The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

**Dutch77** · 11-05-2016, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by AdamD

Great rims, perfect height. This is how Golf wagons should look from factory! (Minus the sticker pack.)

Hey they got it right on the Mk7 with silver Pretorias.. and then proceeded to dish up Cadiz to us.

Needs more lows.

.. again words I never thought I'd hear from you.

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**danielb_c** · 11-05-2016, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Dutch77

Hey they got it right on the Mk7 with silver Pretorias.. and then proceeded to dish up Cadiz to us.

Cadiz almost put me off buying the car altogether. To the point that I was unmoved by a rather attractive sales woman tried to convince me that girls like her like them.
I wound up going for one with Cadiz only because they wouldn't discount the Wolfsburg by as much.
They've grown on me a little, but they'll definitely be changing at some point.

**Dutch77** · 11-05-2016, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by danielb_c

Cadiz almost put me off buying the car altogether. To the point that I was unmoved by a rather attractive sales woman tried to convince me that girls like her like them.
I wound up going for one with Cadiz only because they wouldn't discount the Wolfsburg by as much.
They've grown on me a little, but they'll definitely be changing at some point.

Wheels are certainly subjective, but geez you are dedicated if they almost cost you an R.

And chicks don't dig Cadiz - she's a fraud.

My issue with the whole Cadiz thing really centred on the fact that Euro guys get them^^^ Pretorias as a $1,500 odd option, whereas (apart from the Wolfsburg edition) the only chance of getting a set was paying $6-8,000 depending on whether it was a private import or the odd dealer that was willing to buy a set in. Which is a shame because they are one of the best OEM wheels VW has got.

(and why a 221kw Euro R uses 6.9l/100km under their tests, whereas the detuned R locally uses 7.1l/100km and thus didn't qualify as a fuel efficient vehicle for tax purposes.. when that was relevant, not sure the R clips the tax level anymore but I guess that's a discussion for a different thread)

As for a wheel change, plenty of sweet OZ, BBS and HRE wheels that will sit just right. And chicks dig them. I've asked.

**Dutch77** · 11-05-2016, 01:06 PM

ENKEI TY5
Specs: 18 x 8, ET45, weight tbc

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**danielb_c** · 11-05-2016, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dutch77

Wheels are certainly subjective, but geez you are dedicated if they almost cost you an R.

And chicks don't dig Cadiz - she's a fraud.

My issue with the whole Cadiz thing really centred on the fact that Euro guys get them as a $1,500 odd option, whereas (apart from the Wolfsburg edition) the only chance of getting a set was paying $6-8,000 depending on whether it was a private import or the odd dealer that was willing to buy a set in. Which is a shame because they are one of the best OEM wheels VW has got.

(and why a 221kw Euro R uses 6.9l/100km under their tests, whereas the detuned R locally uses 7.1l/100km and thus didn't qualify as a fuel efficient vehicle for tax purposes.. when that was relevant, not sure the R clips the tax level anymore but I guess that's a discussion for a different thread)

As for a wheel change, plenty of sweet OZ, BBS and HRE wheels that will sit just right. And chicks dig them. I've asked.

Thankfully buying it at a discount avoids the luxury car tax threshold, but yeah, since when do stated fuel economies apply in real life anyway?

I had a lot of other options in cars at the time. Loved the R at the time, but could have easily gone elsewhere if I didn't get the right deal. I've grown far more fond of it since owning it.

I saw a LSG MK7 R with gloss black wheels in Macquarie Centre a few weeks ago. Looked fantastic. Helped that it was lowered as well. Should have taken a photo! Now I don't know what they were...

**Dutch77** · 11-05-2016, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by danielb_c

Thankfully buying it at a discount avoids the luxury car tax threshold, but yeah, since when do stated fuel economies apply in real life anyway?

I had a lot of other options in cars at the time. Loved the R at the time, but could have easily gone elsewhere if I didn't get the right deal. I've grown far more fond of it since owning it.

I saw a LSG MK7 R with gloss black wheels in Macquarie Centre a few weeks ago. Looked fantastic. Helped that it was lowered as well. Should have taken a photo! Now I don't know what they were...

Agreed the fuel figures won't be achieved - more a point of interest while I was re-checking that Euro Pretoria price option.

Black on LSG is a good combo, I'd be looking at something like the HRE FF01s which can be had quite sharply still (as below, revisited from last week), although I do have bias towards the OZ ST LMs, Ultraleggeras or Leggera HLTs in black as well: