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Avdo_, do you have any lowering going on, though? Think i recall Stiffy mentioning some minor rubbing with 19x9, but i think he was extra- lower on coil overs... (?)
I don't think you can go past 19x8.5 ET35 for stance credit that works without arch extensions...
My car is not lowered at all, and when I first fitted my wheels I didn't have wheel arch extenders and the wheels were almost flush (maybe 3mm outside of guards).
I guess with some lowering and some camber, the wheels would be flush
Avdo_, do you have any lowering going on, though? Think i recall Stiffy mentioning some minor rubbing with 19x9, but i think he was extra- lower on coil overs... (?)
I don't think you can go past 19x8.5 ET35 for stance credit that works without arch extensions...
Yes that is always an option but it's more expensive than swapping wheels as I have to buy the arch extensions too as the Savannahs come in 19x9 if I remember rightly.
I do like the Savannahs. Did you ever put them on your Tig? I'm also just a little concerned about possible rubbing being lowered and going for a wider 19x9 rim.
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I ended up buying the OEM Audi RS5 wheels in 19x9 +33 (same spec as savannah wheels) and no issues at all.
To be honest I don't think you need the wheel arch extenders. You can come and have a look at my wheel size and see how far inside the guard they are.
Yes that is always an option but it's more expensive than swapping wheels as I have to buy the arch extensions too as the Savannahs come in 19x9 if I remember rightly.
I do like the Savannahs. Did you ever put them on your Tig? I'm also just a little concerned about possible rubbing being lowered and going for a wider 19x9 rim.
Well after all this I've run the idea up the flagpole with the minister of war and peace and it's a definite no to anything black or shades of grey (anthracite). She reckons I've wrecked the front end by plasti-dipping the chrome horizontal bars on the grill and adding black/grey wheels would add insult to injury.
I think the plasti-dip on the grille looks good so I haven't told her how easy it is to take plasti-dip off
Perhaps I could put on some chrome spinners instead.
So I'm guessing it's got to be alloy finish only - and no I'm not even going to mock up the white Motorsport wheels as that one is never going to happen.
Back to the drawing board. May have to mock up some other options later today.
Just to throw a cat among the pigeons - what about the black rims with slightly lighter shade on wheel arch trims (gunmetal/anthracite)?!
Like the black but this would just break it up a little :p
I think if I do change it will to go back to an OEM rim. Either VW or Audi.
Yes I know that does limit things in terms of sizes offsets but after having some nice aftermarket rims on the car I'm swinging back towards OEM.
If you thinking OEM and Omanyts, have a look through Clay's build thread. He was running those initially, I know they are heavier than what he currently runs, and don't tell him, but I think they looked better than his current ones ......
Firstly I use Powerpoint for editing photos. It's a bit crappy but you kind of get the idea. First you find a picture of the wheel on another car then you cut and paste it onto a photo of your car. Stretch it and rotate it to make it fit. Then you have to copy and pste small cropped versions of your original photo all around the wheel that you have added to remove all the bits of the tyre/wheel arch that don't match. It would be good if Powerpoint had an airbrush to take out some of the edges but it doesn't.
Second I think I'll just get some new centre caps. The carbon look caps just don't go with anything else on my car so I think maybe I'll just change these at this stage. It's cheaper and there's no OEM wheels as light as the OZ wheels anyway.
Yes I like the Rotary but as you say these only come in 18" size. Also I think I'd run into issues with offset as I think they're only ET50(ish) for Golfs.
Will have a look at the Omanyts - there's a few photos around with these but none that I could see that on a lowered Tig in black.
I'd consider Audi wheels but I think the Porsche wheels need adapters and I'm not going down this path.
Not dissimilar to my methodology in paint, the stretch tool is limited so makes it hard to do anything besides standard side on.
Correct on the Rotarys, clearly designed only for the Golfs.
I can easily 'lower' this pic later on my laptop (on tablet at the moment) but not hard to picture anyway, I think they look pretty good. Really just depends if you want more of what I'd call a classy sports look, or a more aggressive race look. The wheels Sharkie put up fall into the second category.
Firstly, can you give me your photo editor lol.. I'm stuck using MS Paint to do my wheel changes.
Secondly, don't do it.
I'm not sold on the Motorsport design - if anything it's a pity the Rotary doesn't come in 19 and right offset, that could otherwise work. I could see the centre cap thing working. Depending on how my new OZ look I might even do the same if they look OEM enough, if so I'll have to check in on where you sourced the caps as I am guessing I'd need the same size.
I've seen 19 inch Omanyts on a Tiguan which work really well, perhaps a change to them and finish them off yourself in anthracite. Alternatively if you're allowed to move within the VAG family then why not something off the Audis or even a Porsche (although I don't know what fitment is like ex Porsche).
Firstly I use Powerpoint for editing photos. It's a bit crappy but you kind of get the idea. First you find a picture of the wheel on another car then you cut and paste it onto a photo of your car. Stretch it and rotate it to make it fit. Then you have to copy and pste small cropped versions of your original photo all around the wheel that you have added to remove all the bits of the tyre/wheel arch that don't match. It would be good if Powerpoint had an airbrush to take out some of the edges but it doesn't.
Second I think I'll just get some new centre caps. The carbon look caps just don't go with anything else on my car so I think maybe I'll just change these at this stage. It's cheaper and there's no OEM wheels as light as the OZ wheels anyway.
Yes I like the Rotary but as you say these only come in 18" size. Also I think I'd run into issues with offset as I think they're only ET50(ish) for Golfs.
Will have a look at the Omanyts - there's a few photos around with these but none that I could see that on a lowered Tig in black.
I'd consider Audi wheels but I think the Porsche wheels need adapters and I'm not going down this path.
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