Hi. Collect fabia 1.2 tsi se mkiii candy white with sunset glass and fogs on Monday. Originally ordered the 16 as above but since paid for the 17 as an accessory. The dealer thinks he has a buyer for my 16 inch. Reading the thread re upsizing in the octavia forum not sure I've made the correct choice... definitely gonns look great but cost of tyres/comfort now concerning me... dealer knew nothing about the 17 as no one has ever ordered them there before! Also asked me if I wanted matt or metallic but couldn't show or tell me the difference... advice please??

Can i ask how much you are having to pay a dealership to buy 4 X 17" Alloys & Tyres as accessories?

I wish you wouldn't... catalogue said 200 each fitted + tyres = 1200. Probably wrong but couldn't afford the car I wanted so decided to jazz it up a bit... now I'm 40!!

Just my opinion but i think that is a crazy price to pay.

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How much are you hoping to get for the wheels / tyres that are coming off the car?

You are right. It is crazy but they are very nice wheels... that don't justify it tho. Not a great hike in money paying it off over 42 months at 0% tho... you only live one!! Not sure yet re 16inch. Gotta work out what the they would normally cost with tyres but hope 4-500...

Just my opinion.. I don't like the black alloys on the colour concept cars... I wanted the one on the front of the brochure!

Sorry i was not clear what you were doing.

Are you leasing a car not buying it and adding £1,200 to the price with a 2nd set of wheels / tyres.

Then putting the car back with these wheels on?

Buying it on finance skoda solutions. 3 1/2 year deal. Sell it back to them after and get a new one. May add value for when I part ex it

Buying it on finance skoda solutions. 3 1/2 year deal. Sell it back to them after and get a new one. May add value for when I part ex it

Extras very rarely add value especially when the SE comes with alloys as standard albeit 15" ones.

Messed up there then eh!!oh well. Let's hope it looks good!!

You having put different wheels on will not add any value when you put the car back. Ziltch.

 

If you keep the 16" wheels for 3 1/2 years and then put back on before returning the car, 

then you might get £400-£500 if you then sell the Wheels you are paying £1,200 for now.

Fair point. Someone is interested in the 16" wheels who has an S model with steel and now wants alloys. I'll see what he offers

Or...run your new Fabia on the 17"s for 42 months then swap back to original 16"s for trade in and see if 17"s will fit next car. You've put the money out, no point in giving half of it away...unless the ride is truly apalling.

Cheers. May try that. Not many seem to have the 17"savio... I thought they looked great and low profile wheels on my old astra were good

Back to your original question, there's a thread somewhere on here (maybe Monte Carlo related?) asking about the 17" alloys and whether they affect ride comfort. The answers I've come across are "not much" or "hardly noticeable".

Hope that helps, I think the bigger wheels do make a difference visually - might not add as much value to the car as options like cruise control, glass roof or heated seats tend to, but then that may not be your problem at the end. Enjoy [emoji1360]

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Ordered now. Price paid over 42 months at 0% Apr so not too bad. Cheers for this was worried there but hopefully looks will be 'Fab' and ride comfy. Will put a photo on next week when I Collect if I knew how...

New car arrived. 17"savio alloy wheels look fantastic. How do I post a photo on here?

New car arrived. 17"savio alloy wheels look fantastic. How do I post a photo on here?

Best bet is to install Tapatalk on your phone, sign in on that and then post it [emoji1360]

New car arrived. 17"savio alloy wheels look fantastic. How do I post a photo on here?

You will have to let us know what the ride is like too. I was so close yo upgrading to the savios too. Just couldny justify it to myself

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Excellent ride! Smooth and quiet. I can't notice the difference from my 15"alloys on my mkII

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I'm considering ordering my monte with the savio alloys! Do you have any more pictures of the car with them fitted to gauge the looks? Thank you!

The price for factory order is ok, but dont pay a dealer to fit them, you'll be looking at well over £1000 with tyres.

 

Consider after market wheels such as on mytyres.co.uk

 

Black and silver alloys start around £700 with decent tyres:

 

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/komplettrad.pl?cart_id=33354163.110.981&Cookie=&CGISESSID=c441c57f8e6b202c3d2f8cdb90cc1aa8&Change=Rim&language=EN&dsco=110&typ=sommer&Zoll=17&RadHerstellerFilter=.&Hersteller=RIAL&Typ=RIAL%20Torino%20schwarz%20Front%20poliert&Farbe=schwarz%20Front%20poliert&ShowRim=0&BestellNr=TOR75740V73-1

I do but can't work out how to add a photo here. Anyone help?

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