The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

[GTI_PAPA]

I just drove past a Taureg with these very same wheels this afternoon...

This image is from over in the headlight thread I am curious as to what these wheels are? At first I thought they were Pretoria's but then I realised they are something else.

[Dutch77]

I just drove past a Taureg with these very same wheels this afternoon...

Ok so VW do a 20 inch wheel called the Pikes Peak as an option on the Touareg:



I'm still going to run with my original idea that the wheels on the Golf are not OEMs, as the spokes on the Pikes wheels are a bit thicker.

However for someone chasing an OEM wheel these are a fairly close proxy - for extra information I understand the Pikes wheels are manufactured by Borbet, and come in 20 x 9 ET57 which could be made to work on a Golf - where the issue will be is that the Touareg has a 5x130 PCD v 5x112 PCD for Golf which would require adapters and illegal fitment.

[Dutch77]

VW KARTHOUM
Specs: 18 x 8, ET50, weight tbc







These were available on the Mk5/6 as an option in both the pictured silver and also a black version with silver lip. They crop up on the forums both locally and overseas from time to time, while they are also available new from forum sponsor ECS.

[Dutch77]

AEZ TACANA
Specs: 17 x 7, ET38, weight tbc









Note the owner has added some red strips to the wheels post-purchase.

[jimarco]

Guys, I am looking at buying the new R, can you put 18in wheels on the Aust Golf R? I have been getting different stories from dealers.

[popcorn]

Jimarco, yes you can put 18s on a Golf R. They come standard with 18" Cadiz wheels, but you can option 19" Cadiz or Pretoria's (which are far nicer than the Cadiz imo).

[team_v]

Jimarco, yes you can put 18s on a Golf R. They come standard with 18" Cadiz wheels, but you can option 19" Cadiz or Pretoria's (which are far nicer than the Cadiz imo).

Can't option Pretorias in Australia.

[popcorn]

Can't option Pretorias in Australia.

:O they were my favourite wheel for the mk7! Guess the mk7 R can't be purchased with a pretty wheel then

[Dutch77]

Golf R is standard with 19s only in Australia (Cadiz). Apparently some dealers will get in Pretorias but they are cost prohibitive.

The car is certainly ok to run on 18s as the default stock wheel is an 18 inch Cadiz in a lot of other markets, so long as what you're fitting meets your states guidelines on plus/minus size changes then shouldn't be an issue.

Certainly a light weight set of 18s would be better for the track than 19s.

[jimarco]

I was told that the R's that come to Aust are fitted with bigger brakes and will not fit the 18in here. Does not sound right to me.

Shame we only get one choice.