As I didn't want to spend the winter driving on the 14" wheels (designed to be compatible with snow chains) I decided to investigate a 15" soution that would allow me to use the standard 185/55x15 tyres.
After some research I came up with some steel wheels originally made for the Mk11 Golf GTI, Scirroco and Corrado and still available from Mytyres.co.uk! The wheels are 15" x 6" wide and I had them supplied with Pirelli Snow Control W190 S3 tyres of the correct size.
I also managed to get hold of a set of appropriate centre caps from Ebay (6XO 601 169 A/F).
The picture below shows the result. They are exactly what I wanted and IMHO they really suit the up! - the retro feel seems to suit the car really. So well, I think I prefer them to the alloys!
See what you think....
After some research I came up with some steel wheels originally made for the Mk11 Golf GTI, Scirroco and Corrado and still available from Mytyres.co.uk! The wheels are 15" x 6" wide and I had them supplied with Pirelli Snow Control W190 S3 tyres of the correct size.
I also managed to get hold of a set of appropriate centre caps from Ebay (6XO 601 169 A/F).
The picture below shows the result. They are exactly what I wanted and IMHO they really suit the up! - the retro feel seems to suit the car really. So well, I think I prefer them to the alloys!
See what you think....