They are 18*8, et40, with 215/40/18 Hankook, ventus, v12
They are listed at 18.9 per rim, with tire on, I weighted them at 37lb approximately. Good or not bad? Let me know.
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Nice to hear from you, thought you dropped of the face of the earth.Just had my two front fenders replaced under the rust warranty. The issue is very widespread at the top of the wheel arch, it’s largly due to the foam insulation behind trapping salt and debris, and more TDi prone apparently. I noticed the paint peeling back when my car was on a friends lift a few months ago. I then saw the rust creeping under the paint at a certain angle, I pulled a bit of the paint off, it would have been off once the snow started anyways. I filled out the form on the VW site and got my appointment. The lady took one look and said it’s automatically covered in this area due to a service bulletin and high volume of claims in this area. She did pics and documented it, but, said it’s a formality and called their body shop of choice and booked me a time that day and had the fenders ordered. It was a four week wait only due to the Christmas and New Years holidays. I only lost my car for 2 days. I don’t have a pic of the rust, but, maybe 2 inches wide and 1/2 an inch tall at the top of each arch. Only surface rust as well, no perforation whatsoever.
Make sure you get the metal rings, the plastic ones will crack in the cold weather.Thanks, can't wait to out these on, tho, I need some hub rings and conical bolts....
You got a Great deal and the light setup is a big bonus.They are 18*8, et40, with 215/40/18 Hankook, ventus, v12
They are listed at 18.9 per rim, with tire on, I weighted them at 37lb approximately. Good or not bad? Let me know.
How do you know they are shot? You don't do alot milage.Hey Mark....crazy busy with work these days. Good luck with your fender claim.
Found out my two rear calipers are close to shot. Anyone had luck with remanufactured/re-conditioned brakes??
How do you know they are shot? You don't do alot milage.
Coincidently, one of my neighbour thought the same, coz his mechanic friend told him his both his rear brake calipers were going after changing the pads coz they were wearing down faster than others and was over-heating his rear brake. I told him VW bias the initial brake bias to the rear causes the rear pads to wear faster. As well, if you replace VW rear brakes with aftermarket pads and if the parking brake wasn't adjusted properly after replacement they will drag.
Long story shorter, we jacked up the rear and sure enough there was some unnessage drag from the parking brakes, see this video for parking brake info.
I used a remanufactured rear caliper on my wifes '15 Accord, yup left parking brake lever wouldn't release. It works fine but seem to rust faster than the originals.
You can also buy the brake kits with the seals, retainer and boot for like $10 and rebuild the calipers yourself. I've done it a few times, you just need motivation some scotch bright pads to clean any rust from the bores, lots of brake fluid to lubricate getting the piston past the seals. Easy to bleed the brakes after, if you have a helper or a Motive Power Bleeder.
PS. Wow I .just realized his clutch is still good, must be alot of high way driving
We'd take that drive any day, it takes my wife one hour and 15 minutes to go 45 km (28 miles) in Toronto rush hour to get home from downtown, combination of regular roads and highway.Not really. It's mainly local driving except for the 30 mile commute to work which here in Orange County is an hour in stop and go traffic. I live on Pacific Coast Highway which is not actually a highway where I live so a lot of beach cruising. Got to 130k on the original clutch on the TDI.
I updated my profile today too.
In my area DRL is the law and insurance stats show when headlights on during the day that accidents down.Just one more bulb to replace and I never saw the point at my latitude.