Wrong OE wheels!

[TonyRPH]

The Vambo said:

Like the Rolls Royce ones that are weighted at the bottom and can spin to stay upright?

[sheepman]

there's a bloke at work who's put bright pink porsche wheels on his blue astra VXR.

[sheepman]

there's a bloke at work who's put bright pink porsche wheels on his blue astra VXR.

[uncinquesei]

Speedracer329 said:

TwistingMyMelon said:

So What? Its their car, the owner can do what they want (within law)

Never understand people who have a mini tantie over a random cars appearance

+1, apart from your dreadful abbreviation of the word tantrum.

Unless I'm mistaken, this is a reference to Hugh Grant / 5 Live Kermode & Mayo wittertainment.

[J4CKO]

SirSquidalot said:

Dubbers love Bentley,Porsche,Merc,BMW wheels.

The most horrific ones tend to involve bmw x5 wheels (Tiger Claws)

I bet that drives well !

[TwistingMyMelon]

uncinquesei said:

Speedracer329 said:

TwistingMyMelon said:

So What? Its their car, the owner can do what they want (within law)

Never understand people who have a mini tantie over a random cars appearance

+1, apart from your dreadful abbreviation of the word tantrum.

Unless I'm mistaken, this is a reference to Hugh Grant / 5 Live Kermode & Mayo wittertainment.

Indeed! Superb podcast, phrase made me laugh so much I nicked it!

[Matttracker]

TonyRPH said:

If they were genuine Bentley caps, they wouldn't be sat skew like that anyway would they?

No they wouldn't, they don't spin.
This is pretty common mod & easy to put Bentley wheels on any recent vag car.
It's just a bit of maths and measuring to work out offsets, not very hard.
But of a pointless thread beetles have run porsche Fuchs since the 70s.
I've had porsche wheels on my beetle/golf and Audi.
If anyone would like some offset pcd help I quite enjoy working it out!

[Matttracker]

TonyRPH said:

If they were genuine Bentley caps, they wouldn't be sat skew like that anyway would they?

No they wouldn't, they don't spin.
This is pretty common mod & easy to put Bentley wheels on any recent vag car.
It's just a bit of maths and measuring to work out offsets, not very hard.
But of a pointless thread beetles have run porsche Fuchs since the 70s.
I've had porsche wheels on my beetle/golf and Audi.
If anyone would like some offset pcd help I quite enjoy working it out!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

everyone said:

vag

[lickatysplit]

sheepman said:

there's a bloke at work who's put bright pink porsche wheels on his blue astra VXR.

pictures please, that I got to see.

[ZX10R NIN]

I have to say I've seen a few A4 Convertibles on Bentley Alloys especially in Silver also the one photo'd isn't sitting at the right height but each to his own.



Personally I like it.

[Motorrad]

I don't think those tacky wheels suit the car they were designed for let alone some cheapo stbox. Massive fail.

Turd wannabe gangster assholes in Houston used to fit them to their 'sick whips' aka pieces of st.

[shake n bake]

Motorrad said:

I don't think those tacky wheels suit the car they were designed for let alone some cheapo stbox. Massive fail.

Turd wannabe gangster assholes in Houston used to fit them to their 'sick whips' aka pieces of st.

You're so angry!

[ZX10R NIN]

Maybe he has an S4 Convertible with the OE wheels on & he's just realised you can change them

I'd rather have the one with the Bentley rims on than those standard ones.

[Speedracer329]

TwistingMyMelon said:

Indeed! Superb podcast, phrase made me laugh so much I nicked it!

Ah, in that case I apologise.

[irfan1712]

Motorrad said:

I don't think those tacky wheels suit the car they were designed for let alone some cheapo stbox. Massive fail.

Turd wannabe gangster assholes in Houston used to fit them to their 'sick whips' aka pieces of st.

that trend your reffering to regarding the 'turd wanna be gangster assholes' is called Hi Risers,or in slang, Donks. A very, erm, subjective modifying taste to say the least. Wouldn't quite get so personal about the owners though, I doubt very much you'd say anything like that to their faces regarding their subjective taste in wheels.

I on the other hand fitted Porsche 997 Turbo wheels & Range Rover Sport HSE wheels to my old mk4 golf and loved it, and not that it mattered but so did everyone else who seen it. In my opinion, older, or shall I say more 'old school' petrol heads just wont 'get' the 'vag' and VW scene in general. its very, very common place to fit vag cars with pretty much any other vag wheels. yes I said vag several times. vag.

[ging84]

I think some people really seem to have the wrong idea of OEM+, it's meant to be subtle
there is nothing subtle about having 4 big bentley badges on something which clearly isn't a bently, but it seems to be a thing

They would probably look fine if the cap badge were removed or replaced with an audi one

[irfan1712]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Dubbers also buy Alfa wheels (5x98) to put on older VWs (5x100) with wobble bolts, or they drill the bolt holes.

RR, RRS, and LR wheels fit Volvo (and ford I think), and vice-versa (5x110).

LR/RR wheels are 5X120, same as BMW which is how their used so widely on T5 Transporters too, with different bolts though. Ford are generally 4 or 5X108, same as Jaguar & Volvo.

Edited by irfan1712 on Tuesday 19th May 09:06

[geeks]

2.5pi said:

SirSquidalot said:

Dubbers love Bentley,Porsche,Merc,BMW wheels.

The most horrific ones tend to involve bmw x5 wheels (Tiger Claws)

I'm feeling a bit dirty for saying this but that looks awesome to me

Yeah i cant help but like it as well, its weird, but good weird. Can imagine it is terrible to drive but who cares

[GrizzlyBear]

sheepman said:

there's a bloke at work who's put bright pink porsche wheels on his blue astra VXR.

Please post a few pics, I could do with a laugh.

Preferably with the proud owner.