Good afternoon all

Currently got a 5 year old Polo GTI. Alloy wheels have minor white worm issues. Have recently been having a slow puncture on one of my wheels. Thinking it was a nail in one of the tyres I took it to Kwik Fit. They have advised me that the problem is the white worm around the valve area which is causing a slight loss of pressure. Suggested I get the wheels refurbished.

Question - what are my options and likely cost? Want to keep the wheels looking similar colour etc.

I would like to keep the alloys in a good state of repair, so while I am not looking for the cheapest option, I am not looking to buy a new set of VW alloy wheels or replicas. I believe this is all becuase the alloys are diamond cut and polished???

Looking forward to replies from learned members.

Many thanks.

Diamond cut wheels are the most expensive to repair, around £75 each wheel, normal respray silver is £200 for the sett powder coated, they are not cheap but new wheel finish http://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk/File/AberdeenDetails.php I used the Leeds office, ring, not email a quote it is cheaper

I had the same issue when I had a Polo GTI. I just had them refurbed in a standard silver, and got rid of the polished finish. As you've found, it's a liability anyway!

As you've found, it's a liability anyway!

Totally different wheels aren't they to what you had? The 6n2 is a split piece, whereas the 9n3 is one piece I think?

(Unless you had a 9n3 too, but I've seen your posts on the Polo forums about the 6n2s.)

Quite right - sorry, presumed from the description that the OP was meaning the 6N2 design. Missed the '5yr old Polo' bit

Didn't know the 9N3 design was polished/diamond cut?

OP - any chance you can post a photo of the wheel in question; I'm curious!

these primed ones (if it's these)

are on ED38 at the moment althoguh the threads been quiet for a month

Those are 6N2 ones, the ones I thought we were talking about

But for those ones Pasty, originally the outer lip was a diamond cut finish.

It'd have to be the Golf gti style telephone alloys then?

It'd have to be the Golf gti style telephone alloys then?

Correct - it is this style of alloy.

Apologies if I am not using the terminology of white worm correctly here, as a minimum it is corrosion on the wheel with a burrowing worm type pattern -although it isn't white!

Will try and get a photograph up.

Thanks for the responses thus far.

Yes, know the wheels you mean. And 'white worm' is a pretty descriptive term for it, paints the right picture