The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

[grandturismo]

ENKEI RS05-RR
Specs: 18 x 8.5, ET45

Love these rims. Apparently they will be available in 19s soon. You'll have to be careful if your planning on BBK, the spoke design & offsets limit choices.

Love the thread, particularly the layout. Very good reference tool. Keep up the good work

[Dutch77]

Love these rims. Apparently they will be available in 19s soon. You'll have to be careful if your planning on BBK, the spoke design & offsets limit choices.

Love the thread, particularly the layout. Very good reference tool. Keep up the good work

Cheers, much appreciated.

I actually started unofficially offline when trying to research rims for a Mk7 and found the net was scarce - that's now slowly changing. The one thing I did tend to find annoying on any wheel thread was the lack of info sometimes available on the specs and other notable components so I'm trying to rectify that where I can.

I welcome any comments such as yours so the thread becomes as useful as possible.

Also happy for style and fitment comments and debate - it doesn't just need to be pic posts all the time.

[veew]

My favourite wheels continue to be the VMR 510s, love how they look and for the price pretty damn good.

[Dutch77]

My favourite wheels continue to be the VMR 510s, love how they look and for the price pretty damn good.

VMR 710s?

Popular wheel and nice design.

I guess I am a bit of a brand whore with wheels which will generally have a better and lighter weight construction. The other issue of course with most VMRs is the x 8.5 ET45 size which will require additional work to fit. Whether that is slowly changing is possible - Lucas R has managed to get a set in x 8 ET50 which is a great fit (not 710s though).

If you think the VMRs are cheap then you can also check out GTC CX wheels available locally - cheaper again and coming from the same place. Which is still Taiwan. I suppose you get what you pay for though.

I've been meaning to post up a very good alternative to the VMRs for some time as I came extremely close to trying a set before sticking with the Italians, I'll get the details up tomorrow.

[Dutch77]

Another shot of standard OZ Ultraleggeras, this time with a gold finish up against a CSG car. These aren't my wheels but will actually be going on my colleague's Rex which is a similar color to my GTI. If you want to stand out a little I don't actually mind this - I think it works pretty well actually.

And yes - when you need to mount a wheel for show and there is nothing else to hand, you can rely on Reflex.

[Lemonskin]

Another shot of standard OZ Ultraleggeras, this time with a gold finish up against a CSG car. These aren't my wheels but will actually be going on my colleague's Rex which is a similar color to my GTI. If you want to stand out a little I don't actually mind this - I think it works pretty well actually.

And yes - when you need to mount a wheel for show and there is nothing else to hand, you can rely on Reflex.

I've had a sneaky thought about gold wheels on a CSG colour car. I think it could work well, will be keen to see the Rex pics.

This thread needs to be made sticky. So good.

[Dutch77]

I've had a sneaky thought about gold wheels on a CSG colour car. I think it could work well, will be keen to see the Rex pics.

It absolutely can work, it's just not to everyone's tastes. My mate ran with it as its a very WRX thing and it's also a play on his name. Planning a few pics together once both our wheels are on so I'll be sure to keep one of his in the background for you.

Speaking of which.. per the accessories thread, four boxes arrived today.. the first set of these in the country:

This thread needs to be made sticky. So good.

Hopefully as more people post and it gains popularity it will achieve sticky status.

[team_v]

Are they Rays wheels?

[Lemonskin]

It absolutely can work, it's just not to everyone's tastes. My mate ran with it as its a very WRX thing and it's also a play on his name. Planning a few pics together once both our wheels are on so I'll be sure to keep one of his in the background for you.

Speaking of which.. per the accessories thread, four boxes arrived today.. the first set of these in the country:





Hopefully as more people post and it gains popularity it will achieve sticky status.

Delicious... When are they going on?

[Dutch77]

Delicious... When are they going on?

Dropped around the corner for Opticoat today, then whenever the tyre shop can get us in. Hopefully Friday or early next week.