by "beautimouse" (beautimouse)
Published 03/20/2017 at 14:21
by "beautimouse" (beautimouse)
Published 03/20/2017 at 14:21
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Having purchased the Golf recently, and not enjoying the feel of the stock wheels/tires, I began to look at wheels on various sites to see what was available.
As I was narrowing choices, I had a moment, and mentally ran down the list:
65 Mustang, wheels/tires my step dad chose. Dodge D-50, what was the point? 1998 Ranger extra cab, stock until I sold it. Land Rover Discovery, stock. 63 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider had Panasports on it when I bought it, no reason to replace them. 03 GSX-R 600, first bike, didn’t know enough to to make a choice, and finally, the GMC Envoy. Another on the what’s the point list.
I have never replaced the wheels, only the tires, on anything I have owned.
Guess I better make use of these sites that show your wheel choice on a particular make/model and some image searches to see what others have put on a Golf.
I bet there are tons of wheels I would really like, on diesel VWs in a really large parking lot just oxidizing away...
"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly)
03/20/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 2
If you like the GTI Austin wheels, they are often floating around for sale because GTI fanboys want to replace them with something “unique”. I’m not sure if they will give you a deal, but check out places like VWVortex, etc.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/20/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 3
Lucky for you there will most likely be a picture of wheels on your car no matter what the style. The sites that “show” the wheels on your car, don’t give you a clear enough picture in my opinion. I always try to find a style I like and then google something like “HRE FF01 Audi S3" and see what there is.
Personally I like the look of the VW “pretoria” wheels. Stock on the R I believe.
"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
03/20/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 0
Thanks to both of you, I now know they have names, and I now know the names of the two I like that are actual VW wheels. The Pretorias are very nice, but $3000.00 on a set of wheels (new of course) is a bit out my range.
The Austin and Detroit wheels, are the top from VW, now to look through the offerings of others for the car.
I know me. Ill go from the stock 16 d x 6.5 w wheel/tire to something 18" d x 7.5" w like the Austins, and I’ll start thinking how small the rotors look. Start wondering how hard it would be to upgrade calipers to go with new larger rotors? I wonder if GTI head/fog lights use the same harness connectors?
Why didn’t I just buy a GTI? Oh yeah, budget. How much did I spend on wheels, tires, brakes, lights?
Who cares. I enjoyed working on it, and I enjoy driving it.
Appreciate the input!