GTi Clubsport - 18" wheels > 19" wheels

[willni]

19” Reifnitz in grey






Crap pics and filthy car taken back in April

Those are the nicest alloys I've seen on the Mk8 to date, was down looking at a clubsport yesterday on the 18in Richmonds and just looked mismatched with the massive discs and calipers against the 18's.

[carbon337]

Personally I really like the BBS XR not that light but 600g per corner lighter than the richmonds.

Good nod back to the mk2s of yesteryear. Think this is where my cash I’ll save on the order delay will be going.

Post stolen from Instagram

[Exonian]

19” Reifnitz in grey

Those are the nicest alloys I've seen on the Mk8 to date, was down looking at a clubsport yesterday on the 18in Richmonds and just looked mismatched with the massive discs and calipers against the 18's.

Why thank you. 
I’m sure I fall foul of the “shouldn’t have previous gen wheels on a current car” police but it’s a rare wheel that only came in for the last year of 7.5 production so not overdone and very subtle in the flesh.

Doesn’t look as smart as your 7.5 on Prets though!  aside from arguably maybe the mk1 Campain c/w Pirelli P Slots or mk2 Wolfsburg Edition with BBS splitties I don’t think there’s a visually better Golf and wheel combo as a 7.5 GTI/TCR (or maybe Ed40 too) with Pretorias.

[carbon337]

Just found these in the official brochure:

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners-and-drivers/accessories-and-merchandise/accessories/5K0071498AAX1/18-motorsport-alloy-wheel-black-machine-gloss

[Exonian]

SRGTD had those on his Polo albeit different fitment and colour and I had the same design on my Golf R back in 2015, they are ATS race wheels copies that were used on the Scirocco Cup cars.

[SRGTD]

Just found these in the official brochure:

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners-and-drivers/accessories-and-merchandise/accessories/5K0071498AAX1/18-motorsport-alloy-wheel-black-machine-gloss

SRGTD had those on his Polo albeit different fitment and colour and I had the same design on my Golf R back in 2015, they are ATS race wheels copies that were used on the Scirocco Cup cars.

@Exonian; you beat me to it! Yes, I did have I have the 17” Polo version in anthracite fitted to my previous Polo GTI. They’re a nice wheel IMO and easy to clean.

However, under ‘model availability’ at the link posted by @carbon337, for the Golf it only includes cars from years 2004 to 2012, which would be the mk5 and mk6 Golf. Maybe the load limit of the 18” alloys is less than the axle weight of the mk7/mk7.5 and mk8 Golf meaning they might not be able to safely support the weight of a mk7/mk7.5 or mk8. Or maybe another error in VW product material - surely not……..

[carbon337]

Ah ok I’ll the search continues for something similar. Thanks

[SRGTD]

Ah ok I’ll the search continues for something similar. Thanks

If you wanted to stick with VW alloys have you considered VW Rotary alloys? They’re similar to the Motorsports in style (more spokes on the Rotary’s) but are only available in Anthracite Grey. According to the details at the link below, they are compatible with the mk8 Golf.

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners-and-drivers/accessories-and-merchandise/accessories/5G007149816Z/18-rotary-alloy-wheel-anthracite

I had the Rotary alloys on my mk6 Golf GTD;

[BillSan]

Have I read that right?  £385 per wheel!? 

[SRGTD]

Have I read that right?  £385 per wheel!? 

That’s the fully fitted price.

The ‘supply only’ price should be cheaper (VW used to show both prices on the website) and looking at those alloys on VW’s website where they quote both fitted and unfitted prices, the difference is about £30-£35 per wheel. Don’t pay VW’s hourly labour rates to fit new wheels; take them to the tyre place of your choice and get them to swap the wheels over when you get tyres fitted.

Also, always ask the VW dealer for a discount on parts and accessories. 10% is usually available, but if you don’t ask, you don’t get and it’s definitely worth having on more expensive parts / accessories.

So to supply only with discount would reduce the price to around £315 per wheel. Having said that, from memory, I paid around £225 - £230 per wheel (supply only and after discount) back in 2014, so VW have put the price up quite a lot over the last few years.