Hey guys,

Got my new Fabia 2 two month ago and just wanted to show you a couple of photos of it.

DATA:

Car: Skoda Fabia 2

Model: Sport

Year: 2008

Engine: 1.4 TDI

Color: Tangerine Orange

Rims: RONDELL DESIGN 0049 - MAT BLACK - 8X18inch 5X100 ET 35

Tires: Falken FK-452 tires - 215/35 ZR18 84Y

Suspension: Stock with 40mm H&R Springs

Other: Tinted windows, Climatronic, Extra speakers

Hope you like it

This is what Tangerine Orange looks like in the setting sun!! No manipulation on the picture

RONDELL DESIGN 0049 MAT BLACK RIMS 8X18 inch, 5X100, ET 35

Fabia 2 driving through tunnel

looks good. dude...

get 3 of them pics on the callendar thread...

thats fit!!

WOW! Just WOW...

I'm not new to Fabia II, but the pics are hot...

Truly great pictures of a very nice car!!

Haven't seen a New Fabia with 18' wheels before, and it looks good!

How is the ride compared to a car with 17' wheels and 40 profile tires? I find my car stiff enough with 205/17-40 tires on 17' Kentaur rims.

Thanks for the great pictures!! Are they taken in Denmark?

Enjoy!

Glad you like it :-)

@ JonA: The ride is smooth and comfortable. No nasty jolts up in my spine at all :-)

I have a 150 km trip to and from work everyday, so it needs to be drivable!!

But on the other side I'm used to riding on 19" and 60mm dropped H&R suspension on my old car: Flickr set of my old Seat Altea 2.0 DSG

I can't compare with 17" since I haven’t tried some on yet… But I'll be running 17" this winter season, so it won't be long…

The Photos are from Denmark – but taken on August 30th when the weather was still nice!!!

your's is nice, but the car still ugly

Nice to see a fellow Briskodian from Denmark:)

Really like your rims...... Doesn´t the ET35 give you problems with clearance in wheel archers? Bought earlier some 7.5x18" with ET35 but returned them as I thought they sat to far out. Have seen a Fabia2 with 18" but with ET48 and were well in the arches.

Where in Denmark are you from? I´m from Amager.

Bgds Dan

No problems with ET 35 and clearance at all. I was quite nervous myself when I test fitted the wheels, but my auto mechanic buddies kept telling me it wouldn't be a problem, because the camber would change when it got lowered… and they were right :-)

ET 48 would look wrong I my opinion, wheels need to line up with the arches and not hide in them…

BEFORE LOWERING THE CAR: The view that made me nervous during the test fitting of the wheels:

Edited 20 October, 200817 yr by Oxboll

No problems with ET 35 and clearance at all. I was quite nervous myself when I test fitted the wheels, but my auto mechanic buddies kept telling me it wouldn't be a problem, because the camber would change when it got lowered… and they were right :-)

ET 48 would look wrong I my opinion, wheels need to line up with the arches and not hide in them…

The view that made me nervous during the test fitting:

OK as long as you are happy, but I think they are sitting to far out. I´m not a mechanic, but wouldn´t a 4 wheel alignment adjustment that you perform after lowering it set the camber right?

Bgds Dan

Car looks good.

Like the colour and the wheels.

They do look massive on the car though.

Nothing wrong with the wheels sitting out from the arch a bit!

:P

wow...wheels transform the look of the car!

OK as long as you are happy, but I think they are sitting to far out. I´m not a mechanic, but wouldn´t a 4 wheel alignment adjustment that you perform after lowering it set the camber right?

The suspension has been aligned, and the wheels are actually not sticking out. I think it's an optical illusion because the spokes are convex. As you se on my last two photos in the first post, the wheels are in the arches.

And I have been pulled over by the police, who wanted to take a look at the wheels… And the verdict: They're IN :-)

The suspension has been aligned, and the wheels are actually not sticking out. I think it's an optical illusion because the spokes are convex. As you se on my last two photos in the first post, the wheels are in the arches.

And I have been pulled over by the police, who wanted to take a look at the wheels… And the verdict: They're IN :-)

You are probaly right about the illusion on the pictures.

And again..............they look absolutely great.

Bgds Dan

really dont like the new Fabia..toooo mummsy..too much like a suzuki swift..not a mans car

great colour..same as a mk1 golf i used to have, the wheels make a reasonable attempt to make the car look meaner..the VRS is gonna have to have different wings to make me want one 7/10