Thinking outside the box on new wheels!

[Shane]

Ok so i have BBS Rc's on the bora at the minute and i love them but i think the are getting a little bit too popular esp over here in Ireland,and i'm constantly scouring for new rims of course there are the obvious LMs etc but the are too high maintenance for a daily driver,and my dream wheels are too expensive! (BBS RS GT)

So i got thinking about fitting wheels with a different PCD and using adapters but for this to work i have to go with a wheel with a pretty big offset and that limits me again,so lately i started looking at TOUAREG wheels the seem to be 130x5 with an offset of around 55,thus if i run 100 - 130 adapters which are about 15-20mm thickness i will end up back at my original offset of 35.these ones esp catch my eye both are 18x8 and i think the would look pretty cool,thoughts?

http://www.finishlinewheels.com/VOLK...04/A-69800U20/

http://www.finishlinewheels.com/VOLK...04/A-69831U10/

[rayray086]

Didn't know Touareg was 5x130! You'll be open to using Porsche wheels as well, seeing as some of their setups use high offsets too.

[Shane]

I wonder what the stud patern and offset of these is?



The reason the Touareg wheels caught my eye was becasue no noe else is running them on a bora and the are relatively cheap and plentyful.

[KI11Z]

your ride looks sweet as it is huh though i prefer the bottom tourag rim as apose to the first one, and then the porsche rim above would be 5x130 and is definately the hottness!

[Shane]

Yeah did abit more research on the porsche rims and the go for around 2-3k! i think the second Touareg rim looks very S3/S4 ish with a little hint of gallardo

I don't know what to do i love my RCs but fancy a change.

[WABIT]

get some VE GTS wheels for the bora 5x120 BMW stud pattern

[Buller_Scott]

the bottom touraeg wheels look really really nice, however i reckon the top link that you posted, those wheels would add a certain.... well, phattness, and yet subtlety.....

you know, like when polos have oem audi wheels in 17 inch- wheels that are rather conservative on the stock audi car they come on, but on a smaller vw car, just look so subtle, and classy, yet sick at the same time.

re the ve commodore wheels- they are, hands down, amongst the prettiest wheels i've ever seen. dunno if they'd suit the lines of the bora?

[WABIT]

they'd look fat azz! 20x8 front and 9.5 rear! only problem is that there $3,600+ tyres!! so your looking at $5k+.... THEN! you have to get adapters to bolt them up!!

dom