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Andrew

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19th Jul 10 at 12:50

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
If it's anything like the tyre places around here mate you'll leave with less teeth than you went in with

Seriously

noshua

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19th Jul 10 at 12:51

Independent company?

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 12:53

They have 4 garages in this area but they're not a national chain like Kwikfit.

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 13:15

Only had my iPhone on me so the pics aren't great

Ojc

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19th Jul 10 at 13:16

Fucking useless all of them

nathy_87

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19th Jul 10 at 13:17

Bloody hell that's bad.

I'd have to get a White Tyre Pen and colour in the Michelin man in.

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 13:19

It doesn't look bad in those pics I dont think. Cant get a feel for how deep the marks are.

When I had my Corsa a different garage did a similar thing to wheels on that except they made much more of a mess than they have of these ones.

3CorsaMeal

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19th Jul 10 at 13:26

why have you got orange tyres

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 13:29

Not a clue

Maybe just off where they've been rolling them round/laying them in the crap on the workshop floor?

Ojc

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19th Jul 10 at 13:31

I've had my tyres swapped over from one set of wheels to the other twice now in the space of 3 months and they haven't left a single mark, I could put you in contact with them? I went to school with the lad who owns the tyre place, got an Audi R8. You could converse about the advantages of owning an Audi.

How about it?

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 13:34

Not enough hours in the day for discussing the advantages of owning an Audi mate

The ATS Euromaster garage here has fitted 2 sets of tyres to this car and another set of tyres to my Corsa in the past without leaving a single mark. Wish I had spent the £20 per tyre extra and gone there now.

[Edited on 19-07-2010 by mwg]

Ojc

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19th Jul 10 at 13:38

Speaking of Audi A3's have you ever had to disconnect your battery for any reason?

My mates got a 54 plate 2.0TDi that has a whole manner of issues with it, first the coolant temp sensor fucked up, now the EGR valve is goosed and it's throwing up EML lights and hes trading it in for a Seat Leon FR next week, I said to disconnect the battery leave it for an hour and see if it wipes the code long enough to get it up the Seat garage, but the only thing it's done is flash up even more lights.

Talk to me.

Jordan C

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19th Jul 10 at 13:49

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
some guy pulled up to the tyre place yesterday when i was there.

had some matt black amg merc, sounded like a big v8 of some sort. 2 asian dudes in it.

they followed the car everywhere and waited right next to the tyre fitter while they were doing it instead of sitting in the waiting room.

now i see why it's a disgrace. if i put a fucked flywheel on, i'd probably get suspended.

but these fucking retarded mongs who did fuck all at school scratch your alloys then deny it

Dont tag every one with the same brush! Sum tyre fitters do take alot of pride in there work just depends where u go tbh!

mwg

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19th Jul 10 at 14:04

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Speaking of Audi A3's have you ever had to disconnect your battery for any reason?

My mates got a 54 plate 2.0TDi that has a whole manner of issues with it, first the coolant temp sensor fucked up, now the EGR valve is goosed and it's throwing up EML lights and hes trading it in for a Seat Leon FR next week, I said to disconnect the battery leave it for an hour and see if it wipes the code long enough to get it up the Seat garage, but the only thing it's done is flash up even more lights.

Talk to me.

Nope, never had to.

Mines under warranty so don't really know much about them if they go wrong as not had to get my hands dirty like I used to do with the Corsa

taylorboosh

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20th Jul 10 at 19:34

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Speaking of Audi A3's have you ever had to disconnect your battery for any reason?

My mates got a 54 plate 2.0TDi that has a whole manner of issues with it, first the coolant temp sensor fucked up, now the EGR valve is goosed and it's throwing up EML lights and hes trading it in for a Seat Leon FR next week, I said to disconnect the battery leave it for an hour and see if it wipes the code long enough to get it up the Seat garage, but the only thing it's done is flash up even more lights.

Talk to me.

download free vagcom, pull up round corner from garage, wipe codes via laptop and usb obd lead..... done

Steve

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20th Jul 10 at 19:36

remove eml bulb

ash_corsa

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20th Jul 10 at 19:39

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
remove eml bulb

LED's nowadays

stan_the_man

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20th Jul 10 at 19:54

quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
remove eml bulb

LED's nowadays

Remove EML LED

mwg

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20th Jul 10 at 20:35

I've heard nothing from them about this. Will ring tomorrow and see whats going on.

Graham88

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21st Jul 10 at 03:07

Result, aslong as the refurb is decent!

t_benn_1

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21st Jul 10 at 07:38

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Speaking of Audi A3's have you ever had to disconnect your battery for any reason?

My mates got a 54 plate 2.0TDi that has a whole manner of issues with it, first the coolant temp sensor fucked up, now the EGR valve is goosed and it's throwing up EML lights and hes trading it in for a Seat Leon FR next week, I said to disconnect the battery leave it for an hour and see if it wipes the code long enough to get it up the Seat garage, but the only thing it's done is flash up even more lights.

Talk to me.

Borrow a hand-held/reader?

mwg

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21st Jul 10 at 08:21

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Result, aslong as the refurb is decent!

This is my next worry! Got to be honest, I cant see how they are going to do as good a job as the factory finish if its a man in a van doing it. He's not going to strip it back to the metal and start from scratch, he'll probably just fill the scratch, rub the wheel down a bit and spray over the top

I'm pretty certain Audi wont tell you the exact colour code of the wheels either so I could end up with a different shade on the front wheels that are being refurbed to the back wheels that dont need refurbing. Its not a straight silver. Its like a super shiney silvery light grey finish.

Dont need this kind of shit, I just wanted new tyres.

[Edited on 21-07-2010 by mwg]

Ben G

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21st Jul 10 at 08:57

i would get them to refurb the scratched wheels then carefully check the colour in direct sunlight to see if it matches the other alloys.

if not, get them to refurb those aswell?

my focus wheels were refurbished by a bloke in a van. he did a really good job and they came out in a brighter colour and shinier then when i first picked it up brand new.

mwg

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21st Jul 10 at 09:19

Thats good to hear. I'll have to see what happens. Will keep this thread updated.

Joe

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21st Jul 10 at 11:18

This probably wouldn't have happened if you drove a Vauxhall, I think you can only blame yourself tbh.

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