I am some what surprised by people's experiences with Skoda for this kind of issue. Mazda gave me 4 new wheels on my old mazda 3, mini 4 new wheels on the wife's cooper s and my dad just got 2 new mazda mps wheels.

Only stipulation was, in all cases, photos were sent to manufacturer to authorise the replacement and that there was no kerbing (driver damage).

I would be extremely upset if Skoda washed there hands on a similar claim for me.

I got 4 new wheels on my Honda at 3 years old and yes they sent photos off to Japan to get them authorised.