Just wanna know as I've heard people talking about them.

just deep dish steel wheels really "bandit or banded" steel wheels or steelies.

picture

http://www.bandedsteels.com/Arch%20Rolling/04072007185.jpg

Banded wheels are exactly that, a steel wheel made wider by welding a band of steel into it.

have a look here:

http://www.bandedsteels.com/Banded%20Steels.html

Seems like a lot of money and effort for not a huge gain.

Seems like a lot of money and effort for not a huge gain.

thats true, havnt seen many on fabias, more common on the older vw's like mk1 golf and polos.

Depends what you want really...

If you have steel wheels that you like, but want them wider then its ideal.

If you dont want your steels making wider, and want alloys instead, then its probably not ideal.

I know someone with a silver fabia that has them, looks pretty good, not my thing but still looks good!