What have you done to your MK 7 today ?

[hobbes22]

Sealed my new wheels which I will use for winters.
18" Pretoria copies from CM wheels.
Getting Goodyear Ultra Performance Gen-1 tyres hopefully this week to fit next weekend.

They do look darker than on the website. Did you manage to get Centre caps sorted? I have bought 56mm centre cap stickers which come slightly domed to fit the provided blanks.

[MKgti]

Sealed my new wheels which I will use for winters.
18" Pretoria copies from CM wheels.
Getting Goodyear Ultra Performance Gen-1 tyres hopefully this week to fit next weekend.

They do look darker than on the website. Did you manage to get Centre caps sorted? I have bought 56mm centre cap stickers which come slightly domed to fit the provided blanks.

Yep order 56mm centre cap stickers of eBay,  seem to fit nicely on caps provided with the wheel.
The guy I spoke to at CM Wheels said heat the stickers slightly with hairdryer to help them stick better.

[MKgti]

Here is pic, just resting on wheel at moment.

[Watts]

Tried to fit some carbon mirror caps today... unfortunately despite buying what I thought would be a decent product, they don’t fit.

Anyone fitted new mirror caps? Shouldn’t need to be forced into place should they? The OEM one slotted back with almost no effort. Quality of the finish is good but they just aren’t the same shape as the inside part is too curved in.

Been there, broken that The problem is they fix the cf on top of a non oem part which probably wouldn't have fitted properly in the first place. The cf looks good but the standard VW black gloss ones look great and fit properly for a reasonable price.

[GS WAX]

Carbon mirrors were avail as factory option on the 7R, spendy I bet, have you enquired ?

[hobbes22]

Here is pic, just resting on wheel at moment.

Nice, please put some pics up when you've fitted them. 

[mcmaddy]

Do these weigh roughly the same as a standard VW wheel? I'm interested in a set for putting some Bridgestone A005s on too.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Tried to fit some carbon mirror caps today... unfortunately despite buying what I thought would be a decent product, they don’t fit.

Anyone fitted new mirror caps? Shouldn’t need to be forced into place should they? The OEM one slotted back with almost no effort. Quality of the finish is good but they just aren’t the same shape as the inside part is too curved in.

Been there, broken that The problem is they fix the cf on top of a non oem part which probably wouldn't have fitted properly in the first place. The cf looks good but the standard VW black gloss ones look great and fit properly for a reasonable price.

Yeah, decided that forcing them isn’t going to work especially when it’s not that warm out.

Disappointed, thought they looked great but such a shame can’t get the right fit 

[kalimon]

Do these weigh roughly the same as a standard VW wheel? I'm interested in a set for putting some Bridgestone A005s on too.

Quite a difference in price to genuine VW alloys.
I wonder if there is a big difference in quality ?
https://vdsshop.co.uk/collections/mk7-golf-gti/products/vw-18-pretoria-alloy-wheel-set-18-x-7-5-5-x-112-et51-gloss-black

[SRGTD]

Do these weigh roughly the same as a standard VW wheel? I'm interested in a set for putting some Bridgestone A005s on too.

Quite a difference in price to genuine VW alloys.
I wonder if there is a big difference in quality ?
https://vdsshop.co.uk/collections/mk7-golf-gti/products/vw-18-pretoria-alloy-wheel-set-18-x-7-5-5-x-112-et51-gloss-black

The price differential suggests there’d be some quality difference, although IMO, I always think that VW charge top dollar for their alloys when bought as an aftermarket accessory.

It’d be interesting to know who manufactures the Pretorias sold by CM Wheels, and whether they’ve been subjected to the same TUV or JWL (or equivalent) safety testing that VW OEM wheels (and aftermarket wheels from the likes of BBS) are. Documentation supplied with the wheels and the impressed marks on the reverse of the spokes would clarify this.