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Title: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 30 September 2006, 00:51

Hi everybody,I was just wondering if anyone has seen the new alloy wheels you get on an R32?.They are called Zonder and are 18".I hated them at first but they have grown on me alot and now i want them for my mk4, but im not sure if they will look right, so i was wondering if anyone had pics or if you would like to give your opinion on them.I dont want to buty them and then think they look crap.
                                                                               cheers folks.
ps please be honest :laugh:

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: >>Mart<< on 30 September 2006, 07:29

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/arnoldlog1/DSC00627.jpg

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 30 September 2006, 07:36

(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/arnoldlog1/DSC00627.jpg)


i've got them on mine, and they are called zolder i believe. i like them not sure if they are ur cup of T or not

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 30 September 2006, 10:54

yeah they look quite good.are they originals you have on yours or did u get replicas.
do u mind if i ask how much they were.cheers for the help guys

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 30 September 2006, 17:26

replica's they were £625(with tyres), if you can get originals they are better quality, the paint on the rep's tends to be soft.

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 01 October 2006, 17:20

cheers arnold :wink:

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 01 October 2006, 17:25

Quote from: arnoldlog1 on 30 September 2006, 07:36

(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/arnoldlog1/DSC00627.jpg)


i've got them on mine, and they are called zolder i believe. i like them not sure if they are ur cup of T or not

these would look a lot better if the car was lowered. personally i like them!

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: golfpro on 01 October 2006, 17:28

would look great if the car was lowered a bit!

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 01 October 2006, 17:29

/\ /\ wot he said that i sed lol

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 02 October 2006, 17:17

yeah i know it needs lowering but i wanna get it re mapped too, so i've just bought a tunit to see if its worth re mapping or not (worth trying) then i might go for the dual system re map, then lower it, i've only got so much spending money   :wink:

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 02 October 2006, 22:32

u think that is safe enough to do arnold?
i have heard alot of good comments about this but would be worried it could damage the engine.

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 02 October 2006, 22:35

so are these 18" wheels then arnold?
what type of car is yours because mines is a 150pd and im sure these sit lower anyway.

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 03 October 2006, 17:15

there 18's and its a gt tdi 130.

yes i think its safe enough to do because i am only going to fit the tunit for a short period of time, just to see if its driveable, my main concern is all that extra torque, i can spin the wheels now in 2nd and 3rd if its wet so with extra torque it will be a bit of a nightmare i think, especially when wet.

but if i'm happy with it i will buy the dual system because it is switchable, so u can go back to standard, and that will be better in winter and most of the time when my wife has the car  :wink:!!

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 03 October 2006, 20:21

sounds good mate.
i would really like to try this but i might wait a while and get more feed back from people

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 03 October 2006, 20:50

personally i think the switchable re maps are better idea because you can flick it back to standard when ever you like, so if you used it for 50 % of your driving your not putting that much extra torque through your gearbox all the time.

BUT if you had all that extra power at a push of a button wouldn't  you want it all the time?????

depends who you are i suppose!!!!
 :grin: :grin:

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 03 October 2006, 22:36

i would defo use it all the time.
no point in kidding ma self that i would switch it off! :laugh:
cant see you ever switching it off either lol

my car is in the garage just now getting the gearbox fixed and thats without it being remapped lol , but it was a woman driver who owned the car b4 i got it so i blame her lol.
didnt notice the problem when i bought the car but after giving it some welly i noticed the gears crunching but put it down to me not pushing the clutch down far enough but in the end the gearbox was fecked.it has now been in the garage for over a week "waiting for parts" so they say.im fuming :angry:.it better be ready tomorrow but i just have that feeling that it wont be.

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: arnoldlog1 on 04 October 2006, 17:16

i know what your saying, but my wife has the golf monday to friday, and she doesn't need extra power, if you know what i mean. :wink:, and to be truthfull i only want the extra power when we go away with my mate because he's got a mondeo ST diesel 155bhp.

Title: Re: ALLOY WHEELS-WHATS YOUR OPINION?
Post by: adam20202 on 04 October 2006, 22:19

well thats his problem  :laugh:
only kidding.
your golf should be able to keep up with it if you get it remapped.cant have a mondeo ripping you apart now can we lol.
go for it and let me know how it goes :wink: