« Reply #151 on: 22 January 2016, 14:07 »
I know it's all about opinions but what is the deal with prets?
For me, they are very average looking wheels and VW should be doing much better in the design department for a car like the R.
They suit the car quite well, are light (for 19"ers) and don't have any fussy bits in the design.
But one of the big draws is that there's no polished sections.
Polished alloys look fantastic gleaming in the sunlight but are designed for countries where they either fit winter wheels during the colder months or they just don't get cold weather.
Santiagos look fantastic but there are lots of tiny spokes that make them hideously difficult to clean, and nigh on impossible to clean the inside of the wheel if you're not armed with very specialised wheel brushes.
Then there's the issue of repairing them once damaged or when the winter salt has got under the lacquer.
That's why Pretorias are popular.
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