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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: rajb on 06 February 2020, 11:48
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So I’ve never been a fan of black wheels and of course I could just get the OZ’s refurbed a different colour (maybe anthracite or equivalent) but until I decide I ended up buying the 18” BBS SR’s off Andy here.
So what’s people’s thoughts?
I’m kind of torn as think the 19” OZ’s do suit the rest of the car more with the other mods but have to admit I’m liking the 18” BBS’s too.
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Maybe the Rays sort of colour if I refurb them:
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(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/Raj328/Golf%20GTI/017407B7-E00C-4E52-A6D0-70801658083D_zpsxa6sxkam.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Raj328/media/Golf%20GTI/017407B7-E00C-4E52-A6D0-70801658083D_zpsxa6sxkam.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/Raj328/Golf%20GTI/6D92598D-CB20-4AF2-8259-DD36568C7A7E_zpsasopve9r.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Raj328/media/Golf%20GTI/6D92598D-CB20-4AF2-8259-DD36568C7A7E_zpsasopve9r.jpg.html)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/Raj328/Golf%20GTI/95EFA57A-71DA-489D-9427-8BF848EE83AB_zpssplo5euu.jpg) (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Raj328/media/Golf%20GTI/95EFA57A-71DA-489D-9427-8BF848EE83AB_zpssplo5euu.jpg.html)
They certainly sit more flush with the arches too.
Could potentially keep both and use the BBS's as winters if I can convince the wife I need yet another set of alloys :whistle:
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I’m biased Raj, but I really like the BBS SR wheels. They look great on your white car too - they’re good in satin or mirror finish and you know the quality is there. The black wheels look great too btw...
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I’m biased Raj, but I really like the BBS SR wheels. They look great on your white car too - they’re good in satin or mirror finish and you know the quality is there. The black wheels look great too btw...
Yeah I'm liking them the more I look at them. I think I need to get some new BBS centre caps though to complete the look. What size are your SR's?
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BBS's look great tbh but I like the OZ wheels, the black suits the car I think, I was actually looking a set of those for mine but OZ didn't have stock of the offset I was looking for at the time and ended up going for the Leggera HLT in gloss black instead which I'm more than happy with for now :grin:
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My 2 pence worth....
OZ look aftermarket and modified which fits nicely with the rest of the mods on your car and the BBS look very OEM+!
Depends what look you're after but to be honest Raj I don't think there's a wrong answer here, both look great for different reasons!! :wink:
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Same as other guys, its fine margins as both are fine rims, but as its a white car with the offsetting black mods, my leaning would definitely be the OZ, they complete the look.
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What size are your SR's?
They’re 18 x 8J (5 x 112) with a 45mm offset. The place I got them from included the metal spigot rings so they fit properly on the hub. I’m running Conti all season tyres on them which have been a great buy in this hard winter we’re not having. Barely had a frost down here, never mind snow... :rolleyes:
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Mention black wheels and the standard response is “Halfords” harping back to the plague of Corsa boys ten or twenty years ago. Same with black roofs.
Everyone thought they were passing fads and yet the look has endured.
Certain colours of car look really good with black wheels and others less so.
White or red cars definitely make the colour contrast work.
I’ve always thought your car looks superb Raj, the Akrapovic bits coupled with the bonnet vents give a subdued but aggressive look and compliment the other mods well.
The OZ’s add to that mean and moody look and go with the car’s character.
I’ve long since been a fan of SR’s and had planned to fit them to my GTI back in 2013 but ended up trying something else in the end.
When going from looking at the car with the OZ’s straight to looking at the SR’s the former give a motorsport look and the latter look classier and neither is better or worse!
If push comes to shove I’d definitely pick the OZ’s because they compliment the other visual mods the best.
As an aside, I saw a black GTI pulling into Exeter motorway services about six weeks ago that had the same Akra exhaust and diffuser set-up which immediately brought your donor car to mind! I meant to mention it at the time but didn’t get round to it, too many other things going on!
A rare thing to see.
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BBS's look great tbh but I like the OZ wheels, the black suits the car I think, I was actually looking a set of those for mine but OZ didn't have stock of the offset I was looking for at the time and ended up going for the Leggera HLT in gloss black instead which I'm more than happy with for now :grin:
Thanks and nice choice of alloys. Looks good. Yeah this is why I'm torn as I think the black does suit the car. I'm happy with both hence the uncertainty.
My 2 pence worth....
OZ look aftermarket and modified which fits nicely with the rest of the mods on your car and the BBS look very OEM+!
Depends what look you're after but to be honest Raj I don't think there's a wrong answer here, both look great for different reasons!! :wink:
Cheers for the reply and agreed they both look good in their own way. I do think the BBS's are growing on me more and more. Pity one of them didn't suit it quite as much as the other as that would make the choice easier :undecided:
Same as other guys, its fine margins as both are fine rims, but as its a white car with the offsetting black mods, my leaning would definitely be the OZ, they complete the look.
Thanks. It really is as you say fine margins hence the dilemma. Problem is if I keep the OZ's I'd probably change the colour slightly but if I go anthracite with them they may not then suit it as much as the black to go with the other details :grin:
They’re 18 x 8J (5 x 112) with a 45mm offset. The place I got them from included the metal spigot rings so they fit properly on the hub. I’m running Conti all season tyres on them which have been a great buy in this hard winter we’re not having. Barely had a frost down here, never mind snow... :rolleyes:
Thanks for the info on them. So same as mine except mine are et35 so are quite aggressive. LOL at the tyres but they'll be good through this still very cold spell. The Michelin Alpins are working well though so if nothing else I'm glad I'm getting to run them in this weather for the time being.
Of course the other thing is if I keep the BBS's I need to buy new rubber too :whistle:
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Mention black wheels and the standard response is “Halfords” harping back to the plague of Corsa boys ten or twenty years ago. Same with black roofs.
Everyone thought they were passing fads and yet the look has endured.
Thank you buddy for the lengthy reply.
I know where you are coming from with the 'Halfords' comment. I do remember back in the day my thoughts on it and as you say it's still going strong lol. I think that's in part why I have never really been a fan even though it's becoming more main stream even from factory.
Certain colours of car look really good with black wheels and others less so.
White or red cars definitely make the colour contrast work.
I do think the whole black and white theme I appear to have ended up with does lay itself well to the black OZ's and hence why I'm a little torn with my thoughts on the matter.
I’ve always thought your car looks superb Raj, the Akrapovic bits coupled with the bonnet vents give a subdued but aggressive look and compliment the other mods well.
The OZ’s add to that mean and moody look and go with the car’s character.
Thank you as that really is appreciated. I only intended to go with an exhaust and maybe intake being my daily but I just can't help myself :whistle:
I do like the look I've ended up with as you say it's a subtle aggression.
I’ve long since been a fan of SR’s and had planned to fit them to my GTI back in 2013 but ended up trying something else in the end.
When going from looking at the car with the OZ’s straight to looking at the SR’s the former give a motorsport look and the latter look classier and neither is better or worse!
If push comes to shove I’d definitely pick the OZ’s because they compliment the other visual mods the best.
I've always been a huge BBS fan and have run at least one set of BBS's on every car I've owned/modded. My record for one car is 11 different sets of alloys over the ownership of the car :shocked: :laugh:
I think at this rate I'm going to end up keeping both and so use the BBS's for winter :smiley:
As an aside, I saw a black GTI pulling into Exeter motorway services about six weeks ago that had the same Akra exhaust and diffuser set-up which immediately brought your donor car to mind! I meant to mention it at the time but didn’t get round to it, too many other things going on!
A rare thing to see.
Ah nice. It's rare seeing one with an Akra as not many are willing to pay the stupidly ridiculous price but finance has made it easier for some to spread the cost.
TBH if the donor grey one had better base options on it I would have just kept it and sold the white one. I was even tempted to swap the Vienna leather and dynaudio etc all over but there was something about the white I just liked a little more.
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They look really good, i was unsure when i first got my Pretorias refurbed in black on my red GTI, but love them now..
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I think Exonian nailed it really.
And 11 alloy sets is proper dedication to the cause! :evil:
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They look really good, i was unsure when i first got my Pretorias refurbed in black on my red GTI, but love them now..
Yeah I'm thinking the definite way forward is to keep both sets :grin:
Of course I would then need another wheel rack :whistle:
I think Exonian nailed it really.
Yup he has.
And 11 alloy sets is proper dedication to the cause! :evil:
Well I do like to help the cause :wink:
In 6 months of owning the GTI, I'm already up to 3 sets :evil:
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And 11 alloy sets is proper dedication to the cause! :evil:
I thought the seven sets I had for my first mk6 GTI was excessive. :grin:
I bow down to 11 sets :cool: :laugh:
There’s plenty of time for a few more sets for the white mk7 yet Raj, and I think it was a good move Keeping the white car btw. No bias here at all but mk7’s look best in white :whistle: (white just suits the shape and compliments the red and black bits)
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Excessive money spent on alloys I’m afraid I just couldn’t justify it with two kids at uni
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I think you should keep the BBS SR’s they look sweet. Then sell the OZ's to me :whistle:
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BBS SRs obviously! :grin:
It was a pleasure meeting you rajb and hearing your modding stories! I told you I would miss this forum...
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I thought the seven sets I had for my first mk6 GTI was excessive. :grin:
I bow down to 11 sets :cool: :laugh:
There’s plenty of time for a few more sets for the white mk7 yet Raj, and I think it was a good move Keeping the white car btw. No bias here at all but mk7’s look best in white :whistle: (white just suits the shape and compliments the red and black bits)
Errr yeah I have a bit of an addiction and like the changing looks that each set has bought.
I agree on still having time and I did see another set of alloys I liked already this morning :whistle: :evil: :shocked:
And I’m totally with you on the white. Definitely the right choice as I absolutely love it. Just looks so good and as you say contrasts superbly with the black and red details.
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Excessive money spent on alloys I’m afraid I just couldn’t justify it with two kids at uni
I’m lucky yet that my two are still only 11 and 13 but I do have that joy to come.
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I think you should keep the BBS SR’s they look sweet. Then sell the OZ's to me :whistle:
Ha ha. Well they are currently sat in the garage so if definitely interested could see if we can come to a deal.
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BBS SRs obviously! :grin:
It was a pleasure meeting you rajb and hearing your modding stories! I told you I would miss this forum...
Biased I guess :wink: :smiley:
Likewise buddy. Such a pleasure to do business with and yeah was nice chatting history. It’s definitely a forum hard to stay away from and 100% better than the other one you ended up on lol.
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Excessive money spent on alloys I’m afraid I just couldn’t justify it with two kids at uni
It’s only excessive if you own them all at the same time.
If you buy one set at a time carefully and have lots of patience and diligence then sell the current set on after buying new ones it’s not expensive. It just takes plenty of thought, time and motivation.
I’m far from wealthy, just a regular guy with a very ordinary job.
Some people spend a fortune on tuning to levels they’d never approach on public roads, some people spend a fortune on cleaning products to p!ss into the wind trying to keep their car immaculate, some spend thousands on optional extras to wallow in, some smoke, drink, gamble, renovate houses, play sport, have expensive holidays... just because they enjoy it.
And some like slightly honing a mass produced car to make it look a little less mass produced and drive a little less that way too.
After many years of caring for terminally ill relatives whilst working all hours and trying to help bring up kids I then lost my mother at too young an age. I guess my mk6 was a release from that but it all makes you realise you have to live a little bit while you can and in the 11 years since I’ve lived a little bit!
The car mods were curtailed after a while, I got it out of my system then my father became very ill so I spent nearly a year commuting 500 miles a week initially as well as working and blah blah blah (kept me off the forums for ages back then too so that saved me a fortune in temptation and subsequent spending alone!)
So to hell with it, who knows how long I’ll be here for myself.
I‘ll buy the cars and do bits to them for as long as I can.
I’m sure nobody gives a rats arse about my life and times but the reason I wrote the reply was to say you’ve got to do what you want to do while you can. It doesn’t have to get too expensive with a bit of thought and all hobbies cost money anyway.
As an aside, one of the guys I work with has a couple of modded Toyota Supras and he’s not rich either. But he’s looking at a set of alloy wheels for one of them that cost about five grand. That’s plus tyres (355’s on the back?)
Kind of makes the few second hand sets of Golf alloys I’ve owned quite cheap :grin:
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It’s only excessive if you own them all at the same time.
If you buy one set at a time carefully and have lots of patience and diligence then sell the current set on after buying new ones it’s not expensive. It just takes plenty of thought, time and motivation.
I’m far from wealthy, just a regular guy with a very ordinary job.
Some people spend a fortune on tuning to levels they’d never approach on public roads, some people spend a fortune on cleaning products to p!ss into the wind trying to keep their car immaculate, some spend thousands on optional extras to wallow in, some smoke, drink, gamble, renovate houses, play sport, have expensive holidays... just because they enjoy it.
And some like slightly honing a mass produced car to make it look a little less mass produced and drive a little less that way too.
After many years of caring for terminally ill relatives whilst working all hours and trying to help bring up kids I then lost my mother at too young an age. I guess my mk6 was a release from that but it all makes you realise you have to live a little bit while you can and in the 11 years since I’ve lived a little bit!
The car mods were curtailed after a while, I got it out of my system then my father became very ill so I spent nearly a year commuting 500 miles a week initially as well as working and blah blah blah (kept me off the forums for ages back then too so that saved me a fortune in temptation and subsequent spending alone!)
So to hell with it, who knows how long I’ll be here for myself.
I‘ll buy the cars and do bits to them for as long as I can.
I’m sure nobody gives a rats arse about my life and times but the reason I wrote the reply was to say you’ve got to do what you want to do while you can. It doesn’t have to get too expensive with a bit of thought and all hobbies cost money anyway.
As an aside, one of the guys I work with has a couple of modded Toyota Supras and he’s not rich either. But he’s looking at a set of alloy wheels for one of them that cost about five grand. That’s plus tyres (355’s on the back?)
Kind of makes the few second hand sets of Golf alloys I’ve owned quite cheap :grin:
Never a truer word spoken buddy.
I’m completely with you as my attitude changed when I lost my dad when I was 25. He was only 48 and after that I figured got to live and enjoy life as much as possible.
I work on the basis that as long as I’m providing for my family and my modding doesn’t get in the way of anything else then no harm and all good.
Again as you say I haven’t owned all my alloy sets at the same time and it’s a matter of hunting out the bargains and minimising the loss (if any). I’ve been fortunate to be at this for a long time and have made money too on mods when I’ve sold them.
Most alloy sets I had at one time was 4 though lol.
Anyway, ordered a new set of the BBS centre caps for the SR’s. Let’s see how they look with those once they arrive.
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If anyone has a set of wheels to sell , maybe some Pretoria’s or Belvederes I want a second set for my Clubsport , drop me a PM
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If anyone has a set of wheels to sell , maybe some Pretoria’s or Belvederes I want a second set for my Clubsport , drop me a PM
Have my OZ's for sale potentially if a deal can be struck.
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Excessive money spent on alloys I’m afraid I just couldn’t justify it with two kids at uni
It’s only excessive if you own them all at the same time.
If you buy one set at a time carefully and have lots of patience and diligence then sell the current set on after buying new ones it’s not expensive. It just takes plenty of thought, time and motivation.
I’m far from wealthy, just a regular guy with a very ordinary job.
Some people spend a fortune on tuning to levels they’d never approach on public roads, some people spend a fortune on cleaning products to p!ss into the wind trying to keep their car immaculate, some spend thousands on optional extras to wallow in, some smoke, drink, gamble, renovate houses, play sport, have expensive holidays... just because they enjoy it.
And some like slightly honing a mass produced car to make it look a little less mass produced and drive a little less that way too.
After many years of caring for terminally ill relatives whilst working all hours and trying to help bring up kids I then lost my mother at too young an age. I guess my mk6 was a release from that but it all makes you realise you have to live a little bit while you can and in the 11 years since I’ve lived a little bit!
The car mods were curtailed after a while, I got it out of my system then my father became very ill so I spent nearly a year commuting 500 miles a week initially as well as working and blah blah blah (kept me off the forums for ages back then too so that saved me a fortune in temptation and subsequent spending alone!)
So to hell with it, who knows how long I’ll be here for myself.
I‘ll buy the cars and do bits to them for as long as I can.
I’m sure nobody gives a rats arse about my life and times but the reason I wrote the reply was to say you’ve got to do what you want to do while you can. It doesn’t have to get too expensive with a bit of thought and all hobbies cost money anyway.
As an aside, one of the guys I work with has a couple of modded Toyota Supras and he’s not rich either. But he’s looking at a set of alloy wheels for one of them that cost about five grand. That’s plus tyres (355’s on the back?)
Kind of makes the few second hand sets of Golf alloys I’ve owned quite cheap :grin:
Similar story, some of life events make you realise you have to live a bit and do the things you may have previously cautiously put off for another time - If stick to that cautious mindset that time obviously never comes, its just pushed into the future
Very much the family man, ensure my family have all they need, gave up drinking many years ago and never smoked, so my vice has always to spend a little extra on my cars and know that if I had not I would be typing this now with some regret to the boring cars that selected over the cars really wanted - only did that once, and it truly was never again.
So never see me judging anyone for spending their ££ on what they enjoy,
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Similar story, some of life events make you realise you have to live a bit and do the things you may have previously cautiously put off for another time - If stick to that cautious mindset that time obviously never comes, its just pushed into the future
Very much the family man, ensure my family have all they need, gave up drinking many years ago and never smoked, so my vice has always to spend a little extra on my cars and know that if I had not I would be typing this now with some regret to the boring cars that selected over the cars really wanted - only did that once, and it truly was never again.
So never see me judging anyone for spending their ££ on what they enjoy,
Exactly that isn’t. Never want to leave this world with any regrets. Live it, enjoy it and make the most of it. It’s the memories we leave behind/take with us that make it all worth it.
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Certainly I am not judging anyone for spending their money on anything that they like whether it be drink cigarettes cars holidays each to their own
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Certainly I am not judging anyone for spending their money on anything that they like whether it be drink cigarettes cars holidays each to their own
It’s all good buddy :wink: :cool:
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If anyone has a set of wheels to sell , maybe some Pretoria’s or Belvederes I want a second set for my Clubsport , drop me a PM
Have my OZ's for sale potentially if a deal can be struck.
I might be interested!
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@rajb - where did you get the new centre caps from - my SRs need some new ones as they're starting to look a little bit ropey.
Ta in advance
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I might be interested!
PM me if interested :wink:
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@rajb - where did you get the new centre caps from - my SRs need some new ones as they're starting to look a little bit ropey.
Ta in advance
Got them from PWMotorsport for £44.95 the set delivered.
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I might be interested!
PM me if interested :wink:
I think I am too new to PM! :(
I pick up my new Golf TCR in March and will be seeing if I actually like the Belvedere wheels in person. It's likely that I won't, so I will sell them and buy something else as soon as possible. Your Oz wheels look really nice, bet they'd go well on a pure grey TCR :)
If you don't mind posting publicly - do you have a rough idea of how much you want for them? Plus, if they come with tyres what are they and how much tread etc? Cheers. If as your profile says, you're in Wolverhampton then I'm only an hour or so away in Northants.
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I think I am too new to PM! :(
I pick up my new Golf TCR in March and will be seeing if I actually like the Belvedere wheels in person. It's likely that I won't, so I will sell them and buy something else as soon as possible. Your Oz wheels look really nice, bet they'd go well on a pure grey TCR :)
If you don't mind posting publicly - do you have a rough idea of how much you want for them? Plus, if they come with tyres what are they and how much tread etc? Cheers. If as your profile says, you're in Wolverhampton then I'm only an hour or so away in Northants.
Yeah you only need another post as minimum is 10 posts to PM.
But yes I'm only in Wolverhampton and they would indeed come with tyres (Michelin's with decent tread).
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I think I am too new to PM! :(
I pick up my new Golf TCR in March and will be seeing if I actually like the Belvedere wheels in person. It's likely that I won't, so I will sell them and buy something else as soon as possible. Your Oz wheels look really nice, bet they'd go well on a pure grey TCR :)
If you don't mind posting publicly - do you have a rough idea of how much you want for them? Plus, if they come with tyres what are they and how much tread etc? Cheers. If as your profile says, you're in Wolverhampton then I'm only an hour or so away in Northants.
Yeah you only need another post as minimum is 10 posts to PM.
But yes I'm only in Wolverhampton and they would indeed come with tyres (Michelin's with decent tread).
10th post... i'll PM you shortly
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10th post... i'll PM you shortly
No problem.