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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Snoopy on 20 December 2014, 07:25
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Finally after the new year going to get round to treating my GTI to new shoes. Its only took nearly 5 years..
So what do we think Monza shadows or Glendales?
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/turbo-paul/Shadow%20Blue%20GTI/GTO12sGTI008.jpg)
(http://www.tuningsuche.de/imgdata/CACHE/4403/660630-930-0-vw-golf-vi-5k1-03-2012-von-tokaheja.jpg)
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Monza's for me but then the glendales look good as well. Which ever you pick they will look good :wink:
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Hmm, it's a tough one, they both look good. Shame you haven't got a pic of a 5 door with the Glendales. The black really complements the darker rear windows on the 3 door, would they look as good with the slightly lighter glass of the more door?
If I had to choose I'd say the Glendales just as they look a bit more special, quite a rare sight on a night blue gti and give it a different look, especially as you already had Monzas (albeit not the shadows). And I'm not just picking them because I have them.
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As a Glendale owner I would say go for Monza shadow's.
Glen's are lovely,but with std ride height on a gti without the 35 skirts Glendale's can sometimes make it look a bit high imo, plus come tyre replacement time there is more choice in 18 at a far lower cost.
Both look the nuts btw :smiley:
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As a Glendale owner I would say go for Monza shadow's.
Glen's are lovely,but with std ride height on a gti without the 35 skirts Glendale's can sometimes make it look a bit high imo, plus come tyre replacement time there is more choice in 18 at a far lower cost.
Both look the nuts btw :smiley:
Agree about the ride height with the Glendales, it's the only thing that bothers me about them. Ideally you would lower the car.
On the plus side, Glendales are a breeze to clean.
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Shadows all the way!
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Shadows for me too, still my favourite wheel on any GTI, a nice clean mk6 with some sparking Shadows will always turn my head! Love em! :cool:
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Personally I would go for something aftermarket like BBS. Genuine OEM wheels cost a fortune new and reps are a complete waste of money, especially diamond cut ones. Also, OEM wheels won't give you that new wheel feeling for very long, whereas a nice set of BBS's will always look special.
I presume you have 17" Monzas at the moment, so if there is a usable amount of tread on them, store them away to put back on the car when you sell it, or use them for winter tyres.
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Monza Shadows would be my choice, great looking wheels, also easy to clean and as mentioned before the tyres will be far cheaper than on a set of Glendales. :smiley:
They're both great options though. I'd love to have Watkins Glen on my car but I think either of the two you have chosen work well with the blue.
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Monza shadows always look the dogs boll***s to me on any GTi!
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Mak Wolfs in 18"
ok, between the two I'd go for the Glendales but wouldn't buy genuine VW ones, I'd buy some Italian replicas with TUV approval
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331115128648?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I don't see why 19" alloys would sit any different to 18" alloys as the overall circumference will be the same? I had 19 BBS on my MK6 at standard height and thought they looked fine. And I'm not anti-lowering as my other car has lowered suspension, it's just that the mk5/6/7 GTI's look fine at standard height IMO.
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Fitting bigger diameter wheels always has gives the visual illusion of increasing the tyre to arch gap, even if the rolling radius of the tyres are the same. I don't know why it's like that. There is a GT up the road from me on 17" wheels and to look at it, you'd swear it was lower than mine. The tape measures confirms they have exactly the same ride height tho'.
It's the same as two identical portions of food on different sized plates. The one on the smaller plate will always look more.
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As Jimmy Somerville once said (before turning into Louis Van Gaal) "It ain't necessarily so"
Here's my much missed MK6 stood nose to nose with my friend's old GTD company car, and allowing for the fact the GTD might possibly have 5mm or so extra suspension travel the big wheels don't have massive arch gap...
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o560/Exonian22/A3C95386-521C-4A73-B3E1-A6266A0BD0E5-82496-000019AC44C757E3.jpg) (http://s1147.photobucket.com/user/Exonian22/media/A3C95386-521C-4A73-B3E1-A6266A0BD0E5-82496-000019AC44C757E3.jpg.html)
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I'll have to dig out my brochure to check this, but I've got a feeling that the GTD has the same sports suspension as the GT, whereas the GTI is a further 10mm lower.
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Shadows
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neither :sick:
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Got both, it's difficult to choose.
The Glendales will negatively affect the ride and I don't think they handle as well as the 18's, but they are unique.
With less sidewall on the tyre they will also be more prone to damage on our pothole infested roads.
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Out of the two I'd definitely go for the Shadows. I can't warm to the Glendales myself for some reason and as others have mentioned the side skirt difference,Ay not suit either?
I'd be tempted to look at a nice pair of BBS - always look nice on a Golf and are timeless.