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Title: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:35
iv got myself a golf mk4 1.8t with basic 16" gti alloy wheels.... im looking to get some 18" alloys but i do not know which ones there are too many to pick... :undecided:

so can you guys with pics of 18" alloys on a golf mk4 post them up so i can have a looky and do a bit of compare??

im thinkin of mk4 golf 4 motion alloys are they 18" tho??? any1 ???

thanks  :smiley:

Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 01 March 2009, 20:39
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/Rhyso/IMG_1403.jpg)

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/Rhyso/IMG_1399.jpg)

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/Rhyso/IMG_1379.jpg)

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y276/Rhyso/IMG_1382.jpg)

also look at the 'Post a pic of your MKIV' thread :afro:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: player.777 on 01 March 2009, 20:40
AAAGHHH you beat me to it....... :laugh:

(http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp87/player-777/Photo-0046-1.jpg)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Steve_PD on 01 March 2009, 20:40
No point asking which wheels to have here....most of us have BBS RC's  :grin: :grin:

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb74/kryptik_2010/golf/Golfpics3.jpg)

 :cool:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:43
im loving those annis rhyso but there to pricey for me sadly  :angry:

i got about £500 ....so far no luck finding mint anni's that price  :sad:

iv got blue golf mk4 too so thanks for them pics

any1 got golf 4 motion alloys on mk4 gti ???
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:44
steve those rims look  :kiss:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Steve_PD on 01 March 2009, 20:44
Wont you. someone got a set of new anni's for £400.
You can get them for £500 most the time  :wink:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Steve_PD on 01 March 2009, 20:45
steve those rims look  :kiss:

 :smug:
Same rims as the other posts  :wink:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:47
hmmm i gues gotta keep looking, ebay aint helping seen a few but when i go to actually see them in my face they be full of scuffs around edges!! pot luck i gues

wa about rs4's??
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:52
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh60/naveedali1/1222440-santa-monica-on-black-golf.jpg)

I think these give it a suttle look, really like em are they 17" or 18"???
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Grand Master Patch on 01 March 2009, 20:53
It really depends on what look you want?


Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 20:56
i dont want typical look as theres quite a few golfs around my area.. i want to keep the suttle VW look if you know wa i mean  :grin:

as im going to be putting a full anni kit in april, with smoked henna rear lights, and projectors on the front with debadged grill, so after something make it look suttle and not typical golf look.

oh and some smoked out black wind deflectors are going on in april too :smiley:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Stronz on 01 March 2009, 21:04
I shall stick to my usual reply fr MK4 alloys queries - R32 rims (OZ Super turismos). I think they look ace and diffrent form the BBS RCs

Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 21:05
i neva thought about those!!!  :cool:
will the ones are the r32 slap straight on normal golf mk4 as i thought the offset is different???
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 01 March 2009, 21:08
straight fit

ANY OEM MKIV wheel will fit directly onto another MKIV
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: sambo on 01 March 2009, 21:12
R32 rim's are called OZ aristos I thought?

Richw911 is still selling a set isn't he? (replica's)

Sam
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 21:24
will there be a nasty gap between the rim and the arch if i fit 18" rims on, as i dont want to lower the car at all.
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 01 March 2009, 21:30
will there be a nasty gap between the rim and the arch if i fit 18" rims on, as i dont want to lower the car at all.

sadly yes
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 01 March 2009, 21:34
I shall stick to my usual reply fr MK4 alloys queries - R32 rims (OZ Super turismos). I think they look ace and diffrent form the BBS RCs




Wrong!!!  :P


R32 rim's are called OZ aristos I thought?

Richw911 is still selling a set isn't he? (replica's)

Sam


Correct & correct! :afro:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 01 March 2009, 21:35
Not OEM, but the best wheel ever invented!!! :P :D

OZ Superleggera's (18"):-

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ivormk4/Golf%20GTi%20Turbo/EBCTurboGroovecwYellowstuff.jpg)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 01 March 2009, 21:38
^^^^^

could have ruddy cleaned them though  :tongue:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 01 March 2009, 21:42
how much superlaga's cost ya .. is that spelled right lol  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: sambo on 01 March 2009, 21:45
Not OEM, but the best wheel ever invented!!! :P :D

OZ Superleggera's (18"):-

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ivormk4/Golf%20GTi%20Turbo/EBCTurboGroovecwYellowstuff.jpg)

All that money spent on lightweight wheels and skimped on the rubber eh ivor?  :drool:

Sam
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: northeast_gti-t on 01 March 2009, 23:31
Not OEM, but the best wheel ever invented!!! :P :D

OZ Superleggera's (18"):-

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ivormk4/Golf%20GTi%20Turbo/EBCTurboGroovecwYellowstuff.jpg)

All that money spent on lightweight wheels and skimped on the rubber eh ivor?  :drool:

Sam
was going to say that to ivor  :shocked:  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Stronz on 02 March 2009, 11:56
R32 rim's are called OZ aristos I thought?

Richw911 is still selling a set isn't he? (replica's)

Sam

Oops! Stand corrected!
 :embarassed:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Kerrse on 02 March 2009, 12:00
No point asking which wheels to have here....most of us have BBS RC's  :grin: :grin:

Nothing like being individual  :laugh:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: the_stink on 02 March 2009, 12:02
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3314427306_da6c43822d_o.jpg)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 12:32
im liking those rims stink... they off the mk5 golfs??? they give it a DIFFERENT look  :smiley:

Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: the_stink on 02 March 2009, 12:42
im liking those rims stink... they off the mk5 golfs??? they give it a DIFFERENT look  :smiley:



cheers, na the are Audi S8 alloys  :smiley:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 13:15
im loving those annis rhyso but there to pricey for me sadly  :angry:

i got about £500 ....so far no luck finding mint anni's that price  :sad:

iv got blue golf mk4 too so thanks for them pics

any1 got golf 4 motion alloys on mk4 gti ???


V6 4M wheels are 16" & are called "Brands Hatch".  From my car, last year:-

(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ivormk4/Golf%20GTi%20Turbo/DSC00071.jpg)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 13:16
audi s8's  :shocked:

good chioce man
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 13:24

All that money spent on lightweight wheels and skimped on the rubber eh ivor?  :drool:

Sam


was going to say that to ivor  :shocked:  :lipsrsealed:


That's the least of the wheels' problem in that picture!! ;)

Tyre's are shocking, TBH, but they came with the wheels (4 odd ones).  Still not bad £350 for the lot, though! :smug

I only got one decent tyre with them, & that was an F1 GS-D3 (Only about 2-3mm left on it now, though).  Since then, I've had 1 x 6mm F1 Assymetric put on already (£50 delivered), & had another 6mm F1 Assymetric picked up today, as it happens, for £38 8).  I'm just biding my time, waiting for the bargains to unravel! :P  Only 2 more to go, now!! :)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 13:27
some pirelli's will wrap nice around those rims  :smiley:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 13:28
No offence, but Pirelli's are way down on my list!  Just don't rate them, TBH. ;)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 13:30
seriously i thought they are like the BEST!!! as iv been told... iv got continental's on my original 16" gti rims  :sick: ... not gone into a roundabout yet so all good  :grin:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 13:54
Mmmmm, I know a few people in the tyre trade, & none of them rate them either!

F1 Assymetrics (N/A in 16", though :() or Michy's (too expensive new) for me.  Then maybe Bridgestones next. :)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 13:56
ps  Conty Sport Contact 2's are supposed to be quite good - Don't know which Conty's you've got, though. :undecided:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 14:32
i have no idea... they look like just plain budget conty's be honest.. loads life left in them tho ... so will last me up until i decide wa rims to get  :cool: ...
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 17:20
i have no idea... they look like just plain budget conty's be honest.. loads life left in them tho ... so will last me up until i decide wa rims to get  :cool: ...


Good plan.  No point swapping them if you're going to get 18's.  :afro:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 18:24
you guys with 18" hows the handling like on ya mk4?? any difference?? worser better ?? :nerd:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 02 March 2009, 19:01
you guys with 18" hows the handling like on ya mk4?? any difference?? worser better ?? :nerd:

i dont find any difference between the 16's or 18's to be honest - haven't really pushed the car too hard as still bedding in the tyres a bit but the ride quality doesn't seem affected

i'm running original shocks on -30mm Eibach Pro Springs and Falken 452 tyres  :smiley:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 19:05
you guys with 18" hows the handling like on ya mk4?? any difference?? worser better ?? :nerd:

Wider tyre, so there's more grip, but there's a less sharp turn-in.  They're usually heavier (unlike my 18" OZ's Vs. 16" Brands Hatch's :smug:) so handling is not quite as good.  Ride is slightly harsher, as the sidewalls are shorter. ;)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 22:46
hmmmm there are loads and i mean loads of humps around where i live... i think lowering will have to be an option if im goin to put 18" on as i hate that gap between the arch.

ill be needing extra cusion on the drivers seat i guess :grin:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 23:08
They're not that bad, TBH. ;)
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 23:10
no seriously these humps are like mountains  :angry:

i wouldnt be suprised the springs go soon
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 23:13
no seriously these humps are like mountains  :angry:

i wouldnt be suprised the springs go soon


Hurdis Road, Shirley?? :D
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 23:16
WORSER!!!!! believe it or not   :cry:

there like big square blocks middle the fookin road... they could have atleast curved them off

i think i need to invest in movin out next instead of the rims  :grin:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Ivor Mk4 Turbo on 02 March 2009, 23:18
WORSER!!!!! believe it or not   :cry:

there like big square blocks middle the fookin road... they could have atleast curved them off

i think i need to invest in movin out next instead of the rims  :grin:


No money for modding.....................................................??

What's the point in living?! :D
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 02 March 2009, 23:22
lol well said  :laugh:

slowly but surely ill get there gonna mod s*** out my mk4  :evil:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: jeynesey on 03 March 2009, 11:28
you guys with 18" hows the handling like on ya mk4?? any difference?? worser better ?? :nerd:

I Can't see how the handling would be worser ??
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: the_stink on 03 March 2009, 12:35
as with rhyso im running the same set up as him and no complaints here  :smiley:
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 03 March 2009, 12:42
so all you did get 30mm springs?? no change of shocks or dampers??
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 03 March 2009, 12:44
wont i damage the shocks if im constantly going of humps day in and out??? as my mates got vrs and he had his lowered 40mm ... just the springs changed... and now hes shoks are going he has to get them changed.
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: Rhyso on 03 March 2009, 12:46
not really as the Eibachs are designed to work with the original shocks

probably won't last as long obviously but they certainly won't fail overnight!
Title: Re: need help choosing ....
Post by: navmk4gti on 03 March 2009, 12:57
thats true if you get a proper make springs then they will last... hes got some ebay crap on his lol