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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #60 on: 30 March 2020, 16:18 »
The CM reps looked great and I couldn’t see anything cheap about them compared to OEM reifnitz that I’d looked at in my dealer. All the fittings swopped straight over without any issue, very pleased and highly recommended. It’s also worth mentioning that they were packaged very well with plastic edges over the rims and plenty of cardboard.
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #61 on: 30 March 2020, 16:20 »
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #63 on: 30 March 2020, 16:26 »
Looking good ! It was between the prets and reifnitz for me and the deciding factor was I had prets on my previous car a 7.5 r so something different.
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #64 on: 06 January 2025, 22:01 »
After some advice..

Looking at these CM rep prets as a replacement to my Brescias (I have DCC)
On the face of it works out cheaper than getting the Brescias refurbed but I wonder how much my insurance will go up.

https://cmwheels.com/products/19-vw-golf-r-pretoria-style-wheels-gloss-gun-metal-vw-audi-5x112/
or
https://cmwheels.com/products/19-vw-golf-r-pretoria-style-wheels-quartz-silver/

Not sure if silver or gunmetal will look better on indium grey. Leaning towards gunmetal.

Will these just go straight on? can I use the existing wheel nuts and will my current centre caps fit them?

Thanks in advance
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #65 on: 07 January 2025, 12:29 »
Yes, they’ll fit straight on.
Yes, you can use your existing bolts.
No, your OEM centre caps won’t fit but your bolt caps should.
Insurance is company specific, you’d have to contact your insurer. I’ve never had an issue in decades of swapping wheels but sometimes certain restrictions to the policy are put on.
I’d be tempted with gloss black on an Indium car.
You’d ideally want to run 235 tyres but the 225’s will still fit ok.
If ordering ask CM for forum discount, it normally means you’ll get free shipping.
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #66 on: 07 January 2025, 14:08 »
Thanks for all the info.

LV insurance say there will be no increase in premium :smiley:
Looking around the R forums it sounds like they are shipped with black centre caps and I will need to get VW stickers to go over them.

Gloss black is not my bag so still looking at gunmetal.
Found this which looks good to me:
https://postimg.cc/1gHbwLcz
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #67 on: 07 January 2025, 16:08 »
Not a huge fan of black wheels myself but reckon they’ll give the best contrast.
Otherwise go for the grey, I ran a set of grey CM Wheels reps for 3 years, 27k and the paint held up well.

The stickers you’ll need are 56mm from eBay at about £7 for four.
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #68 on: 08 January 2025, 16:03 »
I have two almost new PS4S 225 tyres that I will swap over to the new rims.
If I then get two PS4S 235 tyres to match is it better to put the wider tyres on the front or the back or doesn't it matter?
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Re: Pretoria 18’s/19’s on 7.5
« Reply #69 on: 08 January 2025, 18:20 »
It’s not recommended to mix sizes but Audi did it on the RS3!

I’d put the new 235’s on the back as the 225’s will wear down much quicker on the front.
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