New Alloys!! What'ya Reckon??

rk696 · Apr 12, 2008

Hey Guys, what do you think of ma new alloys?

17" HRS 337, with 225/45/R17 Toyo Proxes 4 tyres.

Got quite a large bonus at work so thought I'd treat myself, was getting fed up of the old pepperpot ones.

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It was either these, or the Audi RS6 style ones, which looked a bit too 'chunky' on the toledo. :shrug:

The only downer now is the brakes, the alloys have showed off their extreme rustiness. What do you all think to painted calipers? Good? Bad? Reminiscent of a pimped up corsa? :ban:

Also, if anyone in the west yorkshire / manc area is looking for alloys, I recommend Wheelbase in oldham, have a massive showroom and seem to know their stuff. :thumbup:

Oz · Apr 14, 2008

not sure, think it would look better lowered a little

Sam20v · Apr 15, 2008

deffo needs lowering but those wheels are really nice!!!! and with 225/17s you will sooooo notice the difference in handling after the Aweful pepperpots that you swapped them for.... good skills!

rk696 · Apr 15, 2008

How much was yours lowered by sam?

What size wheels were yours?

MartinWilton · Apr 17, 2008

New Alloys

Nice looking wheels dude.

How much? I was thinking of changing mine too.

rk696 · Apr 17, 2008

MartinWilton said:
Nice looking wheels dude.

How much? I was thinking of changing mine too.

£499 including Toyo Proxes 4 tyres, fitting and free locking wheel bolts etc.

What car you got?

rk696 · Apr 17, 2008

Just thought, what will fitting these alloys do to my tyre pressures? I guess they will be higher than before as the tyres are a lot wider than before (used to be 195/65 R15).

Does anyone else have 225 wide tyres on a toledo?

p.s. The pressure on the std. wheels is 30 PSI all round.

MartinWilton · Apr 18, 2008

New Alloys

V5 Mk2

welsh boy · Apr 24, 2008

Cool wheels them. Got 15" wheels on my leon at the mo but thinking of getting some 17s to improve handling a bit. Only problem is I have to park up the kerb every night - is that likely to reduce the life of my alloys/tyres - just trying to decide if it's worth it?

CHR15B · Apr 24, 2008

Very nice, the car looks spotless!

rk696 · Apr 25, 2008

welsh boy said:
Cool wheels them. Got 15" wheels on my leon at the mo but thinking of getting some 17s to improve handling a bit. Only problem is I have to park up the kerb every night - is that likely to reduce the life of my alloys/tyres - just trying to decide if it's worth it?

The way I see it, you only live once :lol:

Is it a high kerb? Maybe you could get away with tyres which have the rim protection on them. Failing that, maybe try some 16's. :shrug:

rk696 · Apr 25, 2008

CHR15B said:
Very nice, the car looks spotless!

These VAG cars seem to have tough paint. 7 years old, and still looks as good as, if not better than, a 57 plate vectra. :thumbup:

The secret is a clay bar, takes off all the tar, and general crud off the paint. Then go over it with the Meguiars 3 step deep crystal thingy. Happy days!!

Sam20v · May 8, 2008

rk696 said:
How much was yours lowered by sam?

What size wheels were yours?

Sorry for really late reply...
time just flies out here and i keep forgetting about the old SCN!!!

Mine was lowered on Eibach Pro Springs and Dampers....on Awesome GTI site they state something like 40mm....i never hit anything (speed bump wise)
i was running 225/17" wheels.....

how are you finding yours?

xnox202 · May 9, 2008

where did you get your window visors?

Sam20v · May 9, 2008

xnox202 said:
where did you get your window visors?

Window visors? the wind deflector things or the rear window spoiler thing?

xnox202 · May 9, 2008

Ops, the wind deflectors.

rk696 · May 9, 2008

Sam20v said:
Sorry for really late reply...
time just flies out here and i keep forgetting about the old SCN!!!

Mine was lowered on Eibach Pro Springs and Dampers....on Awesome GTI site they state something like 40mm....i never hit anything (speed bump wise)
i was running 225/17" wheels.....

how are you finding yours?

Still lovin' it!! I'm amazed how fat I can go round corners now.

Only thing I need to do now is stiffen up and lower the suspension, and I'll have a proper beast!! :thumbup:

How much were the springs?

rk696 · May 9, 2008

xnox202 said:
where did you get your window visors?

Off eby, about 20 quid I thing. From a company called HEKO from slovakia..

Took ages to get here, but they look cool IMO.

In fact, heres the link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seat-Toledo-1999-2005-wind-deflectors-visors-4-pcs_W0QQitemZ130218903997QQihZ003QQcategoryZ43117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

xnox202 · May 11, 2008

rk696 said:
Off eby, about 20 quid I thing. From a company called HEKO from slovakia..

Took ages to get here, but they look cool IMO.

In fact, heres the link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seat-Toledo-1999-2005-wind-deflectors-visors-4-pcs_W0QQitemZ130218903997QQihZ003QQcategoryZ43117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ah alright, thanks for the link mate! But it doesn't look like it'll ship worldwide though. Indeed, it does look cool actually hence that's why I asked where did you got it

Other than that, I like your rims too, as mine is still using the 15-inches factory rims.

rk696 · May 12, 2008

xnox202 said:
Ah alright, thanks for the link mate! But it doesn't look like it'll ship worldwide though. Indeed, it does look cool actually hence that's why I asked where did you got it

Other than that, I like your rims too, as mine is still using the 15-inches factory rims.

I know how you feel

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