Little help for a newbie? Online wheel shops that ship to Australia?

[veedubMK3]

Cheers i will check that out now well every time i look on gumtree i always find 5 studs and even when i find a wheel with 4 studs i enquire to find out that they are 4x114.3 :/ bloody japanese cars ahaha

[dark]

Spend some time researching ideal wheel specs for your car before you pull the trigger online. Key things to consider are offset and centre bore, easiest way would be to buy some from someone on here in the classifieds who has already run the setup on their car.

[veedubMK3]

Yeah well i know the PCD and the bore is 57.1 i believe on the mk3's and im thinking of an offset of about +20ish on an 8inch wheel so its flush on the rear and maybe poking a tad on the front, i think thats how it would equate :/, but the more i think about it the less i want to risk it unless im 100% sure, but i never thought about the classifieds on here or any other golf sites until someone mentioned it before, so im going to be watching them throughly now

[Ben J]

Can keep an eye on ebay too, just type in 4x100 or something and see what there is, just be sure to triple check specs to make sure they'll fit nicely, you can find some pretty crazy specced wheels with the right offsets for jap cars which just wont work on ours.

You can check how much theyll poke and such compared to your stock wheels on here:

http://www.willtheyfit.com/

Stock mk3 steels are 14x6 et45


Something like these may fit alright, although not sure about to centrebore http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Volk-17-R...#ht_500wt_1287

Or I think these could look pretty sweet on a mk3, and those specs are pretty pefect (in my opinion anyway) although again, not sure on centrebore http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rota-Grid...#ht_500wt_1054

[veedubMK3]

Well thats a bit creepy aha i drove vision r with my dad the other day and checked them rota's out, i spotted them a while back on the net, got a quote of $1270 for the wheels, tyres and fitment. Im not sure though, the shop selling them looked a little bit on the dodgy side of things but im not sure if they will suit and what not? Whats your opinion? my mk3's white and not lowered as of yet, but i think they would look alright with a bit of poke i believe? seeing as they have an ET of 20? im also feeling the bronze though, bit of something different? or has it been done a million times before :/

[Mk3 AAA]

Rotas for show genuine for go, why not sus suspension first it'll make the car nicer to drive, and if you go coilovers you can keep it as high as you like until you sus wheels. Wheels at stock height look a bit awkward

[veedubMK3]

Yeah fair enough, well they would be alright for a daily wouldnt they? Im not going to be doing my track driving or any full serious mods (although a VR swap would be amazing aha) I understand they will look odd until i lower it, but just dads not too keen on the idea he thinks it will attract some attention from the wrong sort of people, and that i dont need that on my L's and seeing as he paid for it i dont have much say till im on my full license or P's. Yet coilovers are expensive arent they? but when i got the golf serviced at elite euro the garage said that it may need some new shocks soon, so i was thinking about a set of lowering springs on some H&R gas shocks for about $600-700 from ECS Tuning? Any recommendations? Would 16's really look that odd with out lowering anyways? i know 17's not as much but does it still look like a 4x4 on 16's?

[HaydEn]

Can get decent Coilovers for cheaper than those h&r springs.

[Ben J]

Yeah fair enough, well they would be alright for a daily wouldnt they? Im not going to be doing my track driving or any full serious mods (although a VR swap would be amazing aha) I understand they will look odd until i lower it, but just dads not too keen on the idea he thinks it will attract some attention from the wrong sort of people, and that i dont need that on my L's and seeing as he paid for it i dont have much say till im on my full license or P's. Yet coilovers are expensive arent they? but when i got the golf serviced at elite euro the garage said that it may need some new shocks soon, so i was thinking about a set of lowering springs on some H&R gas shocks for about $600-700 from ECS Tuning? Any recommendations? Would 16's really look that odd with out lowering anyways? i know 17's not as much but does it still look like a 4x4 on 16's?

If you have a side photo of the car and a wheel in mind I can have a go at photoshopping it up

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[anthony--t]

Suspension before wheels! In my opinion lowered on stock looks better than stock on aftermarket wheels which can look awkward like Mk3 AAA said. Especially if your gonna need suspension soon anyway. Like HaydEn said you can get coilovers a lot cheaper than those springs. Don't quote me but you can pick up coilovers for less than $500 on eBay.

[AusScare]

I just bought some wheels ex UK from this crowd without issues

BM Auto Sport - Alloy Wheel Specialists but I have no idea if they can help for your particular car. email and ask, and if they cant help, ask for their recommendation.

How much was shipping? They have some nice cheap (what I assume are reps) BBS RS style 15's that would go nicely on my mk2 for only 400 pounds.

[gareth_oau]

i paid 300 pounds for shipping, but theye were 18x9.5 so should cost you a bit less.

also his advertised price includes VAT, so you can knock 10% of his list prce.

you have to pay him via paypal, so there is a slight charge for you to do that.

he willgive you all the detaisl.

and you will stay under the local duty/GST threshold

[veedubMK3]

If you have a side photo of the car and a wheel in mind I can have a go at photoshopping it up

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Cheers Ben J i will get some and post or pm them to you when i can, thanks though would be great
Yeah so im thinking i will set out and get some coilovers first then if i can, what would anyone suggest is a good lowering height for a daily? i will need to get over speed bumps and up driveways but i would still like too turn heads?

[veedubMK3]

Wait how do you even post pictures on here? aha oh and i got a quote from tirerack for some enkei's was $924 shipped which i thought was pretty good but the bloke said that they dont ship OZ wheels any one know why? cause some Superturismo's would look sick

[Zalemate]

You need to upload your pics onto a photo sharing site like photobucket and then you can post them by copying the img URL and inserting it when you open up the reply to thread tab.