Will this wheel look good on a Golf VI?

**Topend** · 10-02-2010, 10:48 AM

Will this wheel look good on my wife's Golf VI? It is a 17 x 7.5 RS4 replica and will be fitted with 225/45R17 tyres. The Golf is Silver Leaf in colour.

The two cheapest tyres I was quoted on are:
Bob Jane Xenon Z7
Maxxis MAZ1

Anyone have experience with these tyres?

Cheers,
Dave.

**Corey_R** · 10-02-2010, 11:27 AM

Do you and your wife think it will look good?
If so, what does it matter what anyone else here thinks?

As for tyres, it would be unwise to put your car and your safety at risk by buying 'cheap' tyres. You should look at buying great tyres at cheap prices! You can purchase the current best all round tyre, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric in a 225/45R17 94Y for only US$142 each. If you have a friend in the USA, you can even then get a US$80 mail-in-rebate. But even if you don't, at US$142 each, even if it cost you US$250 in shipping, that's US$818, or AUD$932 at the current exchange rate.

**Topend** · 10-02-2010, 11:41 AM

The rims have to be ordered so I can't see them on or near the car first, hence my question about how they will look.

The other tyres that were suggested by the tyre shop were:
MICHELIN Pilot Preceda
YOKOHAMA C Drive
BRIDGESTONE Adrenalin Potenza RE001

I am happy to spend extra for one of these.

**Corey_R** · 10-02-2010, 12:08 PM

They're all ok... but still inferior. Infact, that particular Bridgestone is even inferior to the Bridgestone VW puts on the cars as standard!
The Yoko C Drive is an 'every day' tyre, again, probably worse than the standard VW offering and made in the Philippines.
The Michelin's are one that I don't know a great deal about. They're no longer available overseas from places like Tirerack, so either their an old model or weren't popular, or price/performance wasn't great or something. Just the tread design (no unbroken concentric circle for the car to 'sit on') means that again, they're probably not as good as the standard tyres VW puts on your car (both for performance AND for comfort/quietness).

**team_v** · 10-02-2010, 01:55 PM

Here they are on a mk6 GTI
They look pretty oem to me.

P.S. there is a reason that they are a popular choice for the golf, becasue they are the best designed wheels by the whole VAG group.

**Topend** · 10-02-2010, 03:16 PM

I was email the wrong picture. It should have been....

I don't like this wheel at all. It is a shame as the manager spent an hour with me searching for suitable wheels. Hopefully he can find something else I like.

I dropped into to Ozzy Tires this afternoon. I was told they could only do 20" and over. I will try Tirepower tomorrow.

I may have to look at 18" too.