The Santiagos would be a nice finishing touch. Lovely looking wheels. Watts ^^^^ ran a red mk7 3 door in that spec.
Be aware of their tendency to discolour as they’re polished on their faces. Mind you they look great refinished in grey or shadow chrome.
Oh, and they’re fiddly to clean.
And buckles aren’t unheard of.
Whilst we are on the ‘beware’ subject, the clutches on the manuals aren’t great on remapped cars. Budget for a replacement if you do modify the ECU.
I've already been looking at an organic clutch, I've been looking at a helix clutch with billet cover ? They are meant to be close to stock feeling and hold alot more power.
Hopefully we will get this done prior to the remap or will at least done at the same time..
Regards the alloys, if they are anything like the 19s I put on my Octavia vrs, the ride quality wasn't great either so I'm guessing the ride quality will suffer too. To be honest, the longer I keep looking at the alloys, I don't mind them as much as I first thought, so may wait on the alloys unless something turns up I can pass on.
So far so good with the car, the only thing I've notice is the car cocks it's leg when it gets off the drive as it's at an awkward angle, so guessing the car is very rigid and doesnt flex too much.