alloys what work, what dont

there is alot to be said for standard alloys. a mk1 on 13" standard alloys, still to this day, looks cool.

Remember its not just P slots or 9 spokes which were 'standard'. There's plenty of other VW alloys of the era, which you could seek out and use. For example, there's the flat design alloy which was on the GTI for 1977-1981, Scirocco Storm multispokes, and a bunch of others used on Passats and Audis of the time. All 13" or 14", therefore giving you no worries when it comes to lowering, no rubbing issues etc and a tyre which the suspension was designed to work with.

fair point

I've always been a fan of Azev A's myself, they do seem to look better with a clipper kit than standard bumpers though but stand out on whatever car they're on.

clipper kit on a tin top dear me!

alexHxC said

clipper kit on a tin top dear me!

 Yeah, IMO, Awesome's mk1 looks miles better than Big Rons mk1 that was voted car of the year, id maybe change the peach/green colour tho. Each to their own an all that  

Im rolling 13 x 7 minilites on my gti cabby, they look cool but had alot of trouble making the fronts fit over the brake carriers, had to use 20mm spacers, they stick out a bit but look the buisness

its also lowered 40mm so when i get to road humps its stop, first gear, slowley over and raise the middle finger to the car whos up my a**e trying to get round!

jamo_gti said

Im rolling 13 x 7 minilites on my gti cabby, they look cool but had alot of trouble making the fronts fit over the brake carriers, had to use 20mm spacers, they stick out a bit but look the buisness

its also lowered 40mm so when i get to road humps its stop, first gear, slowley over and raise the middle finger to the car whos up my a**e trying to get round!

haha! got any pics of em?

will try put some up my owd.

pm me when you do mate wud apreciate it

I rather like these summet abit diffrent and dont really see em much on mk1s 8)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4630916270&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

yea they do look abit diferent

Get some Le Castellet's (if you can find them) - supreme choice for Mk1. Set of four just went for around ?65 on ebay at the weekend…

There 13 x 7jj superlights (minilights) sorry for the delay on the pic!

For a touch of class ,I do not think you can beat these!!

wooders said

there is alot to be said for standard alloys. a mk1 on 13" standard alloys…

Yeah - and in my case it tend to be "These wheels don't fit over my brakes!" lol

Steve_Matthews said

wooders said

there is alot to be said for standard alloys. a mk1 on 13" standard alloys…

Yeah - and in my case it tend to be "These wheels don't fit over my brakes!" lol

You've hit the nail on the head there. The only reason to diverge away from stock wheels, is to accomodate uprated brakes. (IMHO)

steelies/widend steelies..

I think borbet type as would look fat, just be better if you could get um in 14"

look awesome. any idea what width and size they are? looks like they have a bigger dish than normal. didnt realise they went for like ?800 a set though :O