Show me your Alloys !

**TheMadhatter** · 11-12-2009,09:57 PM

I have had my 130 Tdi sport for 2.5 years now and the alloys are starting to get a bit tatty. The paint, especially on the front wheels is starting to bubble up and these sections are turning black. It's spreading onto the side and front of the spokes.

I visited the local paint shop and was quoted £90 a wheel to have the whole thing redone, £40 for the faces. But most of the corrosion is on the inside of the wheel.

It would seem that a whole new set of alloys would be cheaper, but which ones ?
I would rather they stay 16in as new tyres would be a bit pricy ATM. I quite like the RS4 and S3 ones and the nuvolar, but have only seen the RS4's in 16in

http://www.wheelworx.net/acatalog/Vo...oy_wheels.html

I might stretch to 17in if I can get some semi decent tyres with them at a good price

So what have you guys got on yours and do you have pictures ???

**TheMadhatter** · 12-12-2009,10:58 PM

I got the wheels off today to swap them around to get some more wear out of the current set of tyres. This is what they looked like.

The best one

And the worst one

And like all these things I discovered that the offside CV boot had split and had grease and brake dust caking the inside of the wheel

I am thinking of the R8 or R32 style ones now in 17in.

**minty0_10** · 13-12-2009,11:33 AM

i had these on my car for a while rs6 18" but dident quite like the look of the low profile tyres,
you can get them i think is smaller sizes

**TheMadhatter** · 13-12-2009,02:54 PM

Those look quite nice, but I really don't want to go above 17in for tyre cost and ride.

I am starting to like the look of these

Although they might be a bugger to clean

but they should look good on my black Passat. Not sure if the above pic is 17 or 18in though. I can get them from http://www.wheel-base.co.uk/proddeta...New-R32-Style# with Toyo tyres for £535 although I am unfamiliar with those tyres. Does anyone know what the offset of the Road america alloys is ? I have heard 32mm and 37mm ?

**minty0_10** · 13-12-2009,03:01 PM

standard 16" sport alloys are cheap enough now and not bad looking

**TheMadhatter** · 13-12-2009,04:30 PM

Those are the ones I have on at the moment, does anyone know where to get them ? I have not seen them sold yet .

**808** · 13-12-2009,05:00 PM

You could always get your wheels repainted

**808** · 13-12-2009,05:03 PM

Sorry just read the post properly ( heavy night drinking) lol. Have a look on ebay. Loads of wheels

**TheMadhatter** · 13-12-2009,05:06 PM

Originally Posted by 808

You could always get your wheels repainted

That is always an option, but its £90-£100 per wheel, and one of my friends who works in a paint shop sucked his teeth and said "cheaper to by new ones", and "you will have trouble finding some where that will do the whole wheel" when he saw them

If I could get a couple of the tdi sport (road america) ones that would be ideal. However I am going to need to change the tyres in a couple of months so If I could get a good deal with some 17in and tyres I might go for that.

The cheapest option will probably win