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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #15 on: 02 November 2010, 19:20:43 »

..............of course, there's a lovely example of the very wheel (at speed looking shiny and new) in my avatar. 8-)

............Rolling road is about the best place for 'em! ::)

They were off the car less than a year after the pic was taken......... ;D
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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #16 on: 02 November 2010, 19:26:32 »

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why do you guys call the mini prefacelift omega mv6 alloys as "toffee"? lol ::) :-/


Not heard them refered to as Toffee before, but I assume as they are easily buckled mate ;)
Shame though as they are in my opinion the most Gorgeous wheel for the Omega :y


only on a pre/minifacelift tho in my opinon:

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doesnt look right
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« Reply #17 on: 02 November 2010, 19:27:00 »

I thought BMW used toffee wheels-they buckle from the weight of the car ;D
Whats the point of having good looking wheels if the buckle easily - The roads by me just lately look like the moon-craters all over the place.
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« Reply #18 on: 02 November 2010, 19:31:24 »

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I thought BMW used toffee wheels-they buckle from the weight of the car ;D
- Not just Gm then! ;D

Whats the point of having good looking wheels if the buckle easily  - you said it dude, you said it!

- The roads by me just lately look like the moon-craters all over the place.
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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #19 on: 02 November 2010, 19:41:46 »

its scary s**t !!! :o :o i had a set of old opel 5 spoke style alloys on my manta years ago, they were that soft the hard inserts that the bolts tighten up to inside the alloy came free and the wheel fell off leaving the four studs/sleeves on the hub  ;D ;D ;D luckily i was only doing 20mph and something didnt feel right  :o :-/ :D
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« Reply #20 on: 02 November 2010, 20:03:52 »

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Any other manufacturers make dodgy Alloys that people can recall.................?

Toyota had a run of wheels in the early 00's that were pretty bad - the paint comes off them within a couple of years as water gets under the laquer where the inside edge of the spokes are.. rubbish finish - although at least they stay straight :)
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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #21 on: 02 November 2010, 20:20:38 »

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Toffee is being too kind to them.  Lovely looking wheels, but impossible to live with. I had 9 of them, all distorted. One I buckled with a simple, albeit extreme, understeer moment, even though I didn't hit/kerb anything.

Gave up with them, now have facelift MV6 wheels on my prefacelift MV6

Good Lord! :o


I remember your shock at the Chester meet last time and how visibly 'unround' mine were!

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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #22 on: 02 November 2010, 21:10:00 »

Maybe steels have a use after all then ;D
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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #23 on: 02 November 2010, 21:27:08 »

Many of you are wrongly assuming that car manufacturers design and make alloy wheels.....
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Re: sticky question????
« Reply #24 on: 02 November 2010, 21:34:28 »

Obviously i know what the wheels are but did'nt get the toffee reference. I do now. I know they're the best looking wheel for any pre or mini facelift Mig. Jammy so & so that i am i've got two good sets & remember the jibes at weekend meets about me waking up to find the Beastie on blocks!!! Glad that was only a joke as i guarantee if those wheels were at stake i'd be the last one standing!
     Shame Irmy did'nt make them properly as they are the proverbial danglies!!!! 8-) :y
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« Reply #25 on: 02 November 2010, 21:48:47 »

I prefer these [/img]
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« Reply #26 on: 02 November 2010, 22:37:20 »

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Toffee is being too kind to them.  Lovely looking wheels, but impossible to live with. I had 9 of them, all distorted. One I buckled with a simple, albeit extreme, understeer moment, even though I didn't hit/kerb anything.

Gave up with them, now have facelift MV6 wheels on my prefacelift MV6

Beat you to that one TB - did that in 2001. @ the time the Irmscher wheels were about £200 each and the Facelift MV6 wheels less than £100. I did that to a car that was only 3 years old @ the time so I'm amazed that tere are any left that are actually round anymore
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« Reply #27 on: 03 November 2010, 20:31:45 »

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Any other manufacturers make dodgy Alloys that people can recall.................?
BMW, though they will always blame on someone else (potholes etc).  But BMW owners are like Sony owners and gayPhone owners - too stupid/loyal to accept anything bad about the product they have been conned into buying....
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« Reply #28 on: 03 November 2010, 20:34:30 »

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Many of you are wrongly assuming that car manufacturers design and make alloy wheels.....
They make very little, and design not much more if we're honest.

However, if they are offered as a factory fit item or as an official accessory, the manufacturer should be taking the blame!
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« Reply #29 on: 03 November 2010, 20:34:59 »

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Toffee is being too kind to them.  Lovely looking wheels, but impossible to live with. I had 9 of them, all distorted. One I buckled with a simple, albeit extreme, understeer moment, even though I didn't hit/kerb anything.

Gave up with them, now have facelift MV6 wheels on my prefacelift MV6

Beat you to that one TB - did that in 2001. @ the time the Irmscher wheels were about £200 each and the Facelift MV6 wheels less than £100. I did that to a car that was only 3 years old @ the time so I'm amazed that tere are any left that are actually round anymore
£236.01. Not that I am bitter about it.
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