Wheels

[Corey_R]

Yeah. Ozram posted a thread here. He mistakenly called them Detroits in his post, but what he meant to say is that he bought some genuine 17" Denvers (for a Golf) and had them repaired (removed scuffing) and painted (both the black, and the silver over the repairs).


You can then see pictures of them fitted to his 118TSI here

[onions]

managed to stumble on DIY denvers > detroits

The Official MK5 Denver/Huff to MK6 Detroit conversion DIY - VW GTI Forum / VW Rabbit Forum / VW R32 Forum / VW Golf Forum - Golfmkv.com

now, anyone game enough to give it a try?

[Corey_R]

Yep... that's exactly what the paint shops / wheel repairers would do.

To recondition (repair scuffs) and respray has cost some members around $600 to 700 in the past. If you have brand new Denvers and just needed them sprayed, it may cost quite a bit less. But doing it yourself would obviously be far cheaper...

[noone]

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[gavs]

That is a very logical reply noone!

[GTI JOE]

I...think,.....it may be...morse code.... for.... "I don't give a *****"

[way]

So, has anyone with a GTI tried a 8 inch rim with et35? I am worried about strut clearance and rubbing of the lining.

Also, anyone want to buy a brand new set of GTI wheels and tyres?

[PoloDave]

installed some new wheels 2 weeks ago, all it needs now is lowering

[way]

More info polodave.

[PoloDave]

sorry for that
Rims are 17" Bellini Bella HB, fitted with 215/40/17 Falken ZE912 wich is a pretty low-noise tire because I cant stand road noise somehow.
On the picture its not very visible but it has huge wheel arc gaps now.. Once I move into my new house I wont need my car as much so I can go as low as I want

[way]

Looks really good. What is the offset and width of the wheels? And have you got a shot to show how far in is it against the wheel arches? Thanks.

[PoloDave]

width is 7J, ET38 I believe, give me a minute to take some shots outside

EDIT: done, just added the links because I dont want to overload everyone with full size pictures

front wheel, 3 cm clearance:

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8980/imag0155yw.jpg

rear wheel, +- 5 cm clearance (photo taken on angle):

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1001/imag0154e.jpg

taken directly above rear wheel, 3 cm outward (does that word exist?) clearance:

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2529/imag0152g.jpg

from a small distance:

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/996/imag0156j.jpg

enjoy this is WITH the OEM sports suspension by the way, so its 1,5 cm lower than normal

[sVWatt]

Nice PoloDave, plus do i detect you added the chrome around the lower front grill?

[sVWatt]

managed to stumble on DIY denvers > detroits

The Official MK5 Denver/Huff to MK6 Detroit conversion DIY - VW GTI Forum / VW Rabbit Forum / VW R32 Forum / VW Golf Forum - Golfmkv.com

now, anyone game enough to give it a try?

That's a great post by our US cousin...real detailed but not waffly...night and day results.

[way]

Thanks for the extra new photos PoloDave. I was wondering how you could take day time photos at 2am, then I saw where you are. Lol. Thanks for sharing!