B7 Passat - Sport Pack - Vicenza Wheels - Possible Trade for Kansas Wheels?

**OWC** · 17-02-2012, 10:16 PM

Hello all!

I have just purchased an Icelandic Grey 125TDI Passat Wagon with the Sport Pack, picking it up in a couple of weeks.

Was wondering if anyone would be interested in swapping the Vicenza 18" wheel set that comes with the car for a set of Kansas 18" wheels from the V6? Not sure if this is in the right section, but as I'm not "buying" or "selling" the wheels, I wasn't sure if starting a thread in those sections would be appropriate. Am happy to trade these brand new for a set of brand new or near-new.

These are the wheels:

If you know anyone who might be interested in a trade, please let them know! The Vicenzas look especially good on white, silver and black cars.

Otherwise, happy to be a part of this forum, and look forward to interacting with all of you in the future.

FYI, this is my second VW - had a MKV 3-door GTI prior to this...bit of a change, but baby on the way necessitated the move up in size

Cheers!

**cru22z** · 18-02-2012, 12:23 AM

Did your car just arrive from boat or has been here already?
Is it a my12.5 tdi?

**OWC** · 18-02-2012, 08:24 AM

Just arrived mate, 12.5...

**Riker** · 18-02-2012, 04:28 PM

OWC, have you discussed this with the dealer...?

I was in the same boat when I was placing my order in Aug 2011. I made it well known at the very start when ordering that I disliked the Vicenza 18's & I wanted the Kansas 18's instead. As it turned out I cancelled the original order as the dealer had literally done nothing with my order for 9 weeks but during that time were advising me that my car was in production when it wasn't....

Anyway talk about perfect timing & massive amounts of luck, mid Nov 2011 I went to another dealer & they had just received that week of the boat a cancelled order for a V6 wagon with Sport pack & pretty much all the same options I wanted. As my car had only delivery Km's on it (16km) & it was the V6 they happily swapped my Vicenza 18's to the Kansas 18's from a V6 sedan that had arrived of the boat at the same time as my car. They were sitting side by side in the back lot covered in the delivery white plastic so delivery km's on the wheels/tyres was very similar to mine. The dealer did mention to me that if my car had been the 125TDi they would have charged me $200 for the swap but as the change was between two V6 Passats there was no need. Interesting point but I was happy...........

Here is my V6 Wagon Sport Pack with the Kansas 18's as seen out & about at cricket earlier today.......... The Sport pack option only tints the rear windows so I had the fronts done & the match is near perfect to to rears....

**OWC** · 20-02-2012, 10:24 PM

Thanks for the info Riker! Your car looks shhhhhhhmick!

I've spoken to the dealer about it, but they won't budge. They cite their reason as being "if we keep swapping wheels from car to car, we will forever be swapping"...bit of a cop out if you ask me, as the Vicenza's are actually worth more than the Kansas's, but anyway...

Anyone else interested in a swap? Don't get me wrong, I think the wheels look fantastic on my car, but I think the Kansas set looks better with dark colours. If there are any white/silver (and they look decent on black, too) owners out there willing to trade, give me a yell!

Cheers,

Ollie

**Riker** · 21-02-2012, 12:00 PM

Thanks mate....

Yep, cop out alright. The dealer could swap over the wheels & advertise the other Passat highlighting the fact it has the Sport pack wheels. They should be thinking 'we should do whatever we can to sell a car' & not stuff around a customer that could be a return customer in the future....

Fortunately, my dealer accommodated my request immediately but as I wrote above mainly because it was V6 to V6 & the wheels/tyres had the same delivery KM's on them.....

Maybe try selling the Vicenza's on ebay & then get the Kansas from the dealer.... Good luck mate....

Originally Posted by OWC

Thanks for the info Riker! Your car looks shhhhhhhmick!

I've spoken to the dealer about it, but they won't budge. They cite their reason as being "if we keep swapping wheels from car to car, we will forever be swapping"...bit of a cop out if you ask me, as the Vicenza's are actually worth more than the Kansas's, but anyway...

Ollie

**seppo** · 01-09-2012, 08:56 PM

I'm interested in doing the same thing. Getting new car next week. Did you have any success with swapping, selling, buying Kansas? Also, I haven't even seen the 'sport seats'. Know where I can find a pic on web?
Thanks

**booba** · 01-09-2012, 09:07 PM

CC are the same afaik. Not sure if across range but at least the V6

Originally Posted by seppo

I'm interested in doing the same thing. Getting new car next week. Did you have any success with swapping, selling, buying Kansas? Also, I haven't even seen the 'sport seats'. Know where I can find a pic on web?
Thanks

**seppo** · 01-09-2012, 09:45 PM

Thanks. Sorry. Did you mean the sports seats in CC V6 are same as the 'non' sport seats in CCv6? Or did you means Sport Seats in v6 Wagon likely same as sport seats in CCv6?