p-type wheels

hey people i am 17 passed my driving test in december and i have a golf mk1, for my first car i would say thats pretty cool.  it is a 1.3 cl 1983 ( i would never get insurance on anything bigger) and it is well tidy.  Everything is standard except the front grill where it has twin headlights ( well i don't think that the twin headlights are standard)  i got some p type wheels not on the car but i am not sure whether to put them on or not what do u think.

Put 'em on if you like them. (and welcome to Golf ownership!)

Bear in mind a few technical points:

The tyres on the current wheels won't fit on the new ones, so be prepared to buy new ones if the ones on the P's are poor/not there.

The wheel bolts on the car at present (with steel rims, I presume) are TOO SHORT to use with any alloy wheels, so nip to the breakers and get 16 of the ones with the castellated hex heads (the heads look like battlements on a castle) from any 80's/90's VW with 4 bolts per wheel. However, if you put the steel rims back on the car, remember to re-use the original short ones, as the longer castellated ones can hit the shoe-assembly inside the rear brake drums. - Basically, keep the bolts with the wheels that they're meant for.

Hi,

Nice choice of first car !  

The P's will look better, but may affect your insurance premium so check it out first. If you put them on and don't tell your insurance company you're asking for trouble. I know of someone (years back) who had an Orion Ghia that fitted an RS bodykit but didn't tell his insurance. The car got stolen, but they only took the interior and side skirts. The inspector spotted the front and rear spoilers when it was recovered. Basically, the insurance company refused to pay out on the car as he hadn't declared the mods and the mods were deemed to make the car more liable to be stolen and therefore a higher risk. After loads of legal hassle, all he got was his insurance premium for the year back (much less than the value of the damage at the time)

Since then I've ALWAYS declared all the mods on my cars to my insurance. Herts insurance do a 'free cosmetic mods' policy which means you can do anything to your car that doesn't affect it's (BHP) performance (ie, alloys, lowering, etc, etc), and you don't have to tell them each time you change something

All the best,

Mark