Vw pretoria reps 18" 18x8 et45

An open letter to all mk3 wagon owners. Is it me or is it really hard to find wheels that look really good. I’m finding not a lot of wheel options give the Octavia wagon the ‘wow’ factor. 8 times out of 10 it’s a bit meh. 
 

Compare this to a Golf Mk7 where 8 out of 10 aftermarket wheels look fabulous. 

Greetings from Serbia. Current setup :):

 

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2 hours ago, LAY939 said:

An open letter to all mk3 wagon owners. Is it me or is it really hard to find wheels that look really good. I’m finding not a lot of wheel options give the Octavia wagon the ‘wow’ factor. 8 times out of 10 it’s a bit meh. 
 

Compare this to a Golf Mk7 where 8 out of 10 aftermarket wheels look fabulous. 

 

They definitely are a hard car to pick wheels for. especially the FL as the front end seems to swallow them up. Have to be v low to pull a lot of them off

Hello everyone, I'm really worried about to know if 19 wheels 9.5 et45 with 235/35r19 will fit without rubbing, what do you think? 

On 04/04/2020 at 12:51, DC04R said:

19 x 8j et48 autec wizard on a face-lift with H&R springs 

 

 

 

 

Hi, have you installed wheel spacers???

On 30/10/2021 at 06:17, haris said:

Hi, have you installed wheel spacers???

 

No these were without spacers

Hi guys,  I need to buy winter wheels and I think i'll get hankook icept evo3 225-40 18" but I must choose the rims.

I really like the Borbet Y and the BS5. Are Borbet good rims?

How about Carmani, CMS, Dezent, Alutec, Rial?

basically my budget is under 150 euros at rim so these are the brands I can afford.. if you know others better at that price let me know.

 

Right now my car sits on the Xtreme 19" with 225-35 P-Zero.

 

10 hours ago, DrKrink said:

Hi guys,  I need to buy winter wheels and I think i'll get hankook icept evo3 225-40 18" but I must choose the rims.

I really like the Borbet Y and the BS5. Are Borbet good rims?

How about Carmani, CMS, Dezent, Alutec, Rial?

basically my budget is under 150 euros at rim so these are the brands I can afford.. if you know others better at that price let me know.

 

Right now my car sits on the Xtreme 19" with 225-35 P-Zero.

 

Out of the list you have I'd put borbet and rh at the top. . 

 

Pretty sure borbet make OEM wheels for some manufacturers aswell, or they did in the 90s.

thanks man, unfortunately it seems I can only equip wheels with ECE certificate or NAD that is some italian bull****. Borbet Y don't have that, infact only a very small part of the wheels actually sold in italy have that. go figure. So my options are limited to a handful of rims.

needed to try my new 18 inch rims to see what it looks like. Very satisfied. had 19 inches last season but felt it was a bit too bumpy and also wanted a pair of rims that fitted better in the wheelhouse. Perfect fit in my opinion 👌. Now I want summer!

15 hours ago, Alexander_Aberg said:

needed to try my new 18 inch rims to see what it looks like. Very satisfied. had 19 inches last season but felt it was a bit too bumpy and also wanted a pair of rims that fitted better in the wheelhouse. Perfect fit in my opinion 👌. Now I want summer!

Please can I ask that you use a more normal size font? That huge font scrolls way off the edge of the screen making it much harder to read.

Not mine (found on instagram) but this one has Work Kimawis in 19x9.5 et38 with. They look absolutely mint

 

Wheel brand/name: TSW

Size: 19, 8.5"

ET: 42

Tyre: 225/35R19 Michelin PS 4S

Any other mods, e.g. springs, coilovers etc:

Weight:

 

Vogtland coilovers

Cayenne 19z calipers

375x36 Mercedes rotors

Epytec brackets and brake lines

 

 

Edited 25 October, 20223 yr by Felo

On 02/11/2021 at 09:19, DrKrink said:

Are Borbet good rims?

Yes

On 15/06/2021 at 19:49, haris said:

Vw pretoria reps 18" 18x8 et45

These look nice. These are what I’m looking at for my Metal (Quartz) Grey 2018 Octavia SE Technology, but in gloss black. Planning on fitting some lowering springs at some point too.

Would you please post some pictures looking down the side of the car to show the offset?

Looking at VW Pretoria replicas 8j x 18” et45 in gloss black, or the AYR 02 8.5j x 18” et42 in matte black. 
What do you guys think about the fitment of either of these two wheel sets?
Was thinking about fitting 235 width tyres on either of these?

Hi, with new brakes 340mm and lowered 3 cm ( I think...) with stx suspension. 

 

It's 8x18 et 45.

I d prefer something 8.5 x 18 or et 40 by the way

On 15/01/2023 at 15:24, Shano said:

Looking at VW Pretoria replicas 8j x 18” et45 in gloss black, or the AYR 02 8.5j x 18” et42 in matte black. 
What do you guys think about the fitment of either of these two wheel sets?
Was thinking about fitting 235 width tyres on either of these?

I think that any of those would look great, I had some pretoria replica, but 19" and I loved the result, hope you can get the wheels and share the results here! 

 

 

 

On 23/07/2021 at 04:35, LAY939 said:

An open letter to all mk3 wagon owners. Is it me or is it really hard to find wheels that look really good. I’m finding not a lot of wheel options give the Octavia wagon the ‘wow’ factor. 8 times out of 10 it’s a bit meh. 
 

Compare this to a Golf Mk7 where 8 out of 10 aftermarket wheels look fabulous. 

 

I think Pretoria's are one of the best. Or anything that has direction to it also seems to suit.

 

Just in case anyone wants to have their Xtreme's painted gloss black. Though ultimately would love to have some gloss black Pretoria's and the car lowered.

On 07/04/2023 at 08:26, Dooge said:

 

Just in case anyone wants to have their Xtreme's painted gloss black. Though ultimately would love to have some gloss black Pretoria's and the car lowered.

Like the black Xtremes. Your car looks unusually high though!

22 hours ago, Swirly182 said:

Like the black Xtremes. Your car looks unusually high though!

 

Yeh, I am pretty sure it was when the tyre were due for replacement and I then fitted bigger tyres rather than the skinny things that are OEM size. It still looks tall, I have 20mm Racingline lowering springs to fit which hopefully will be on in a few weeks. It's got a full dealer service history and no signs of any suspension work so I just assume the shocks are in good order if they aren't sagging. I also think that better offset wheels would make it look not so high.

 

23 hours ago, Swirly182 said:

Your car looks unusually high though!

 

Sports/lowered suspension is 15mm lower than standard ride height.

 

Standard ride height

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Škoda_Octavia#/media/File:2016_Skoda_Octavia_SE_L_TSi_Estate_1.4_Front.jp

 

Edited 9 April, 20233 yr by Carlston