Opinions wanted please

[Jayse]

so...??? i don't read every post on the forum!

Rocket,
I know it's hard to pick up on people's tone from a computer screen but i just mentioned gead to give him kudos for finding it in the first place and secondly i posted this pic up for anyones interest, seeing as we're talking about this exact car. Was actually answering your original question on wheels, but gead answered it already by the time i did the whole photobucket rigmarole.

That being said, right back atchya!



Cheers,
Jayse.

[Rocket36]

lol!!! This is turning a bit gay...

[gead]

toerag still has the caps....and i think they are 21's

[GHW]

If the roof rails are the same design as those on my Octy (and they most likely are), then be careful pulling of the plastic end caps, if you don't start at the right place (front of front cap, rear of rear cap) it would be easy to break the little locating (plastic) clip on the other end that helps hold them on.

My rails were made of alloy (main body), and plastic (caps that cover the mounting screws), painted silver (original Oz fitting) or black (replacement rails pirated from a NZ model). You might want to get (or make up) new seals that stop water from getting into the body at the mounting points if you are taking the rails off.

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thanks, really good info, I'll pass it on to the guy removing the rails.He still insists it's best for him to remove them, paint, then reattach (as I'm keeping them). I've already given him the "zero rattle tolerance" talking to!
Then comes the anodizing and possibly lowering.....here I go again

[gead]

http://oemplus.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75_21_47&products_id=966

factory seconds for $175 usd....not a bad option if you wanted to keep the oem ones safe and sound for reinstall down the track....

[Lance B]

I just found out they're painted Toureg R50 20 inch wheels... DAMN!

I don't think they're Tourag Omanyts as the 20" Tourag versions are ET60 which would mean that they stick out of the guards by a huge margin. Added to that, they're 9" wide which would make them stick out even further!

[Rocket36]

toerag still has the caps....and i think they are 21's

I don't think they're Tourag Omanyts as the 20" Tourag versions are ET60 which would mean that they stick out of the guards by a huge margin. Added to that, they're 9" wide which would make them stick out even further!

Yeah I'd say you guys are right. I was going by information from a journalist that wrote a review of that concept. VWA website has the R50 rims at 21 inches (and they still have the caps) so the information I read was wrong. Might go and talk to my dealer about what options are available for sourcing OEM 19's without the cap from Germany (if it's even possible).

[gead]

do you have a link to the article?

[Rocket36]

do you have a link to the article?

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/22/volkswagen-unveils-passat-r36-variant-styling-study-at-wortherse/

[Benem]

The article doesn't mention that the wheelarch extensions are 20mm wider at each corner than the standard R36's. I don't know what the offset differences are between 18" and 20" wheels, but these extensions might offer enough space for the wider wheels. They appear to do so in the photos.

[gregozedobe]

He still insists it's best for him to remove them, paint, then reattach (as I'm keeping them). I've already given him the "zero rattle tolerance" talking to!

I agree with him - if they are the same triangular profile as mine it would be impssible to properly spray the undernath surface (base of the triangle). You shouldn't have any problems with rattles as long as he puts some more locking compound on the screws and tightens them up properly.

I think it is amusing how often us paying customers disagree with the colours (eg of roof racks and other garnishes) the marketing gurus insist we must have. I'm also looking at changing the colour of my B and C pillars from body colour (bright yellow in my case) to satin black (same as Passat wagons, but without the chrome edging). It is so common Milotec even make plastic pillar covers for Octy Mk IIs (unfortunately finished in fake carbonfibre, but I can paint them).

[Lance B]

The article doesn't mention that the wheelarch extensions are 20mm wider at each corner than the standard R36's. I don't know what the offset differences are between 18" and 20" wheels, but these extensions might offer enough space for the wider wheels. They appear to do so in the photos.

From memory, the standard R36 offset are ET44 and they are 8" wide. The 20" versions are ET60 and 9". Therefore the offset difference of 16mm and half the width difference of the rim - 12.7mm - would give you an extra 28.7mm sticking out away from the hub. The fact that the R36 tyre/rim package sits in from the lip of the guard by quite a few mm would mean that the extra 20mm guard extensions of the Concept R36 would allow the tyre/rim package to probably sit nicely level with the guard lip as shown in the photos.

[Radius]

Yeah I'd say you guys are right. I was going by information from a journalist that wrote a review of that concept. VWA website has the R50 rims at 21 inches (and they still have the caps) so the information I read was wrong. Might go and talk to my dealer about what options are available for sourcing OEM 19's without the cap from Germany (if it's even possible).

Information on article is entirely possible... I think it refers to the R-Line, not the R50. R-line comes with 20inch Omanyts with no centre caps.

[gead]

bingo! good thinking 99

[apom]

nice looking treg... dont see many in that colour