« Reply #3 on: 11 February 2017, 05:29 »
Welcome RDC.
Santiagos do seem to be buckle prone going from people's experiences on this forum, which is a shame as they're lovely looking wheels.
Have a look in the classifieds as Cossieian is selling one or two (take your pick!) sets of very similar wheels to those in the AwesomeGTI link for considerably less money.
I ran a different set of 19" wheels to the OEM Santiagos on my GTI but also suffered a low speed blow out and buckle on a pothole. I think it might be something to do with the rear suspension of the GTI/D 2wd cars being unforgiving when it comes to sharp impacts even at low speed.
When I hit similar bumps, gulleys, cracked Tarmac or potholes in my R there was less of a noisy suspension crash from the rear of the car and the wheels and tyres survived completely unscathed.
A month ago I drove a GTI and GTD back to back and both hit a bit of cracked Tarmac with a sharp crash from the suspension which my R drove over with just a dull thud.
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