New alloy wheels, your votes please 🙂

[Wilto]

Hiya guys and girls, looking to change my alloys soon, been looking on CM Wheels website. All wheels are 18" the same size as I have on there now

Which one gets your vote?

(1) Pretoria gloss gunmetal

(2) Pretoria hyper silver

(3) Audi RS4 gloss gunmetal machined

This is my current setup

Many thanks in advance guys

 

[H Rafiq]

Current setup

 

[Wyld Stallyn]

Gunmetal for me

 

[Railwayman]

I really like the current set up however, the Pretoria gun metal look smart

 

[martin j.]

No1 if your determined to change, otherwise oe.

 

[SRGTD]

It’d be the Pretoria reps in gunmetal for me.

I’d always avoid anything machined, especially at the lower priced end of the market. It’ll only be a matter of time before white worm corrosion sets in.

Factors to consider with alloys from CM Wheels;

• Bear in mind that they only sell alloys as sets of four so if you are unlucky enough to damage one, if it’s not repairable you’d be faced with buying a complete replacement set. However, if that does happen, at less than £500 for a set of four it wouldn’t be too expensive replacing all of them.
• The standard Seat centre caps may not fit. If they don’t, you can buy a set of centre cap stickers on various websites (e.g. eBay Etsy) and attach these to the centre caps supplied with the alloys.
• Wheel width and offset of the CM Wheels Pretoria reps are 8J and ET45 respectively. I may be wrong but I think the equivalent with 18” OEM factory alloys for the mk3 Leon FR are 7.5J and ET51. Therefore the face of the CM Wheels Pretoria reps will protrude outwards an extra 12.4mm and the inner face will be 0.3 mm closer to the suspension strut (according to the calculator on www.willtheyfit.com) compared to an 7.5J x 18” ET51 OEM factory alloy for the Leon FR (IMHO, the reps will give a slightly better stance than OEM).

 

[jcbmally]

Hiya guys and girls, looking to change my alloys soon, been looking on CM Wheels website. All wheels are 18" the same size as I have on there now

Which one gets your vote?

(1) Pretoria gloss gunmetal
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(2) Pretoria hyper silver
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(3) Audi RS4 gloss gunmetal machined
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This is my current setup
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Many thanks in advance guys

Why don’t you get your current ones powder coated, I like the style of your current ones.

 

[SRGTD]

Why don’t you get your current ones powder coated, I like the style of your current ones.

Good suggestion. If I were to do this, I’d get them done in either medium anthracite or smoked chrome.

 

[BigJase88]

I don't see the point in fitting Audi or VW style wheels to your car.

To me it kinda says why didn't i just buy an A3 or Golf

The wheels you have are nice and quite rare too 🫠

 

[Wyld Stallyn]

Good suggestion. If I were to do this, I’d get them done in either medium anthracite or smoked chrome.

I got Smoked Satin done before, looks subtlety different in a custom not off the peg way. Not a great pic but you get the idea...

 

[Wilto]

Why don’t you get your current ones powder coated, I like the style of your current ones.

Great shout, hadn't thought about that, thanks for all your input guy's.

 

[Wilto]

It’d be the Pretoria reps in gunmetal for me.

I’d always avoid anything machined, especially at the lower priced end of the market. It’ll only be a matter of time before white worm corrosion sets in.

Factors to consider with alloys from CM Wheels;

• Bear in mind that they only sell alloys as sets of four so if you are unlucky enough to damage one, if it’s not repairable you’d be faced with buying a complete replacement set. However, if that does happen, at less than £500 for a set of four it wouldn’t be too expensive replacing all of them.
• The standard Seat centre caps may not fit. If they don’t, you can buy a set of centre cap stickers on various websites (e.g. eBay Etsy) and attach these to the centre caps supplied with the alloys.
• Wheel width and offset of the CM Wheels Pretoria reps are 8J and ET45 respectively. I may be wrong but I think the equivalent with 18” OEM factory alloys for the mk3 Leon FR are 7.5J and ET51. Therefore the face of the CM Wheels Pretoria reps will protrude outwards an extra 12.4mm and the inner face will be 0.3 mm closer to the suspension strut (according to the calculator on www.willtheyfit.com) compared to an 7.5J x 18” ET51 OEM factory alloy for the Leon FR (IMHO, the reps will give a slightly better stance than OEM).

This was the only thing bothering me, I already have 15mm spacers fitted front and back, so I also went on that website and done the calculations and thought 15mm + 12.4mm would be to much plus the fact I would probably need new wheel bolts (maybe extended ones) and thought to myself, am I opening a can of worms here.

 

[BigJase88]

This was the only thing bothering me, I already have 15mm spacers fitted front and back, so I also went on that website and done the calculations and thought 15mm + 12.4mm would be to much plus the fact I would probably need new wheel bolts (maybe extended ones) and thought to myself, am I opening a can of worms here.

8J ET45 is a good setup.

You would then just discard the wheel spacers

 

[SRGTD]

8J ET45 is a good setup.

You would then just discard the wheel spacers

Was just about to post the same.

 

[R53Winny]

Your current wheels

 

[Wilto]

New contender, Romac venom in gloss gunmetal machined

 

[SRGTD]

New contender, Romac venom in gloss gunmetal machined

I like the design of the Romac Venoms - they have a OEM look about them. However, I’d personally not choose anything with a diamond cut / machined / polished face because of potential white worm issues - I’m not keen on the white worm look for my alloys.

I’d probably go for with the Matt Carbon Grey or Gloss Black version (there‘s a silver version too).

 

[Wilto]

How long does white worm take to develop, my car is 5 year old this month and there is none on my wheels at the moment.

I suppose it depends on what quality the top coat is and how well they are looked after.

 

[BigJase88]

Matt Carbon Grey and Gloss Black

They also come in 8J ET45

 

[Wyld Stallyn]

View attachment 35979 New contender, Romac venom in gloss gunmetal machined

Ooh!