So ladies and gents 

I have decided to try some new shoes for my steel grey 2.0 tdi 4x4 sportline superb. 

It's a toss up between bola b17 in gloss gunmetal or veeman fs34

What do people think? Is anyone able to do any fancy sketch ups of how it will look? 

 

I should be able to create something for you, although don't expect anything beyond amateur level 

No that's greatly accepted 😃

Not sure if it's a hatch or estate you have, but i tried to get a steel grey at least!   hope that helps:


Bola B17





Veeman VFS34





Personally I like the Veeman a bit more I think, they'd be wonderful to clean I'm sure 

It's the hatch, but thank you, awesome. If you have any suggestions of your own, feel free to suggest. They will be 19 inch to replace my current wheels (nothing wrong with them, just want to be a bit different) my bad?

What a cool garage that would be, ah one can dream ..

I think that photo is from some auto or tuning shop.

If you're asking, I think the Ispiri FFP2 look amazing but you would have every right in saying I'm biased since well... I run them 

Oh wow yeah they are lovely, forged too, will have a think...

37 minutes ago, Wazza99 said:

Oh wow yeah they are lovely, forged too, will have a think...

Not forged though! Don't let the fancy marketing name "Fusionforged" trick you, they are just flow formed which is of-course better than cast ones, but still doesn't compare to truly forged wheels.

And for ~350EUR/piece they could never be anyway.

Always had a soft spot for the Bola B17...they look lovely on that! 

Or the veeman fs66?

On 06/05/2021 at 05:21, newbie69 said:

I think that photo is from some auto or tuning shop.

If you're asking, I think the Ispiri FFP2 look amazing but you would have every right in saying I'm biased since well... I run them 

Hi. What’s specs are these rims please and how flush do they sit with the guards (without spacers). Thanks. 

1 hour ago, Donweather said:

Hi. What’s specs are these rims please and how flush do they sit with the guards (without spacers). Thanks. 

19x8.5 ET37

Without spacers they sit around 12-15mm inside the fender even though they are 13.7mm wider than stock but it's still not enough to get anywhere near to a flush look. I don't like fully flush actually as I don't find it safe, I do like them to sit as few mm away from the fender though.

Which is why I added 10mm spacers after that made it perfect for my like. Not 100% flush but as close as it can be without making me worry. No rubbing or other issues either. 


Here's how the 19x8.5 ET37  WITH 10mm spacers on looks like:







So to get to that look, you need 23.7mm widening, be it from just a wider alloy or a combination of alloy & spacers.  Beyond that it started to be too far out for me.

Edited 12 May, 20215 yr by newbie69

45 minutes ago, newbie69 said:

19x8.5 ET37

Without spacers they sit around 12-15mm inside the fender even though they are 13.7mm wider than stock but it's still not enough to get anywhere near to a flush look. I don't like fully flush actually as I don't find it safe, I do like them to sit as few mm away from the fender though.

Which is why I added 10mm spacers after that made it perfect for my like. Not 100% flush but as close as it can be without making me worry. No rubbing or other issues either. 


Here's how the 19x8.5 ET37  WITH 10mm spacers on looks like:







So to get to that look, you need 23.7mm widening, be it from just a wider alloy or a combination of alloy & spacers.  Beyond that it started to be too far out for me.

Great thanks. Are those pics on the rears and have you only put spacers on the rears?  My measurements from stock wheels to get flush with guards are about 11-13mm extra offset on fronts and a massive 22-24mm on the rears. So I’m thinking of staggering with 19x8.5 fronts and 19x9 rears or 19x8.5 all round with offset more on the rears. As it’s difficult to find a rim that does 8.5 and 9” wide. And spacers are illegal in QLD, Aus. 

  

2 hours ago, Donweather said:

Great thanks. Are those pics on the rears and have you only put spacers on the rears?  My measurements from stock wheels to get flush with guards are about 11-13mm extra offset on fronts and a massive 22-24mm on the rears. So I’m thinking of staggering with 19x8.5 fronts and 19x9 rears or 19x8.5 all round with offset more on the rears. As it’s difficult to find a rim that does 8.5 and 9” wide. And spacers are illegal in QLD, Aus. 

 

The pictures are on the fronts, running 10mm spacers all-around (same wheels too).
 
My findings don't seem to agree with your measurements though. The rears are nowhere near that narrower than the fronts, quite the opposite, it looks like they are pushed out a little more than the fronts.  Rears look almost flush now with the 8.5 ET37 & 10mm spacers, while the fronts (with same setup) are still 2-3mm pushed inside the arches...

I haven't actually measured the track, and going by the official documentation the front track is 12mm wider I think so Ι wonder if the fornt arches are pushed out to create this effect, because I'm sure the rears look wider (almost flush) than the fronts.

In any case, if spacers are not allowed you'd need to run something like 9.0 ET35  to get those extra 21.7mm

Edited 12 May, 20215 yr by newbie69