GTi Clubsport - 18" wheels > 19" wheels

[fredgroves]

Have you looked at bola? They make some pretty good wheels for reasonable money.

[M6TT F]

Yes I have some of the Bola flow formed on my shortlist, along with JR racing, and Motec. Still undecided on whether to go 8.5x 19 or stick with 8”.

[GTD1414]

Have you considered the t-roc pretoria?

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=287378.0

[bjbanny]

Have you considered the t-roc pretoria?

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=287378.0

I prefer diamonds cut wheels or two tones wheel as I believe the dark
Monotone make the Pretoria look smaller

[SRGTD]

Have you considered the t-roc pretoria?

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=287378.0

I prefer diamonds cut wheels or two tones wheel as I believe the dark
Monotone make the Pretoria look smaller

Diamond cut alloys look great on a new car sitting in the car dealer’s showroom and have a certain ‘bling’ appeal, but given the choice between diamond cut and alloys with a painted / powder coated finish I’d always go for the painted / powder coated finish. Why wouldn’t I choose diamond cut alloys?

• the finish on diamond cut alloys isn’t particularly durable, especially if they’re on a car all year round and subjected to winter road conditions. It’s not unusual for diamond cut alloys to succumb to white worm corrosion at around the 2.5 - 3 year mark (sometimes sooner) and I don’t like the white worm corrosion look on my wheels.
• they’re more expensive to refurbish than alloys with a painted / powder coated finish and can usually only be refurbished a maximum of two times. The refurb process involves cutting a layer of metal off the face of the wheel; more than two refurbs and the wheel’s structural integrity could be compromised
• they’re easily damaged by inexperienced tyre fitters

It’s good we don’t all like the same thing though, otherwise life would be boring. I just wish VW would offer more pained / powder coated wheel options on their cars and not assume everyone likes or wants diamond cut alloys .

[bjbanny]

yes diamond cut wheels can be difficult to maintain but i have also had several of them without any issue as long as they firstly very good quality and well cared for by means of coating with wheel protection and washing at least once a week. the brock 38 wheels is a black gloss fully polished wheel which is winter useable with 5 years warrant in europe

they are also 10.5kg and will be use all year round plus they are directly OEM replacement original screw and caps fit and no need for TUV approval

[Exonian]

Mak Polaris or Wolf

Decent Italian made wheels, can usually be sourced to take original VW bolts and even centre caps too, plus correctly drilled to 57.1mm CB

https://www.makwheels.it/en-ww/volkswagen-golf-viii-cd-2020-19-alloy-wheels-1.aspx

I think they still have a configurator option on the website and in German too.

My usual commission rates apply... 

[fredgroves]

10.5kg is like a hummingbird compared to VW Adelaides - 12.6kg!

[Exonian]

If some of my commute wasn’t like the Somme I’d definitely be open to getting a set of Brock 38’s when my Chinese pig iron Reifnitz disintegrate.
Nice and OEM styled, OEM compatible fittings and decently light.

[SRGTD]

If some of my commute wasn’t like the Somme I’d definitely be open to getting a set of Brock 38’s when my Chinese pig iron Reifnitz disintegrate.
Nice and OEM styled, OEM compatible fittings and decently light.

I have a set of 18” RC Design RC32’s on my Polo GTI+ (RC Design is a Brock brand). They’re also reasonably light at around 10kg a corner and were a straight swap for the OEM alloys - same size / offset, centre bore of 57.1 so no need for spigot rings, and they use the OEM fittings too. The one negative is the VW centre caps don’t fit so I currently have the RC Design centre caps fitted. I might try and find a set of domed stick on VW emblems, but I don’t mind the RC Design caps.

Available in Ferric Grey, Satin Black or Himalaya Grey with diamond cut face. I went for Ferric Grey as I don’t like diamond cut alloys for the reasons stated in my earlier post in this thread, and I prefer grey alloys to black. I would’ve preferred it if the grey option was a slightly darker grey as IMHO they’re more of a dark sliver, but they hide the dirt well and being a simple design they’re easy to clean.