The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

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Nice plates haha

That's what I thought it said..

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Yet another Mk7 wearing Audi wheels:

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Some more VMR work:





..including three photoshops:

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Another Mk7 wearing the newer BBS SR wheels, not surprisingly given the cheap entry point, and also KW DDC coilovers:

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A bit of color:

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Finally thought I'd made my mind up today and rang my supplier to order my oz superturisimo lm's to find they would not be available for 5 weeks but the bbs xa's were available and bbs chr in black or anthracite for the same price as the oz's,I've always liked chr's though I find them looking smaller than the size they are(is this just me?)so xa' or ch-r's in black or anthracite for my lapiz R,decisions,decisions lol

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Finally thought I'd made my mind up today and rang my supplier to order my oz superturisimo lm's to find they would not be available for 5 weeks but the bbs xa's were available and bbs chr in black or anthracite for the same price as the oz's,I've always liked chr's though I find them looking smaller than the size they are(is this just me?)so xa' or ch-r's in black or anthracite for my lapiz R,decisions,decisions lol

There is a blue Golf with anthracite CH-Rs a few pages back; from memory it was a GTI so not Lapiz but fairly close all the same. These would be my vote if you can't wait five weeks but they are certainly the more conservative choice. The XAs would be more unique, but I suspect you'll want to change them in a few months..

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There is a blue Golf with anthracite CH-Rs a few pages back; from memory it was a GTI so not Lapiz but fairly close all the same. These would be my vote if you can't wait five weeks but they are certainly the more conservative choice. The XAs would be more unique, but I suspect you'll want to change them in a few months..

Lol yes your right! The black chr's with the silver lip would make sense to match the cars colour but again I think being satin finish the details of the wheel will be lost,so anthracite ch-R(may be silver) weight and et48 appeal to me more but the oz's still I think look better?

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Lol yes your right! The black chr's with the silver lip would make sense to match the cars colour but again I think being satin finish the details of the wheel will be lost,so anthracite ch-R(may be silver) weight and et48 appeal to me more but the oz's still I think look better?

Depends on my mood, but I am a fan of both and would run either. At the time of shopping wheels the BBS were significantly dearer here so the OZs got the nod - plus I was keen on 18s, and I don't think the alternative CH works as well as the CH-R on the Mk7.

Given I've waited around 3-4 weeks for both sets of OZ to make it here locally I say suck it up, five weeks is nothing, and get the LMs. You've stated a few times they are your preference and I just reckon if you don't buy them now you'll be ordering them in six months time anyway.

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Then again.. BBS CH-R:

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Then again.. BBS CH-R:

stop it!

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Some OZ work, although the first two are GTs, not LMs:





Graphite LMs, but on a RB Mk6, close:



LMs on a Mk7, we've featured this car before:



About as close as we'll get for now, just imagine it a few shades lighter, lower and with an R finish:

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Some OZ work, although the first two are GTs, not LMs:





Graphite LMs, but on a RB Mk6, close:



LMs on a Mk7, we've featured this car before:



About as close as we'll get for now, just imagine it a few shades lighter, lower and with an R finish:

thanks Dutch,its a very close call between them though the bottom pic does give me the best indication so far,I've been scanning the net for days looking for my car with lm's on or recently chrs.

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Lol off on another tangent this photo has swayed me finally,I think this is the look ive been after all along,I found a very pixelated image of an R on a Google "xa" search which linked me too the uk R forum that I'm on, Pm'd the owner and he kindly sent me this picture.i did nearly buy this wheel 8 months ago after seeing it on an s3(which I was going to buy instead of the R but found the R drove so much better)but the weight put me off,now I have Some used 18" Tsw Nurburgring's for my track days it dosent bother me.thanks again to Dutch for this excellent thread and being a very good agony aunt! Lol
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Lol off on another tangent this photo has swayed me finally,I think this is the look ive been after all along,I found a very pixelated image of an R on a Google "xa" search which linked me too the uk R forum that I'm on, Pm'd the owner and he kindly sent me this picture.i did nearly buy this wheel 8 months ago after seeing it on an s3(which I was going to buy instead of the R but found the R drove so much better)but the weight put me off,now I have Some used 18" Tsw Nurburgring's for my track days it dosent bother me.thanks again to Dutch for this excellent thread and being a very good agony aunt! Lol

Nice find, with the Lapiz that works quite well and yeah - the 18s will always be better on the track and the Nurburgrings cover off your mesh needs, so it's definitely a different look.

No problems on the commentary front, payment for services rendered will be new shots of your car when fitted. Wouldn't mind some track shots on the TSWs as well if you can get some.