Wheel dilemma

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:02 pm

Having a few problems deciding what I want to do as far as my wheels/suspension are concerned.

I love my black and polished alloys to bits and they look great on the car, but the handling seems to have taken a bit of a downer since I've had them on. I've tried balancing and tracking and its still not right. I enjoy throwing my car round corners far too much and it jsut doesn't seem as responsive as it did with the BBS on.

My BBS wheels really need a refurb, and it annoys me that they don't have any dish as I love the euro look. However the better handling is making me want to put them back on the car once they are repainted and sell my black ones to pay for coilovers.

If anyone has any tips/reasons why the handling has been affected so badly with my aftermarket wheels, it would certainly help my decision!

D-Dub · Post by **D-Dub** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:27 pm

In my opinion the BBS RXII's are the best looking wheel that suit the polo

As for you handelling issues, not sure what to say. Balancing is the only thing would affect it really, could be something silly like different tyre manufacturer.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:29 pm

Out of interest what tyres are you running on the aftermarket ones?

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:40 pm

They are dunlop sp9000's

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:01 pm

I've got Dunlop SP9000s on my 16" BBS, and to be honest for the price and supposed good reviews they get I really haven't been that impressed with them.

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:27 am

I've got eagle F1's on my BBS and I've always been really impressed with those. Could it really be as simple as just the tyres?

I've been wondering whether they might need spigot rings as I didn't watch the guy fitting them but I know they didn't come with any and I can't think of many more reasons for the vibrations I get on the motorway.

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:18 am

I'm running dunlop sp9000 on my RX 16's and I haven't noticed much difference..infact the car seems to sit slightly better..but they are a wider tyre. Acceleration has been lost slightly

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:38 am

Mine just seem to be a little unpredictable, its hard to describe but it doesn't seem as if I have as much control over the car as I did before. It has been better since I had the tracking and balancing done but I still get motorway vibrations and odd movements if i brake or accelerate hard.

I don't drive like a chav, but I do drive it the way you'd expect with a GTI, unfortunately recently I havn't trusted it as much as I used to and I'm a bit wary of it doing something unexpected!

dino · Post by **dino** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:13 am

Hmm i know what you mean Bryony. Are the new alloys wider than the BBS as this will make a difference as well as the style of the wheel?

The BBS have the spoke faces of the wheel right at the front where as the black ones have the dish and the spoke faces are set further into the alloys. This will affect the rolling weight of them - if that makes any sense to you?

Tyres will pay a big part as well, i have Bridgestone Turanza's on my Monty II's and they are awful compared to the Eagle F1 GSD3's on my old conturs.

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:35 am

I have always had strange behaviour when i brake....it seems to sometimes pull in a direction but i'm pretty sure its just one of the rear brake pads needs changing..

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:02 am

Dino - they are wider than the BBS but not by a lot, think they are 7's and the BBS are 6.5, but I could be wrong, I can see what you mean about the rolling weight too. If I could just stop the vibrations, I could probably get used to the rest really.

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:07 am

vibrations are probably due to having a lower profiled tyre so you get more feedback, unfortunately that will only get worse when you lower her

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:11 am

I get a lot of bumps from the low profile tyres but this is steering virbration, which i wouldn't have thought would be the low profiles. Sometimes it will get so bad that the centre consol of the dash starts vibrating too!

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:14 am

Any chance of a buckled wheel?? or the tracking/balancing hasnt been done correctly?

Bryony84 · Post by **Bryony84** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:14 pm

The wheels weren't buckled when I got them and the problems started pretty much straight away. I'm hoping the places got the tracking and balancing right - spent enough money getting them both done!