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Arrived today thanks to PhilJ, was a tad miffed off that i hadn't got my tyres today as well, but confirmation that my new 5 x 175/50 13" will be here on Monday

Anyway i wanted to see what they looked like so i popped round to a mates and got him to put em on my 145/80 13"s lol

so they don't quite look the same, but it gives u a rough idea (car is now also off the road for a new water pump)..

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First Car, First Set of wheels

they are 5.5J 13" and will be on a set of Dunlop Sport 175/50 13" and next month will hopefully be lowered

I'm pleased with em anyway

look really cool mate

can't wait to see them on properly and with the whole car in view

Thanks, appreciate the comment

Been away spamming other polo forums, and have recently realised i don't like any of em except ukP - all the others are full of arseholes

WildChild wrote:Been away spamming other polo forums, and have recently realised i don't like any of em except ukP - all the others are full of arseholes

Thanks

i've tried other forums but never really felt compelled to visit again, whereas uk-p is like a second home for me havn't been on much lately though, been working quite alot.

just out of interest how much did you pay for those wildchild? just because i was very close to buying those wheels at 1 point

They'll look cracking on some low-pro rubber. Good buy.

Mk2Adam wrote: just out of interest how much did you pay for those wildchild? just because i was very close to buying those wheels at 1 point

£130 + £30 delivery

going on bigger tyres but im not sure whether to go for 165/60 13" / 165/70 13" or 175/50 13" as i've been told by loads of people that if i put 175/50 13" the car will have a much lower max speed..

maximum i really do is about 70-75mph baring in mind this is a 900cc 4 gear car!

will it really have that much of an effect? if so i'll go for the 165/60 or 165/70s

If you dont want to be going much over 75mph in your non-servo'd mk1 polo, you'll be fine on 175/50s - I used to top 80 every morning on my way to work on the same

Only real concern is that fuel consumption will go up a bit if you do a lot of cruising at 60+mph

as long as the fuel consumption won't go through the roof, i rarely do 60mph+, pretty much the only time is when im going to girlfriends.