Wheel swap

[wigit]

personally i'd remove the tyres from the Austins and keep those wheels come sale time, the rotarys are 18" as well

[SRGTD]

The Rotarys are very (relatively - makes no odds if the car has already cleaned you out) cheap somewhere -less than £500 a set, and figure in about £90 a tyre if you shop around. Might be worth putting an ad in the classifieds. Sell the Austins, buy the Rotarys.

I think I may just do that! Cheers MH. A set of black Rotarys would look absolutely stunning on my CSG Gti.

Snooze, the standard colour of the Rotary's is anthracite grey, rather than black. I've got them on my CSG mk6 GTD and I love them; much nicer than the diamond cut alloys it came with as standard.

I'm currently halfway through machine polishing my car, and when I've finished, I'll post some pictures in the Detailing section, so you can see what the CSG and anthracite Rotary's combination looks like.

They come in black too. Did you sell your Nogaros?

Ah nice one, yeah I'd love to see some pictures. Cheers

Snooze, mine's a mk6 GTD, not a mk7, I had the optional 18" Charleston shadow diamond cut alloys when I ordered my mk6. I didn't sell them as I plan to put them back on the car when I eventually sell it, so it's back to OEM. If I replace my mk6 with a mk7 Golf, then, I'll probably put the Rotary's on the mk7.

[dubber36]

Personally, I'd keep the Austins, rotating them until all the tyres are down to around 3mm. By that time you'll need tyres anyway and should have saved enough money to buy your wheels of choice. Don't sell the Austins, they can go back on when you sell the car with useable tyres on them. You'll then still have your chosen wheels to go on your next car, or sell.

One of the problems with todays 'I want it now' society is that what initially seems like a good plan, ends up costing more long term.

[SRGTD]

The Rotarys are very (relatively - makes no odds if the car has already cleaned you out) cheap somewhere -less than £500 a set, and figure in about £90 a tyre if you shop around. Might be worth putting an ad in the classifieds. Sell the Austins, buy the Rotarys.

I think I may just do that! Cheers MH. A set of black Rotarys would look absolutely stunning on my CSG Gti.

Snooze, the standard colour of the Rotary's is anthracite grey, rather than black. I've got them on my CSG mk6 GTD and I love them; much nicer than the diamond cut alloys it came with as standard.

I'm currently halfway through machine polishing my car, and when I've finished, I'll post some pictures in the Detailing section, so you can see what the CSG and anthracite Rotary's combination looks like.

They come in black too. Did you sell your Nogaros?

Ah nice one, yeah I'd love to see some pictures. Cheers

Snooze, mine's a mk6 GTD, not a mk7, I had the optional 18" Charleston shadow diamond cut alloys when I ordered my mk6. I didn't sell them as I plan to put them back on the car when I eventually sell it, so it's back to OEM. If I replace my mk6 with a mk7 Golf, then, I'll probably put the Rotary's on the mk7.

Snooze, here's a few pictures of the combination of CSG and anthracite Rotary's on my mk6; reply #152 in the thread at the link below;

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=158784.msg2508922#new

Don't sell the Austins, they can go back on when you sell the car with useable tyres on them. You'll then still have your chosen wheels to go on your next car, or sell.

This is what I'll be doing; I've kept my OEM diamond cut Charleston alloys, and they'll be going back on the car when I sell, and I'll have the Rotary's to go on my next car.

[Snooze]

Cheers SR, your car looks great!

Checked with he stealer and unfortunately because my car is on lease hire I can't sell the austins. Looks like I'm gonna have to make do. Think I'll just have to get some wheel spacers to improve the look and learn to love the austins!

[Booth11]

Cheers SR, your car looks great!

Checked with he stealer and unfortunately because my car is on lease hire I can't sell the austins. Looks like I'm gonna have to make do. Think I'll just have to get some wheel spacers to improve the look and learn to love the austins!

SRGTD's car always looks great with the Rotarys 

Shame about that Snooze, but as others have suggested, if you do get set of Rotarys (at some point, when finances permit) surely it's better to hang onto the Austins, so you can stick them back on when it's time to sell.  Maybe the Austins will grow on you over time.