over here:

http://forums.dieselstation.com/index.p ... ntry347545

Yeah, that car belongs to Si_GTi who's a moderator here!

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:09 pm

my pic?

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:09 pm

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:45 pm

polo_gti21 wrote:my pic?

No, note the fact I quoted garnier in my post, you'll realise I made no reference to you or your car.

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:45 pm

Keep them corroded...Mk5 GTI rat look

polo_gti21 · Post by **polo_gti21** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:12 pm

miss understanding sorry, my filler cap was ripped off by the little yobs in my area trying to steal petrol and just as a quick fix put this on unpainted to make it safe. car was mint till that happened.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:14 pm

Wahey I'm famous!

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:10 am

polo_gti21 wrote: feel the same bout 16's on the polo was considering gettin the golf cab 16's not sure few pairs floatin around on ebay at the mo.

There is one set on ebay, they are in a right state..and imagine quite a few people are looking at them, last set i've seen on there since mine that I bought a few months ago for Â£600

garnier · Post by **garnier** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:00 pm

Does anyone have any more info on the G60 steelies? Are they polo G60 wheels are corrado?

I asked the stealers for polo G60 steelies and they said they're only in 13".