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Shirley I have to decide on the shape first? Round seems quite fashionable these days. 😀

This is all excellent stuff. Many thanks people. OK, I'll assume we'll want to fit trims soon/eventually.

Very many thanks for this Carlston. I'm definitely not going to fit 16 inch (or larger) wheels - it's what SWMBO's car has got. If 185/60R15 fitted to a 6Jx15 ET38 5/100 57.1 steel rim is 'standard' then that's what we'll go for. However, I was thinking of not fitting wheel trims... any comments on that last point anyone?

That's what I thought. Many thanks. Next stop: to see what the insurers have to say. At a guess, 'more money' 🤔

Ooops. Many thanks for finding this for me... I should have looked before posting!

Yes, it was actually 'Skoda Approved' with full Skoda service history. When you mention the 'correct' 15" wheels' do you mean the 15" alloys that are factory fitted if the car is not specc'd with the 16" option? Or the steel wheels that you can buy from Skoda dealers as spare wheels? (I bought one some time back because our old Greenline only had a goo bottle and pump instead of a spare wheel). Yes, I'm aware of the 'modified' question for insurance. My wife's current insurer only refers to fitting wheels that are not available as manufacturer options. Many thanks for the reply and your thoughts on this.

A while back we bought a Skoda Fabia MkIII Estate (110hp). It has low profile tyres and pretty alloys which may look OK but are rather impractical with the scary potholes in our area. Tyres fitted are 215/45/R16 86H (4 different brands!) We'll probably need to change the tyres before winter returns and I'm considering getting some 15inch steel wheels and fitting 185/60 R15 88H tyres rather than just new tyres on the current alloys - it'd probably work out at a similar price. We'll keep the alloys and probably refit them when we eventually sell the car. Are there reasons not to do this? Will the shocks/springs be OK with this? Does the tracking need to be adjusted to take the narrower tyre into account? Any other gotchas when selecting the steels such as rim offset? Any immediate 'I wouldn't do that if I were you's? This is probably a more general question than a Fab MkIII specific one but that's the machine I'm playing with at the moment. Any help, advice or pointers will be gratefully received.