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This was not in our original plan. Our TDI was supposed to be our "grown-up" car, and we didn't think we would be modifying it much. Probably just the euroswitch and perhaps a receiver hitch, that's all.
As an ex-tire and wheel guy (25 years, prior career) and confirmed car nut, I had been simply ignoring the uninspiring looks of the factory Portos on the car. But a few weeks back, my wife told me that she had been doing the same, and she wanted to know what I thought about new wheels. That's all it took...
After several weeks of research, I believe we have zero'd in on what we want. We considered other factory VW rims, as well as different Audi replicas, but they all looked too "OE". Not exciting or different at all. The winner (so far) is TSW Nurburgring, 17x8, 45 mm offset. Gunmetal with mirror-cut face.
The plan was to save the Portos for winter tires, but after posting some comments on the Vortex and TDIclub, I've found there is no shortage of people who would like to buy a set of mint Portos. So they will be for sale soon, and I'll use the proceeds from selling them to buy a cheap set of used 15" or 16" rims for winter instead. Smaller winter tires are cheaper, so I'll be money ahead to sell the Portos.
Since the Portos are said to weigh around 24 lbs each, and these TSWs are said to weigh less (somewhere around 20 lbs, I'll post when I weigh one myself), and the tires will be exactly the same, I'm not expecting any degradation in the economy area. Not expecting any improvement though, either.
More details as this all happens.
As an ex-tire and wheel guy (25 years, prior career) and confirmed car nut, I had been simply ignoring the uninspiring looks of the factory Portos on the car. But a few weeks back, my wife told me that she had been doing the same, and she wanted to know what I thought about new wheels. That's all it took...
After several weeks of research, I believe we have zero'd in on what we want. We considered other factory VW rims, as well as different Audi replicas, but they all looked too "OE". Not exciting or different at all. The winner (so far) is TSW Nurburgring, 17x8, 45 mm offset. Gunmetal with mirror-cut face.
The plan was to save the Portos for winter tires, but after posting some comments on the Vortex and TDIclub, I've found there is no shortage of people who would like to buy a set of mint Portos. So they will be for sale soon, and I'll use the proceeds from selling them to buy a cheap set of used 15" or 16" rims for winter instead. Smaller winter tires are cheaper, so I'll be money ahead to sell the Portos.
Since the Portos are said to weigh around 24 lbs each, and these TSWs are said to weigh less (somewhere around 20 lbs, I'll post when I weigh one myself), and the tires will be exactly the same, I'm not expecting any degradation in the economy area. Not expecting any improvement though, either.
More details as this all happens.