I mean I bent 17” Denver’s. I just think VW makes their wheels out of weaker material, likely to do better in crash testing.
That sucks hard tho.
I mean I bent 17” Denver’s. I just think VW makes their wheels out of weaker material, likely to do better in crash testing.
Bending a Denver is
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
I mean, I'm on a 40 series tire now, with approaching the same amount of time in Baghdad, er, South Philly, as the GTI was.... and zero bends on the stock Enkei wheels.
Yes. 3 bends on the Pretoria's and 2 on the 18" Enkei's. I think this might've been the same wheel that's been bent twice now. Repaired the first time and now it's getting replaced.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:18 amHow many bent wheels is that now? 3?Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:58 pm Dropped the car off this morning. The 5F module just being replaced. Luckily they're in stock at the distributor so it'll be here tomorrow.
Also, front wheel is bent AGAIN along with tire bubbles. Getting a new tar and ram because of the wheel and tar insurance thing I took out. It was only $1k IIRC so it probably almost paid for itself right there.
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5 bent wheels since you've bought the car?Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:25 pm Yes. 3 bends on the Pretoria's and 2 on the 18" Enkei's. I think this might've been the same wheel that's been bent twice now. Repaired the first time and now it's getting replaced.
I thought the pretoria's were supposed to be strong. I think they're flow formed just like my enkei's are. I know it's not forged but it's stronger than regular cast wheels.
Yep. Never bent a detroit on the Mk6. Or an enkei when they were on in the summer.coogles wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:27 pm5 bent wheels since you've bought the car?Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 2:25 pm Yes. 3 bends on the Pretoria's and 2 on the 18" Enkei's. I think this might've been the same wheel that's been bent twice now. Repaired the first time and now it's getting replaced.
I thought the pretoria's were supposed to be strong. I think they're flow formed just like my enkei's are. I know it's not forged but it's stronger than regular cast wheels.
I managed to bend a Detroit on my , but I didn't know it until I had the tires replaced. Wasn't bad enough to require repair. I cracked the shit out of one of the cheap aftermarket wheels on put on it after, but let that be a lesson in not putting shitty Chinese wheels on your car.
I think NE roads are really that shitty
They are indeed. isn't exaggerating. They're awful.
70 MPH steering wheel shaking so hard your dash is rattling "bent" is what happened to my Denvers.
You had one fucked up Mk6 man.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:16 am70 MPH steering wheel shaking so hard your dash is rattling "bent" is what happened to my Denvers.
I think part of that was the horrific shock tune on the MK6, where it would slam the bump stops all the damn time like someone was under your car with a 40 lb sledgehammer. The STI hardly ever bottoms out like that. What was a 4 times a day occurrence is now a 4 times a year occurrence. Hitting something and having your suspension stop the wheel so abruptly will transfer the entire load onto the tire and into the wheel.
I had no issues as such in 6 years and 75k miles either. Matter of fact the mk6 suspension was one of my favorite things about the golf. Way more forgiving than my m3. The golf would bottom out with 4+ people though...wap wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:03 amYou had one fucked up Mk6 man.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:16 am
70 MPH steering wheel shaking so hard your dash is rattling "bent" is what happened to my Denvers.
I think part of that was the horrific shock tune on the MK6, where it would slam the bump stops all the damn time like someone was under your car with a 40 lb sledgehammer. The STI hardly ever bottoms out like that. What was a 4 times a day occurrence is now a 4 times a year occurrence. Hitting something and having your suspension stop the wheel so abruptly will transfer the entire load onto the tire and into the wheel.
Mine has crashed on its bump stops maybe 4-5 times in the 8= years I've owned it, and I can't believe I'm that much better at dodging potholes than you.
We all drive on different roads in different conditions.
My experience was closer to Johnny's. The thing would crash into the bump stops at least a couple times on every drive to and from work just going over spots in the road where buckled up seams had formed little ridges across the road like speed bumps. Every time I got out of the car I'd be in a full .
Yeah. I ended up the same way. Which is a shame, because on better roads in less hellish conditions it was a nice car. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't like it. MK7 is an improvement though from everything I've heard.coogles wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:21 amMy experience was closer to Johnny's. The thing would crash into the bump stops at least a couple times on every drive to and from work just going over spots in the road where buckled up seams had formed little ridges across the road like speed bumps. Every time I got out of the car I'd be in a full .
It really was. My wife and I took the MK6 down to southern Indiana for a weekend trip and spent one evening doing nothing but driving around the tight, twisting roads through the forests after dinner. The did great with that, for what it was. But in urban driving with pockmarked and buckling roads all over, the ride was just punishing. The STi easily absorbed more of those bigger impacts, as does the MK7 but with better manners over the jittery bumps as well.