How are you finding the Vredesteins?
So far so good.
I had the Ultrac's on my previous car (LCR) and i liked them. Good grip, good wet weather handling and good wear rate too. The Sessanta's are a newer high performance tyre. They have got
reviews similar to GSD3's, and they have a nice appearance on the rim too.
But until i've done some miles on them I can't really rate them properly.
I don't suppose you can give me the details about how and where you got your wheels.
Sourced them from
Orange Tuning in Germany. Frank was very helpful, and in my case from order to delivery took no more than 4days shipped from Germany. Though he did say in some cases it can take up to 10 days depending on availability. I'd tried sourcing them in the UK too, but it was practically impossible. BBS were in administration last year, but have since been taken over by another company and are now producing again. But I think their distribution links in the UK need re-negotiating. I had no trouble dealing with Orange Tuning though
They looks great, good choice of colour too as they're gonna take ages to clean
They are not too bad to clean actually, but to
help they have been coated several times with Chemical Guys Acrylic Wheel Guard. It should
help prevent the dust sticking to them.
Regarding "filling the arces" and troubles with fitting 20" wheels.
BTW: what ET did you get the wheels with? looks very close to the outside of the fenders.
I wasn't serious about 20's, thats just overkill really the ride quality would be awful. I was just referring to the fact there is a lot of space under the arches. Far more than I expected. 19's are spot on, and once it's lowered a bit they will certainly look imposing enough.
ET44. It's reckoned between 45-50 are the ideal offset. However the CK's are 44.0 but these wheels do not exceed the arches, they are pretty much square on to the top rim of the arch but do not exceed it, that is ok for the law. The fact they are 8" wide rather than 8.5" as some 19's can be, helps to prevent them from sticking out. There is at least 10mm - 15mm clearance on the calipers too. They really fit well.