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Old 23-06-2010, 05:59 PM   #1
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Default 06 VW Polo GTi vs Chep pallet board on the F3

Yesterday me and a mate were driving were driving form Sydney to Brisbane. Got about 20 mins from Syd on the F3 when we hit a reasonable sized piece of a chep pallet. Was about 5:30am, i shudder to wonder what would have happened if their were more cars around us.... It was the side board of the pallet the thicker bit.
Managed to keep it off the rock wall in the middle, we were in the far right lane, car stopped about 5 inches from the road barrier. This is the end result.
2 Smashed RHS wheels and 2 shagged tyres
Oh and a cpl of pairs of new undies



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Old 23-06-2010, 06:08 PM   #2
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very lucky you were!
How come you did not see it? Was it dark?
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Old 23-06-2010, 06:13 PM   #3
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are they genuine wheels or aftermarket?
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Old 23-06-2010, 06:16 PM   #4
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Hmmm.. i bet its not "Chep" to fix either....



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Old 23-06-2010, 06:19 PM   #5
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Hmmm.. i bet its not "Chep" to fix either....

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Old 23-06-2010, 06:23 PM   #6
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very lucky you were!
How come you did not see it? Was it dark?
Yeah we were, was on a bend and was dark.
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are they genuine wheels or aftermarket?
Not sure yet mate they looked like genuine wheels, only had the car 2 weeks. They werent stamped with manufacturer etc
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Hmmm.. i bet its not "Chep" to fix either....
Norm we got a quote from VW on 2 new wheels which were bloody pricey so ended up buying a wheel package car is a GTi btw
Left Syd at 5am yesterday arrived in Bris at 3:30am today waited 8 hrs for wheels to be delivered
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Old 23-06-2010, 06:36 PM   #7
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Dont look like genuine wheels with the multifit stud holes.
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Old 23-06-2010, 06:41 PM   #8
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Dont look like genuine wheels with the multifit stud holes.
I think your right they are multifit but IMO the def are not genuine wheels. Was still something id never want to go through again.

The wheel pictured is the rear, worst hit. Split around 80% diameter only split all the way getting off tilt tray.
Front had a 6x6' chunk out of it and it was lodged in the front suspension
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