I think they will look good. The more I think about it, I think the design of the spokes will compliment the design of the car. I've seen the superleggeras on a GTI before, and they look awesome.
The price on the wheels is great, but treadepot's game is to get you on the shipping. They gave me a great price on the RA-1's but after shipping the whole deal cost me the same as the tires with tax from a local dealer. Just for when you're looking for another set of T1s's, etc give the local dealer a try. And hey, once you get the wheels on there... lets see some pics! I'll be in the market for some wheels just like that in a few months. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> To: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]> Cc: "16v" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] light weight wheels > Guess I am too impatient :) I just ordered a set of silver 15" Konig > Helium wheels with toyo proxes t1s this morning. The wheels are less than > 11 lbs in 15". treaddepot.com sells them at $79 a wheel ($385 shipped to > Florida). Other place I called wanted $140 for them. The wheels do have > tuv approval, so that is a plus. Who knows how they will hold up, but > they can't be weaker than the stock bbs. The other wheels I had narrowed > my choice down to were SSR Competition @ 9 lbs and O.Z. Superleggera @ > 11.5 lbs. Tirerack said the Superleggera was on back order and they > couldn't guarantee in how many months they would have the wheels. I think > the Konig Traffik Carbon would look good as well. If the Konig Helium > look like crap on the Jetta I'll sell them and go with the OZ or SSR > probably. > > I updated my page with some more wheels and their accurate weights just > now in case you all want to have a look. > > http://chadr.myip.org/~chadr/jetta/wheels/index.htm > > Oh, and to everyone interested in my old wheels... sorry, but I am keeping > them and having the bent wheel straightened yet again. > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, John Caldwell wrote: > > > > Maybe its time to get rid of my bbs wheels now that one is really badly > > > bent. I searched for a few wheels that I thought would look good on the > > > Jetta. I also found the weight for each wheel. Any opinions on the wheels > > > below? All of the weights and prices are for 15". I probably favor the > > > ats wheels for looks, but I want to determine which one may be the > > > strongest. How are reputations of these manfacturers? > > > > > > > Rota's are decent, and i really like the look of the ATS's. The look of the > > sub-zero's kinda scares me though... 12 lbs and spokes that thin, i'm > > thinking it would be too easy to make a taco out of one of them. > > > > You also might want to look into the kosei k1. they're very strong, and > > around 12-13 lbs. Can be had for around 125-130 per corner if you find a > > decent dealer. Plus, they actually look good on an A2. I'm not sure I > > would like the look of the rota C8's (same design as the konig greenlight) > > on a square looking A2... but I might be wrong. I haven't seen anyone > > running them on an A2 yet. Part of that is just my opinion that most of the > > more japanese car oriented wheels look out of place on an A2, but I could be > > wrong. > > > > Props for going for lightweight 15" wheels instead of fat, heavy 16's or > > 17's. Your car will thank you. Oh, and when you go looking for tires- get > > the falken azenis!! I just put a set of the 195/60-14's on my 96 jetta... > > these things are only second to my toyo ra-1 race tires. TONS of grip. > > That, and they were $54 ea with free shipping from tires.com. > > > > > > > > > > >
