The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

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Then again.. BBS CH-R:

stop it!

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Some OZ work, although the first two are GTs, not LMs:





Graphite LMs, but on a RB Mk6, close:



LMs on a Mk7, we've featured this car before:



About as close as we'll get for now, just imagine it a few shades lighter, lower and with an R finish:

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Some OZ work, although the first two are GTs, not LMs:





Graphite LMs, but on a RB Mk6, close:



LMs on a Mk7, we've featured this car before:



About as close as we'll get for now, just imagine it a few shades lighter, lower and with an R finish:

thanks Dutch,its a very close call between them though the bottom pic does give me the best indication so far,I've been scanning the net for days looking for my car with lm's on or recently chrs.

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Lol off on another tangent this photo has swayed me finally,I think this is the look ive been after all along,I found a very pixelated image of an R on a Google "xa" search which linked me too the uk R forum that I'm on, Pm'd the owner and he kindly sent me this picture.i did nearly buy this wheel 8 months ago after seeing it on an s3(which I was going to buy instead of the R but found the R drove so much better)but the weight put me off,now I have Some used 18" Tsw Nurburgring's for my track days it dosent bother me.thanks again to Dutch for this excellent thread and being a very good agony aunt! Lol
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Lol off on another tangent this photo has swayed me finally,I think this is the look ive been after all along,I found a very pixelated image of an R on a Google "xa" search which linked me too the uk R forum that I'm on, Pm'd the owner and he kindly sent me this picture.i did nearly buy this wheel 8 months ago after seeing it on an s3(which I was going to buy instead of the R but found the R drove so much better)but the weight put me off,now I have Some used 18" Tsw Nurburgring's for my track days it dosent bother me.thanks again to Dutch for this excellent thread and being a very good agony aunt! Lol

Nice find, with the Lapiz that works quite well and yeah - the 18s will always be better on the track and the Nurburgrings cover off your mesh needs, so it's definitely a different look.

No problems on the commentary front, payment for services rendered will be new shots of your car when fitted. Wouldn't mind some track shots on the TSWs as well if you can get some.

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While we're on the topic of Lapiz Golfs, here one riding on Vossen CVTs:

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Nice find, with the Lapiz that works quite well and yeah - the 18s will always be better on the track and the Nurburgrings cover off your mesh needs, so it's definitely a different look.

No problems on the commentary front, payment for services rendered will be new shots of your car when fitted. Wouldn't mind some track shots on the TSWs as well if you can get some.

will do thanks,the tsw's are at my mates garage at the moment hopefully being powder coated as the graphite paint was flaking off!the xa's have just turned up and I'm very impressed with the quality and weight actually,bbs have changed these wheels slightly as I had to ring the supplier because they are now et 45 not 46,apparently they've had to reduce the et and shave alloy off the back of the spokes for a certain application so now the weight is 26.7lbs from 27.3lbs,they don't actaully feel heavy either but I put them on my dodgy bathroom scales to confirm lol

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..the xa's have just turned up and I'm very impressed with the quality and weight actually,bbs have changed these wheels slightly as I had to ring the supplier because they are now et 45 not 46..

Assuming they're x 8.5s?

That was quick delivery.. guess I'm used to longer lead times in Australia.

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yes 8.5" and the delivery took me by surprise too though they were in stock at the uk depot but 17hrs from ordering they arrived!didnt realise you get the fancy bbs extended valve caps also,I just wished I'd took them down when I had the tyres fitted because I could of done with the shorter tyre valve stems,just got to clean the R now because the ****e uk weather has really messed her up before fitting,the wheel and tyre combo came in at 48.5 lbs(21.9 kg)which I think is slightly less than 19" cadiz oe setup so not too bad,I also weighed my 18" Cadiz and tyres with 6mm of tread which came out at 45 lbs(20.4kg)

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Took a few pics on my iPhone after a slight detour on the way to work,loving the look so far and the poke at the front has surprised my also.