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13" alloys, someone please help meeee
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:59 pm
by DANBLACK87
hey there, my first car has some f****d up wheeltrims at the moment and while i havnt passed my test just yet, i dont want no wheeltrims when im passed in my squareback mk3. anyway, ive been looking everywhere for alloys that are 13" but i cannot find alot. someone please help.
my wheels are 155/70 r13, whatever that means, but my old man tells me they definitly are "13 inch wheels. please please please suggest some alloys. even old s**t ones off ebay or sommat, i just need some alloys. if anyone can help i would really appreciate it.
dan
Re: 13" alloys, someone please help meeee
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:49 pm
by bstardchild
DANBLACK87 wrote:hey there, my first car has some ****** up wheeltrims at the moment and while i havnt passed my test just yet, i dont want no wheeltrims when im passed in my squareback mk3. anyway, ive been looking everywhere for alloys that are 13" but i cannot find alot. someone please help.
my wheels are 155/70 r13, whatever that means, but my old man tells me they definitly are "13 inch wheels. please please please suggest some alloys. even old **** ones off ebay or sommat, i just need some alloys. if anyone can help i would really appreciate it.
dan
I had a set of VAG sport raider alloys on mine (I put em on it fairly early on) pics in members rides
I picked up up for £80 (ish) including 4 good tyres
There was a guy on ebay "nigel furr" who flogs the VAG five spoke versions for £100 brand new!!!
Till I find the link heres a few I found I know you said 13" but 14's look better
13"
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 14433&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 19519&rd=1
14"
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 95365&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 61846&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 78490&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 85768&rd=1
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:06 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Just type in '13' on ebay under Alloy Wheels and it'll bring up a whole choice, everything from oldskool mk1 golf alloys like mine to more modern sport raiders like bstardchild mentioned. Be warned though, you won't be able to fit anything made for a ford, citroen or peugeot to name a few, as the stud spacings are different. The spacing you need is PCD 100, as found on VW, vauxhall and renault amongst others. If you get a wheel not designed specifically for a VW you'll also need to get spigot rings made up so that they fit your hubs properly so they won't judder or work loose.
If you're not entirely comfortable with the technical business of wheels, you'd be best off looking for a 13" wheel made specifically for a golf or polo. This includes all of the early mk1 golf alloys, any polo alloys up to mk3, some mk4 polo alloys and some mk2/3 golf alloys such as the sport raiders.
As for tyres, easiest thing is to get your current tyres fitted to the new wheels. If you're getting new tyres or the wheels come fitted with them, make sure they're no bigger than 165/70r13 or you may get scrubbing problems on the rear arches.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:42 pm
by DANBLACK87
cheers for those suggestions, they are alright, but i want sometin a bit more old skool on the wheels, but at the mo, alloys are alloys.
thanks again, ill keep you posted on my wheels, and my upcoming audio install, will be nothing much, just a nice cd/mp3 head unit, an amp, sub and some speakers.
thanks again.
Dan
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:57 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:07 pm
by bstardchild
I'm watching those
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:12 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Planning something, are we?
Think they'd look very nice in black with a bit of polished detailing..
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:15 pm
by bstardchild
GroovyCarrot wrote:Planning something, are we?
Think they'd look very nice in black with a bit of polished detailing..
Always planning
Somut different to your suggestion but in keeping with another idea I have - go nicely with the Viper stripes
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:43 pm
by Tahrey1043
damn groovers, are you the king of ebay now or something?
nice stuff tho
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:02 am
by DANBLACK87
f*****g HELL, cheers mate. theres loads there, im gonna count up my dosh n maybe place a bid. some of those wheels are sweeeet and would look wicked refurbed with silver and black. cheers for the help. hopefully by the time my car is on the road it will be wickeeed.
by the way, went out in it today with my 'L' plates with my dad, loved it, in my old skool squareback. gonna make it classic.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:18 am
by bstardchild
Tahrey1043 wrote:damn groovers, are you the king of ebay now or something?
nice stuff tho
I think he is indeed and my search only picked up one of the sets he found
(and i didn't post that one cos i quite fancied taking a punt at them myself
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