Nice & Cheap wheels for the Octavia

[cbay]

Martin, those wheels look awesome. tempting. And Brad, that's nice to see how et35 fits. I've been looking at something in that offset range (between 45-35) and that looks good to me.

[brad]

Nice wheels!
No L or P plate driving with these on?? (haha)

These are my old wheels 40,000km - 50,000km. 17x8 BBS something or others (had the big screw on nut/cap). I bought them on eBay for $400, ran them for 10,000km & flogged them for $300ish.

They were pretty tatty & the excess poke made the steering unpleasant. Also, the OEM nuts didn't protrude through the hub enough so there was 3mm less thread engagement.



There's a similar set (exposed nuts & small centre cap) on ebay atm for $200. Machining back to ET40ish is $50/wheel & the seller has only put up a photo of one wheel which usually means the others are a bit knocked about. Allow $600 for decent 235/45x17 tyres & suddenly some of the other 2nd hand wheel/tyre packages start looking cheap(ish).

You need to be patient to pick up the bargains. I bought my current wheels (16x7.5 ET50) for $400. They'd been roaded for 1000km & were mint with Michelin tyres (rears still had the dags on them).


The BBS were very light ~7kg. The OEM Audi rims are about 3kg per corner heavier

[Martin]

These are my old wheels 40,000km - 50,000km. 17x8 BBS something or others (had the big screw on nut/cap). I bought them on eBay for $400

They look awesome and the price is even better - that's a classic pattern (same as what I've bought)

Also, the OEM nuts didn't protrude through the hub enough so there was 3mm less thread engagement.

Wow - that would challenge one's confidence, lol

[Tigger]

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What did the poor bear do wrong????

[brad]

What did the poor bear do wrong????

That's Po the TellyTubbie. #1 daughters favourite doll for a long time. He was just hanging round the garage so I strapped him on for a quick ride to Campbelltown every day. His face is black now.