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Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:30 am
by mattyw
i mean get another set of wheels and have them powdercoated

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:54 am
by birdman66
would be interesting how much a set of talledegas cost.

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:58 am
by Shaun
They don't do the rocco wheels in black, only the golf R has black as a colour option, so they would need to be painted.

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:00 am
by Shaun
birdman66 wrote:would be interesting how much a set of talledegas cost.
£500 + VAT














Each :eyepop:

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:04 am
by Chungster
And how many sets you have shaun round yours :lol:

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:46 am
by Shaun
Chungster wrote:And how many sets you have shaun round yours :yes:
I only have 3 sets :nod: :lol:

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:50 am
by Strat
182_blue wrote:
Chungster wrote:And how many sets you have shaun round yours :yes:
I only have 3 sets :nod: :lol:
Hahaha, any reason for having 3 sets?

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:55 am
by Chungster
He's a OE Wheel whore :lol:

Think he has Winter / Summer / Bling!

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:43 pm
by Strat
Chungster wrote:He's a OE Wheel whore :lol:

Think he has Winter / Summer / Bling!

ha, an expensive taste! surely the summer/bling ones can be combined?

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:36 pm
by Shaun
Strat wrote:
182_blue wrote:
Chungster wrote:And how many sets you have shaun round yours :yes:
I only have 3 sets :nod: :lol:
Hahaha, any reason for having 3 sets?
A summer set in anthracite with dunlops, a winter set in proper colour with vredestein winter tyres on and another set in OEM colour and dunlops as a spare set, i ended up with the third set at a price i just could not afford to miss, so i didnt :yes:

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:25 pm
by mattyw
wigit wrote:
mattyw wrote:does the kw coilovers for a 2.0 tsi fit the R or is there specific kit for the R ?
having spoken to KW about V3s the only difference is the springs, hence if you went V3 on the 2.0tsi you could change the springs if you went R
looking on the kw website it lists the same coilovers for the R as the tsi and tdi

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:45 am
by Chungster
This weekend looking at the R just had a thought that the 19s actually look a bit weedy.

Wondering if a set of 20s will look better or will it ruin the handling?

Hmm

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:14 am
by Jane
Not as weedy as the Golf R I saw at Santa Pod yesterday on 18's, that looked pants.

But yeah think a set of black glossy 20's would look fine and dandy on your car, go for it :)

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:23 am
by Strat
i think 20s would be a tad too much and look a bit gimicky. 19s are the ideal, which together with lowering, provides a nice balance with the car.

it aint a tractor Lee ;)

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:27 am
by Andy-GTI
20's are fine on a Scirocco. Mine had absolutely no real handling issues when i had the 20's on, even with the 10's at the rear! Just a bit of poke due to the immense offset and width :nod:

Tyres are pretty much rubber bands, but the 35profile 19's have such stiff sidewalls anyway there is little change going to the 30profile 20.

FK452's are remarkably affordable in 20" sizes aswell ;)

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:28 am
by polo classic
my on Audi S5 Element 5-s
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On 20" BBS RS-GT
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Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:17 am
by Chungster
Now that last pic looks good...but not in orange lol

Maybe it's the lowering stance that does it. Gotta say looks so much better even with just the H&Rs

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:01 pm
by mattyw
think i'm going straight for kw coilovers,the design of the standard wheel makes them look small i think
i cant decide wether black would look right on RB maybe a anthracite would be better

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:07 am
by mattyw
I think to pull 20" rims off you would need quite a drop,otherwise there would quite a big arch gap still

Re: Wheels for a rising blue R ?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:05 pm
by polo classic
Here's a pic of when they where silver, before the bronze/gold paint
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