Thinking of changing wheels on my Bora

[EdwinConan]

Hello Guys

My Bora V5 comes with the beautiful 6 spoke Le Castellet stock wheels, I love the design very much. However, its 16inch size is about 1 inch smaller than what I would like them to be.

But I can't find any 17inch or 18inch replica of this design, so I'm thinking of changing the wheels to 17 or 18 inch Audi RS6 Replica wheels. I've done some Photoshop to see how it looks like.

Have anybody done this before? And what specific dimension should I be looking for when searching for these wheels?

[dylan8]

Looking good. You want something like 18x8, offset of 35, centre bore of 57.1, 5x100 stud pattern, and for that size wheel a 225/40/18 tyre.
Try Tempetyres, they do alot of replicas, i picked up some A8 reps for my bora from them.
There is a crowd i have seen advertising them in melbourne also, have a look on ebay

[dylan8]

Link

Look towards the bottom of the page and there is rs3 style wheels in a 5x100 option.
nice bora btw

[Mr. JLT]

Im thinking a nice 18x8.5 will look nice depending what offset you want or would like.

[Manaz]

8L S3 wheels are 17" and fit nicely. A set of Bora Sports would also look good (but would be exxy, ~$800). Gen1 Audi TT 17" wheels also fit.

The Audi wheels are 6-spoke, the Bora Sports are 5-spoke. OEM is best.

[sgori]

$800 for Bora Sports EACH?! Are you referring to the OEM Bravos @ 17x7.5? I've seen 'em being sold by a US retailer on AUS ebay at around $250 each.

VW BEETLE BRAVO 17" x 7.5" ALLOY WHEEL - eBay (item 300371760559 end time Feb-20-11 13:49:53 PST)

[Mr. JLT]

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[BrettD]

Im thinking a nice 18x8.5 will look nice depending what offset you want or would like.

Jay I cant believe you dont have a set you could sell him LMAO

[Mr. JLT]

Jay I cant believe you dont have a set you could sell him LMAO

I got a set of RSI wheels but im keeping those son!

[Manaz]

$800 for Bora Sports EACH?! Are you referring to the OEM Bravos @ 17x7.5? I've seen 'em being sold by a US retailer on AUS ebay at around $250 each.

Haha, no, $800 a set.

[sgori]

Bora Sports

Haha, no, $800 a set.

May I ask where you are finding $800 for the set?

[Manaz]

May I ask where you are finding $800 for the set?

well, that's the price I sold my set at!

[sgori]

well, that's the price I sold my set at!

lol silly me. Gotta watch and wait for some good wheels to pop up, I guess!

[way]

May I ask where you are finding $800 for the set?

You can buy them on eBay for $980 a set brand new ex-US. Not sure how much shipping is yet though.