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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Shady Pioneer on 17 April 2008, 15:18
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I want to upgrade from the standard alloys I've got, and go for these..I think...I really like the look of them and think they would suit the MK3 brilliantly, but what do you guys think?
I'm gonna go for 17s if I do.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/17-TSW-TRIBE-WHEELS-TYRES-VW-RENAULT-VAUXHALL-FIAT_W0QQitemZ110242330486QQihZ001QQcategoryZ9888QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
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17's look too big on mk3's,
u should get 16's they look the best :wink:
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17's look too big on mk3's,
u should get 16's they look the best :wink:
I Disagree not when its lowered.
Sure you dont want a set of original GTI alloys :laugh:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130213695281&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003
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17's look too big on mk3's,
u should get 16's they look the best :wink:
I Disagree not when its lowered.
Sure you dont want a set of original GTI alloys :laugh:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130213695281&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003
Won't fit as I've got a 4 stud car :undecided:
What size are yours? I won't be lowing the car anytime soon...so do we think 16s would look better?
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Id lower it before fitting any wheels to be honest..
A standard car lowered looks better than one with bigger wheels thats ridin like a 4x4
Slam yours on coilovers and it will looks pretty sweet :smiley:
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But the insurance... :cry:
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Mine are 17" dude but im lowered 35mm so they look nicer in the arches. I guess the car may look a little high with big wheels otherwise.
(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6495/golfwheelsyo6.jpg)
I was only joking about the original GTI wheels it was just a shameless plug as im trying to sell em :D But is there not some way of converting to the 5 stud fitment?
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But the insurance... :cry:
Runni upragted/bigger alloys will be no different than running suspension if your tellin the insurane company surely
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Yeah there is, but I can't be bothered with all that hassle lol!
I just wanna get the car lowered and some 16s on or something, but the insurance will be a b!tch I know, I'm waiting for them to get back to me on how much it'll cost my insurance if I put aftermarket alloys on in the first place.
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But the insurance... :cry:
Runni upragted/bigger alloys will be no different than running suspension if your tellin the insurane company surely
I'll ask them tomorrow, see what they say.
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Or.... Sorry Mr insurance man i didnt realise the suspension had been changed, i know nothing about cars :wink: :laugh:
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Or.... Sorry Mr insurance man i didnt realise the suspension had been changed, i know nothing about cars :wink: :laugh:
I know, I've contemplated that many a times, but I don't wanna risk it, purely because my mates Clio that was lowered with alloys, didn't tel them about the lowering, and ended up have his alloys stolen and car being broken into, they refused to give him the payout they originally were gonna give him after finding out.
It's just too risky imo.
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Or.... Sorry Mr insurance man i didnt realise the suspension had been changed, i know nothing about cars :wink: :laugh:
lol or "its always been like that, i thought it was standard."
My neighbour drove into my mondeo and wrote it off (the reason i now have a GTI :D ) I had fitted a full leather interior to it that i got cheap from a m8. When the car got valued it went down as an optional extra and boosted the amount of money i was paid out for it by a fair amount :D
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17's look fine, need to be on its ass, i have my coili's quite low, do get a little rubbage now and then but it doesnt bother me and i can still have people in the back. go for 7" wide with an off set of 37, you can get the car very low with that set up without arch mods :wink:
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Id lower it before fitting any wheels to be honest..
A standard car lowered looks better than one with bigger wheels thats ridin like a 4x4
Slam yours on coilovers and it will looks pretty sweet :smiley:
agreed. il be sropping mine before i get new 16" alloys ... handles bad enough as it is ... hate to think what it would be like on 17s :laugh:
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16's the best for handling and 17's for looks I think...
but agreed with comments about lowering it first, its not that much hassle and insurance shouldn't cripple you just for lowering and alloys FFs... they get enough as it is...
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my vr handles fine on 17's :undecided: like its on rails with the coili's :wink:
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mine handles fine on 17's too and it's not lowered yet. i found that tyres were wayyyyyyyyyyy more expensive for 16's and they are not so common.
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btw thoes TSW alloys look sh!t .. you can get much nicer alloys rof the same price ... my opinion
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btw thoes TSW alloys look sh!t .. you can get much nicer alloys rof the same price ... my opinion
Show me nicer then :wink: