zender turbos - - - should i go 15z??? :-S

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 03:12 AM

yea, they sit quite snugly in the arches though, i recon 205/45s may still scrape...plus i wanna lose a bit of ride height out of the front to even it up a bit....the 205/55s now sit pretty much on the gurad in the rear end now ...
ill have to do some lipping and doctoring later this morning.....

I'll keep the 17z for the GTi-R i recon....but its always handy to have lots of rims anyway

**alex g** · 17-04-2006, 10:00 AM

so i take it the zenders wont be making the pilgramidge to sydney

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by dubstarmk2

so i take it the zenders wont be making the pilgramidge to sydney

lol..we wait and see, im not shure they suit the mk2 ....need some time to ponder.....
i honestly think they would look good with a later mk2 with big bumpers, or an earlier one wihout arches :-S hmmmmmm...

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 04:17 PM

i decided to start hand polishing the outers on the rims, when and got some 1200 grit and a tube of autosol and ralized they have 5million coats of primer under the paint

as u can see here ............

BUGGA!

they look really good from the front and rear because they fill out the guards really well, but im not shure about side on.....grrrrr.....
why am i so fussy!!!!!

**evorobin** · 17-04-2006, 04:24 PM

I think your right they belong on a mk1 they look too fussy with the plastic arch trim.

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by evorobin

I think your right they belong on a mk1 they look too fussy with the plastic arch trim.

yess

dont really wanna take my arches off....
i think what i need is some dish and some g60 arches

**ausgolfer** · 17-04-2006, 07:41 PM

Thats what I did. G60 arches and picking up my new wheels tomorrow night with a bit of a dish on them. Really should update my pictures.

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 08:16 PM

yes the g60 arches arw niiiiiiiiice :twisted:

Golfwise · 17-04-2006, 10:19 PM

Had some 7 by 15 Zenders myself from a 3 series BM and found they were too wide as they poked out past the guard.
Also they just didn't look right just couldn't put my finger on it ,
They got moved on to another BM where they looked a lot better suited than a Golf.
There seems to be a few Golfs around with silly offset wheels that would be impossible to drive on the road without serious guard rubbing problems so be wary.

**86gti** · 17-04-2006, 11:20 PM

yea, theese came off a 3 series e30. and zender made a special edition MK2 with those wheels and a tacky body kit :-S ewwww..

seen a few pics of euro mk2s running them, and they do look quite good polished up..but they are usually with no arches etc.
they sit just on the arch with 205/55s and i think they would just squeeze in if the lips were rolled..plus im sittin' pretty low in the rear..
im shure a set of 195/50s would be more suited to them if they were going on a golf that has lost some ride height.
either that or some flared guards.....if i had the money, and it wasnt a GTI i would run them with 215s and big flares, hahahahahahah

here is some i found amongst my GOLF folder

thats car looks tuff!!!! but is running 195s.....and doesnt have arches lol.
they seem to look nice on plain golfs with no arches :-S