MK6 Wheel / Rim / Tyre Thread

[Corey_R]

From the http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...t**-59253.html thread, this is the place for tyre/wheel/rim questions in this subforum.

The rim isn't "flat spotted" - that's what happens to tyres if you lock one up and smoke it under braking. The rim is buckled
You can try other dealer's spare parts dept. They can vary in price. Also, if you have the part number, you could search on overseas sites like ECS Tuning etc. Failing this, search local forums' for sale areas to see if anyone is selling their stock Talladegas. Sometimes you'll get someone resigned to selling them individually.

Other than that mate... you'll either need to just take the hit, or consider purchasing replicas. Although I'm not sure that would be advisable to replace just a single wheel with a replica due to very likely differences in weight etc. It wouldn't be a good idea to have different weight wheels on the one axle.

[Man In Black (MIB)]

Thanks Corey.

I agree "flat spotted" isn't the right language but that's what the Jax Tyre fitters describded it as.

Rather than get a new one I'm going to investigate getting it repaired as the wobble it produces is slight and only discerable from 70-80, and even then on a very smoth road. Will report back how it went as others may come across this too at some stage.

Thanks again.

[nat225]

Hi Guys,

need help. I've slightly flattened the inside of one of my rims on a nasty country road pot hole. It burst the tire but I had to replace them anyway so not so bothered about that part. However, after I got new tyres a wobble in the back end between 70-80km/h turned out to be a flat spotted rim.

Could be repaired but I don’t relish the thought of running the car on a space saver for two weeks.

So I rang a local dealer’s spare parts Dept and was quoted $1,300 for a new 18” standard Golf R rim.

Anyone know of any cheaper deals around Sydney/Canberra as the space saver is suddenly looking attractive?

Thanks.

or you can change all four to this:

Enkei PF01

it's only 8kg each compared to the OEM Tallageda's.. 12kg?

[dave_r]

I'd say you were quoted wrong also, $1300 is the RRP for a new 19" which you should be able to get for a few $100 less. I'd expect an 18" to be cheaper again if only slightly.

I wouldn't be driving on a slightly farked wheel too long, if at all. Go past a tyre joint and have them balance the wheel, if its farked it will stand out pretty quick. If the wheel can be repaired, it should be around $150-200.

[orkers]

Anyone notice the latest pics of the all-new 911 (991-series) - the wheels on that look exactly like Talladegas - maybe they borrowed the wheels from the VAG stable?

[fully]

Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone has pics of a mk6 golf 118tsi, or lower models with 17 or 18 inch alloy wheels, I'm curious to see what they look like with standard ride height, non sports pack. ..

Thank you.

[Corey_R]

As per The MK6 Index Thread, this is the place for wheel / rim discussion. There is also a dedicated Wheels & Suspension forum which is why I try and keep the the discussion which isn't in there, in this one place rather than having 5000 wheel threads in the MK6 forum.

Another place where you can find plenty of pictures is, of course, in the MK6 Golf Picture Thread.

[fully]

I've looked thru the mk6 golf pic thread, but there seems to be more typing than pics, and most are Gti's or Rs, or 118s with sports packs, i even tried google and car sales, no luck, its why i posted it here

[nat225]

Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone has pics of a mk6 golf 118tsi, or lower models with 17 or 18 inch alloy wheels, I'm curious to see what they look like with standard ride height, non sports pack. ..

Thank you.

there you go, on stock suspension (non sport pack) and OEM EOS wheels (17x7.5 offset +47):



then with OEM GTI suspension:

[fully]

Thanks Nat, looks good, i must say it looks better lowered, but i really didn't want to go down that road, how does it ride with the Gti suspension???