Those are nice. My brother in law has them.
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StorableComa
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SoCal, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 GSW S FWD
Don't know much about aftermarket wheels, but I'm personally sticking to 16"s and 17"s. OEM 18" Talladegas bent like butter on my MK6 with the shitty roads and occasional highway pothole.
Yep, roads here are terrible and 17" tires are much cheaper for autocross and tracking. I go through 2 to 3 sets of tires a year, so 50 a tire adds up quickly.
I have 17's and am considering going back to 18's for a little better road feel. Might just be my tires but I felt like I lost a bit of feel with the 17's.
Do they not make a RKX PCV upgrade for the MK7? I have one on my MK6 and it is a nice upgrade.
Is there a reason why gti folks go with 17’s? I’m noticing a trend.
On your daily 17’s. What size sidewall do u go with?
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SoCal, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 GSW S FWD
I'm running 15" lyons right now.. so It'll be an improvement for me
I bumped wheels lower down the list. I'll probably pick up a set when I do my 312mm brake upgrade.
Nothing Aftermarket for the MK7 PCV that i've seen yet. Most just toss a new OEM revision on there and call it a day. It's greatly improved over the MK6 PCV.
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SoCal, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 GSW S FWD
Personally? Cost, availability and less chance of bottoming out the tire and bending the rim IMO.
Ah I thought it was some kind of German aesthetic thing.thnx
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SoCal, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 GSW S FWD
That tends to be personal taste. I'm more going for practicality this time around. Might do Alltrack rear struts with all 4 springs and the BES lift kit for an inch more height, or B6/8 and a lowering spring with the BES kit to maintain stock height. My front bumper lip thanks me.
Weight redux bro!!!
That was my reason along with aluminum Passat LCA's and the Base model car.
LolThat tends to be personal taste. I'm more going for practicality this time around. Might do Alltrack rear struts with all 4 springs and the BES lift kit for an inch more height, or B6/8 and a lowering spring with the BES kit to maintain stock height. My front bumper lip thanks me.
Gotcha
My daily tires are 225 45 17.
Again, it's a super common size and less expensive because of that. I plan on doing FK510's in 255 40 17 after these wear out. The current 225's only had 1000 miles on them and I tried to sell them with the Runlites, but my buddy wanted the runlites and I couldn't find a buyer for the tires, so I mounted them on my other set of RSe16s. I think I'll eventually end up with 3 sets of wheels again, but I'll use on set of the RSe16s for street, one for track, them get a set of 18 x 9 and try to stuff 265 35 18 under the fenders for autocross. Probably go with Apex.
Weight and cheaper consumables, i.e. tires. Less chance of damage.
Like I said, if you're buying 2 to 3 sets a year, $50 per tire is a big deal.