What have you done to your Mk6 today then?

[SRGTD]

Well a year after having them refurbished, the whiteworm is back on one of my Monzas! This is after I have sealed them with Gtechniq C5 every six months and topped that up with fk1000p monthly.

Never want diamond cut again, seems to be the most popular wheel finish on new cars now though!!! I really want a set of genuine Watkins Glen, anyone know where I can get a cheap set?  VW want £545 +VAT each!!!!

I'm with you on diamond cut alloys Seabrook132. Great showroom appeal, but too fragile to keep on the car all year round. I had 2 of my 18" diamond cut Charleston's replaced under warranty last year because of whiteworm around the centre cap, but I've since replaced them with a set of 18" VW Rotary's in anthracite. I really like the Watkins Glen alloys, especially in anthracite, but went for the Rotary's, as they're much better value than genuine Watkins Glen; £300 each, but they were cheaper than that when I bought mine and I also negotiated a discount off the price. The Rotary's are in the 'Accessories' section of the VW website.


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I'm storing my Charleston's until I eventually sell my car, when I'll put them back on, so it'll have a set of unmarked diamond cut Charlestons at time of sale.

[mustard]

Never want diamond cut again, seems to be the most popular wheel finish on new cars now though!!! I really want a set of genuine Watkins Glen, anyone know where I can get a cheap set?  VW want £545 +VAT each!!!!

There a guy on ebay who occasionally has genuine sets for sale, tuning-lifestyle, he is based in Germany, the last set he had were £1080 for 4, still expensive, but half the price of VW. I have seen some good reps for sale for less than the cost of one from VW, don't know anyone who has had them though. Was lucky to get mine at a good price and they do look right on the Mk6, IMHO.

[seabrook132]

SRGTD: The Rotarys do look really good on your car! I've looked at them before and thought about them, but the Watkins are such a good looking wheel to my eyes and I can't forget about them. Saw that they do the Rotarys on Amazon of all places for £229 each so a set would be £916, not a bad price at all for new and genuine alloys!

mustard: Thanks for the heads up about tuning-lifestyle, might give him a message to see if he knows when he might have some Watkins available again. Over £2k a set is crazy and I'd deffo have to go for Rotarys instead but a set for around the £1k mark would be much more viable, especially with tyres too (though depends on what tyres, might have the OCD kick in to go to matching new set lol). Anyway your car looks awesome on the Watkins, i take it you're running spacers to clear the Porsche brakes? Very jealous as you've done to your car exactly what I'd love to do to mine (Watkins, NQSBBK and xenons)

[mustard]

Yes, I can get away with 3mm spacers, but prefer to use 5mm for extra peace of mind.

[seabrook132]

Did you go spacers all round or just the front? Any more pics of your car?

[Booth11]

SRGTD I've said it before but I'll say it again. LOVE the Rotarys.  Never get tired of seeing them, especially on grey 

@ Dan have you done a photoshopping jobbie on a pic of your car with these?  Like Watkins Glen too but these against Tornado Red could be a winner.  Side by side pics with both wheels?

[SRGTD]

SRGTD I've said it before but I'll say it again. LOVE the Rotarys.  Never get tired of seeing them, especially on grey 

@ Dan have you done a photoshopping jobbie on a pic of your car with these?  Like Watkins Glen too but these against Tornado Red could be a winner.  Side by side pics with both wheels?

Thanks Rebecca. I think they'd look good on a Tornado Red GTI too. They'd also look good on a DBP mk7 R, if you tire of the Petoria's, even though they are 18".

[Booth11]

Thanks Rebecca. I think they'd look good on a Tornado Red GTI too. They'd also look good on a DBP mk7 R, if you tire of the Petoria's, even though they are 18".

Funny you should say that.  I'd actually prefer 18s on my R but I'm really not keen on the Cadiz, and don't want diamond cuts anymore, so 19" Pretorias it is.  Fortunately I like them a lot, just wish they'd had them as an 18" option, but you can't have it all 

Rotarys on the R at some point?  Mmmm, don't tempt me, I've think spent enough on the car already    But if I do tire and fancy a change they'd be very high up on the list.

[seabrook132]

Ok here's a 'photoshop jobbie' 




They're both great looking wheels but I still prefer Watkins. They have a slightly more OEM look to me and I like the way they're sort of an update to the Montreal wheels from a mk4 GTI.

What do you guys think? 

[charlie]

To be fair both look good. For me it would probably come down to cost so whichever comes in the cheapest wins