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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: jaceyboy on 10 May 2018, 15:26
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Guys, just pulled the trigger from CM Wheels on some 19" Prets, I thought the correct size of tyre is 235/35/19 but looking on the VW website they list 225/35/19?, which is correct please
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225 for the GTI, 235 for the R.
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I think Prets were an option for the R and the Clubsport and both were shod with 235/35x19 tyres because the wheel is 8x19. The Brescia option for the Clubsport and 7.5 Golfs has 225/35x19 tyres because the wheel size is 7.5x19. If I was fitting Prets to a Mk7 or a Mk7.5 I would use 235/35x19 tyres.
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I think Prets were an option for the R and the Clubsport and both were shod with 235/35x19 tyres because the wheel is 8x19. The Brescia option for the Clubsport and 7.5 Golfs has 225/35x19 tyres because the wheel size is 7.5x19. If I was fitting Prets to a Mk7 or a Mk7.5 I would use 235/35x19 tyres.
Spot on advice Trev :afro:
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Ah yes, sorry my mistake. 235 is correct as both the Prets and the Speilbergs are 8J and take a wider tyre than the other factory 19's.
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Not wanting to be pedantic, but looking at their site you have bought ‘pretoria’ style wheels, not VW prets. Aka replicas.
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Yes well spotted. I'm having an off day today as I missed that bit too
However the reps are still 19 inch 8J, so the tyres will still be 235 wide :smiley:
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I had asked about them (they are also on ebay), they weigh 11.8kg each which I found a bit on the heavy side but you can't ask much for that price.
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Not wanting to be pedantic, but looking at their site you have bought ‘pretoria’ style wheels, not VW prets. Aka replicas.
Yes they are reps, im not that bothered as its for my wife's car and she does about 3000 miles per year :grin: 235 it is then....
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Genuine Prets bend at the merest sight of a pothole so a set of decent reps are fine, will have a better offset and therefore look at least as good minus the heartache if you bend one.
Yeah the reps are a bit heavy but if it’s just for normal road use it’ll be fine.
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Genuine Prets bend at the merest sight of a pothole so a set of decent reps are fine, will have a better offset and therefore look at least as good minus the heartache if you bend one.
Yeah the reps are a bit heavy but if it’s just for normal road use it’ll be fine.
Cheers im sure they will :nerd:
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Genuine Prets bend at the merest sight of a pothole so a set of decent reps are fine, will have a better offset and therefore look at least as good minus the heartache if you bend one.
Yeah the reps are a bit heavy but if it’s just for normal road use it’ll be fine.
Any rim will break under the right circumstances of-course. But from past experience, unknown quality replicas are mere lottery and never come even close to OEM standards strength wise. They are not going to brake down under normal driving clearly but in an unfortunate incident they might end up costing much more than they originally saved you.
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Insurance happy with reps?
They won’t come with paperwork and most won’t have been tested (impact test etc).
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Insurance happy with reps?
They won’t come with paperwork and most won’t have been tested (impact test etc).
Admittedly I've never had reps but normally when I fit aftermarket wheels (and I've had more than my fair share) I just get asked what size they are and told to keep the receipt for any future claims.
The UK doesn't seem to be overly regulated with selling replica wheels unlike other EU countries. You rarely see replica wheels being sold from a lot of EU countries, and a lot of UK wheel retailers sell replicas to all sorts of countries as there is a demand for them from all over. There are a few Italian companies that still do replicas as "replacement pattern parts" but they're usually quite expensive and don't cover the very latest designs.
It's a lottery I guess, like so many things in life.