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Hmmm decisions....decisions. Those rims are very nice and the right colour to offset the dark grey paint on your Cupra. Does the new rim have a centre cap? Check on that because the centre caps for those Jap wheels are quite expensive, and you generally have to buy a set of four: JDM Concept - Work Wheels GT Series & Emotion Center Caps
If you really like the wheels then id go for them before the power upgrade. Those rims in a VAG spec dont come up for sale everyday.
Yes, one is missing (in the pics), and awaiting better pics to see what the gutter rash is like, and also one looks like it has a buckle, but hard to tell.
Too many decisions.
Will all depend on how I go with the existing faults from the brake upgrade
Yes make sure you give them a good visual inspection, as my only concern is that they do seem on the cheap side for a desirable good quality Japanese wheel. Also make sure they are genuine with all the correct markings and the million silver stickers on the inside of the wheel barrells that the Japs love.
Got some more pics of the wheels from the seller. The gutter rash was a little worse than expected, but could easily be sorted.
The main issue was that the mags were all different years 1 x 2019, 1 x 2016 and one was undeterminable as it was partially scraped off and also has some dodgy grind marks, so giving it the wide berth.
And based on what I've found out recently re the latest VAG protocols and protections, will take a break from any other mods !
Sounds a bit dodgy - probably a good idea to avoid them. If and when the time comes, there are some very nice wheels available brand new for about the $2k mark (rims only). Mode Auto Concepts has a really nice range to choose from MODE Auto Concepts and in particular I really like the Koya rims (had a set of Koya SF11 rims on my Mk7 Golf GTI in Gloss GTR Grey colour and they were very nice rims).
I'm not a fan of Ecotune. Have it on the GTI, and the power delivery is like an off/on switch. Not very smooth and not very useable for a daily.
Both Racingline (on the T-Roc R) and IE (on the Golf R) make "better" tunes in my view. No less top end power (IE probably more tbh) but they make much better daily drivers.
Current:2023 MY23 T-Roc R Lapiz Blue + Beats Audio + Black pack 2018 MY19 Golf R manual Lapiz Blue + DAP) 2018 MY18 Golf 110TSI (150TSI) Trendline manual White2014 Amarok TSIRed (tuned over 200kw + lots of extras) 2013 Up! manual Red2017 Polo GTI manual Black Previous VWs and some others ...
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