« Reply #11 on: 22 March 2020, 20:25 »
Better to bounce through potholes with a £500 set than do the same with a £1000 plus set of wheels.
A vote for CM Wheels here.
The 8x19 ET45 reps look marginally better in the arches than standard OEM Pretorias too.
The grey ones look really good.
Would probably go Borbet FF1 in black if I was fitting 18’s personally but 8x18 Pretoria reps sit better than VW OEM accessory 7.5 x 18 Pretoria wheels.
Clubsport/TCR Belvedere/Quaranta alloys also look great on a regular GTI.
is ET wheel width or offset ? I’m new to changing wheels so apologies for sounding thick.
You don’t sound thick, we were all new to it at one time!
ET is offset, width is often referred to in inches or demoted by a J (the J is to do with the tyre bead profile used for cars).
Any questions just ask away, plenty of knowledge on this forum.
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