# Cars
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078
**Category:** Buying and Selling
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078 "2020-04-30T12:28:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 75
### Author:  [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1861 "2021-07-24T20:05:42Z")
There’s dent specialists who will come out to you. A body shop might be more likely to just tell you to change it. Just Google dent repair and check out some local ones.
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1862 "2021-07-24T20:39:52Z")
Will do. This is like Mick getting his Merc but Iv always wanted a Golf.
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### Author:  [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1863 "2021-07-25T05:07:34Z")
The last time I had anything to do with a mobile dent repair specialist was when he reversed in to me when he decided that three point turning in a traffic jam without looking was a better idea than queuing for a bit. Kind of ironic and would have been slightly amusing if he hadn’t have caused £6500 of damage to my car then denied it was his fault. Twat. He certainly was a ‘Dent Magician’ - just in my case it was putting them in, not taking them out. Took ages, but after a lot of wrangling with insurance companies it got sorted in my favour.
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1864 "2021-07-25T06:57:42Z")
Don’t think that dent will pop out, it’s too complex. Worth a punt tho
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1865 "2021-07-25T20:10:08Z")
Gunna try somewhere tomorrow.
Anyone know what this means? I’m gunna have to go somewhere and spend loads of money to make some wheels happen because I’m a fucking idiot.
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### Author:  [@h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/h_palmer627)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1866 "2021-07-25T20:19:20Z")
18 is the wheel size. J refers to how wide the wheel is. So if you had say a 18x10J wheel chances are it would be outside of the body work and require wider arches and the fronts might catch on full lock.
ET is the offset, don’t quote me on this but I think that’s the distance from the face of the hub to the outside of the wheel. Wheels with a bigger dish will have a higher negative offset.
5x112 refers to the wheel bolts/stud pattern. 5 stud/bolt and 112mm between each one. So you will need wheels with the same stud pattern because you don’t want to be messing about with adapters and wobble bolts. Golf’s being common it won’t be an issue to find something you like.
Then when it comes to tyres, one is size. So if you get 18s you’ll need a tyre that is R18. Then then there is profile and width. You’ve probably seen cars with stretched tyres where the tyre is stretched onto the wheel because it is too narrow for the wheel it’s being fitted to. And then profile you don’t want big balloon off road tyres on your pimping golf, but where ever you go should be able to recommend whats the best wheel/tyre combo for your car.
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1867 "2021-07-25T20:57:12Z")
Seriously @nedertron if you want the car to look a certain way find a pic online of how you want it to sit and take that to an alloy wheel shop. It’s not your job to work all that shit out, it can get ery complex especially with offsets.
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1868 "2021-07-25T20:59:45Z")
Sticking new alloys on it will probably not make it look exactly how you think in your head, you will probably need to get new springs and the geometry realigned (if you want it to drie and sit properly), so make sure you budget for that as well.
For my old WRX I got some STI rims for like 400EUR plus another 600 for rubber - the Eibach springs and geomotry setup was another 1k
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### Author:  [@jimo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimo)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1869 "2021-07-26T23:27:05Z")
Singer style Renault 5 Turbo restomod.
> **[Renault 5 Turbo reborn with 400bhp and carbonfibre body | Autocar](https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/renault-5-turbo-reborn-400bhp-and-carbonfibre-body)**
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> Turbo 3 has been recreated with modern technology, retaining a "time machine" feel
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1871 "2021-07-27T04:31:03Z")
Great idea @anon83623327
I got my STI wheels from an owners club forum. You could get yourself some nice GTI rims pretty cheap I reckon
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1872 "2021-07-27T04:36:50Z")
These are sick [Pardon our interruption...](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303905526604?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D233426%26meid%3D89800a7bc2d447bd95e61637bba6d63c%26pid%3D100935%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D333421174244%26itm%3D303905526604%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseUnbiasedWebCpr08MlcGreedy%26brand%3DVolkswagen&_trksid=p2332490.c100935.m2460&amdata=cksum%3A30390552660489800a7bc2d447bd95e61637bba6d63c%7Cenc%3AAQAGAAACEHI5bYzoC3n1B2bOtChR6OeXxk%252BtLr0ucjd%252FxRMynDdQwPVIkscDOWuKvMyxLWPI507lEqgSkr%252FcRnpIMqq6grzrF1ALEriEHzAasahXBMwmpOhawkxCmh8KbfH62%252Bi5E%252B83T4%252B4CVkIMpC9px2JOqQNmwfNqSkKLyZCsrH%252FbYaeQI7PJnLBSvjjDTBeRYtR2B9Qbr3dJwdHlcTVfnruOFhuBLFKL%252FT1TPB5YbW36STF6%252Fj5jr4kwBWFUURqbLg8Cf00dnFrXTtIRZI%252FBMiJj271p64z5iKYeXAk2rdDhIypFsMI94XLZ1dFSMR4ngGsWC9AoS4vIKJMPXVEWuP%252BkCdn4J0fV9k8pYHiMrTKJx%252B70D2%252BOsfeorWzi%252FQm4XsguZUDVMhUawMOkhqX%252FdUSvp0kdPt46JRGm3b%252BmB20C5w5cGEhZL%252BNcaO1j3aDfA1O2sa%252FClGr0P9%252FD%252BSjwD%252B74MMchvrTdeYrmpXzrE62%252Fol%252FeedbbQebGjrwxoSwfSudLHaWE%252BamdNJ4gNjTxQ1Zn7U24bKa4naWiVV05m6Xmx3%252BCTn6Lgpq6q8CB0BgA9nZPeRYsLr8LsOSwsCvBGBm%252BILg7dbbeZyea4pcFcZJztRE1eEPjhWkQPHWsadV3sKFy48si8XPl37qZ2Qxw%252FX3le6T%252FKrO1beplPAVJFNy335OsfQcWv5II8aSzhRhGXn0FA%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&epid=1531089235)
@anon83623327 @Spanky
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1873 "2021-07-27T04:59:52Z")
Might look weird on dark grey. But just my opinion!
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1874 "2021-07-27T05:07:34Z")
What would you go for?
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### Author:  [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1877 "2021-07-27T12:34:03Z")
I really want Black though ☹
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### Author:  [@doowyrag](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/doowyrag)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1879 "2021-07-27T13:07:08Z")
> [@anon83623327](#):
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> get black then, it’s your car!
Yup!
I really like these..
..and saw a set on a black T5 (or 6? - I can’t tell the difference) recently and they looked ace!
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### Author:  [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1880 "2021-07-27T13:09:36Z")
I’m still fussing over what to do with the dinner plate-sized chrome VW badge and trims on the front of my van. The obvious thing to do would be black but I think it might be too much with the bonnet protector and commercial bumper plus I quite like how the chrome trim lines are picked up in the headlights.
Definitely not yellow to match the van because that always looks a bit shit. Not sure what else to try, though. Maybe a really dark grey or something?
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### Author:  [@deegwaad](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/deegwaad)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1882 "2021-07-27T13:26:17Z")
@markg any chance of a full suite of pics of your van??
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### Author:  [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1883 "2021-07-27T13:28:30Z")
> [@markg](#):
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> I’m still fussing over what to do with the dinner plate-sized chrome VW badge
Take it off and hang it round your neck.
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### Author:  [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1885 "2021-07-27T13:29:13Z")
I’ll try and take some decent ones. It’s at the garage at the moment getting a new cambelt and whatnot.
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### Author:  [@h\_palmer627](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/h_palmer627)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/cars/1078/1886 "2021-07-27T13:35:06Z")
Need some Ronal teddies
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