I've been trying to replace my original Antares 15" alloys like for like and discovered the price has rocketed.  Last December they were £400 and now Skoda wants £920!

I've checked and it's the exact same part but they've changed the part number and doubled the price. 😡

 

These wheels for a Roomster aren't the style I wanted but the price (£340 plus delivery and VAT)  is nearer my budget and are 6J x 15 ET43.  Is there any reason I shouldn't go for these?

LINE 15" alloy wheel for ROOMSTER, FABIA II | Aluminum discs | Wheels & Rims | We will work for | Catalogue | Czech Republic (skoda-auto.cz)

They should fit just fine.

 

Someone will be along shortly to paste in a huge table to confuse matters.

2 hours ago, harry vederci said:

Is there any reason I shouldn't go for these?

Other than shipping and import costs (unknown)? No.

Hi Harry, have you thought of just getting yours refurbished? I had mine done a few years ago and at a slightly lower standard but they looked soooo much better and made the car look a lot fresher. Many refurb places will give a discount on the whole set so I'd recon on spending between £40 to £50 a corner, from scratch to-well, no scratches!

 

This is of course, if your wheels are not Fubar!

Alloy Wheels 15" Pace For Skoda Fabia Octavia MK1 Rapid Roomster 5x100 Silver

 

cut and paste that in to eBay and you will see a fairly tidy set of Fabia fitment alloys for under £400 a set, if they appeal to you. They also do them in black.

 

 

15 inch, Alloy, 5 Spoke, Wheels With Tyres. Compatible with VW, Seat and Skoda.

 

That will show you a set of Antares, used, with tyres for £250 or offers, but collection... Clean but a few scratches/marks.

Edited 22 September, 20214 yr by mrgf

42 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

Other than shipping and import costs (unknown)? No.

Import cost is only the VAT at 20% of goods + shipping + insurance, there's no other duty to pay.  I've asked for a delivery quote but it shouldn't be more than £40-50.

55 minutes ago, mrgf said:

Hi Harry, have you thought of just getting yours refurbished? I had mine done a few years ago and at a slightly lower standard but they looked soooo much better and made the car look a lot fresher. Many refurb places will give a discount on the whole set so I'd recon on spending between £40 to £50 a corner, from scratch to-well, no scratches!

 

This is of course, if your wheels are not Fubar!

 

 

The wheels are undamaged, just flaking and corroding after being refurbished several years ago.  The cost of refurbishing all 4 again is around £300 so I'd rather spend another £100 or so on new ones and sell my old ones to offset the difference.

6 hours ago, harry vederci said:

I've been trying to replace my original Antares 15" alloys like for like and discovered the price has rocketed.  Last December they were £400 and now Skoda wants £920!

I've checked and it's the exact same part but they've changed the part number and doubled the price. 😡

 

These wheels for a Roomster aren't the style I wanted but the price (£340 plus delivery and VAT)  is nearer my budget and are 6J x 15 ET43.  Is there any reason I shouldn't go for these?

LINE 15" alloy wheel for ROOMSTER, FABIA II | Aluminum discs | Wheels & Rims | We will work for | Catalogue | Czech Republic (skoda-auto.cz)

 

Those rims are very heavy.

 

10.14kg

 

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/kolo-z-lehke-slitiny-line-15-pro-roomster-fabia-ii/p/5J0071495A+7ZS

 

 

 

7.5kg

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/kolo-z-lehke-slitiny-propeller-15-pro-fabia-iii-rapid/p/5JA071495A+8Z8

Roomster is just a slightly bigger Fabia, mechanically they're almost identical. Any Roomster wheels will be fine on the Fabia and vice versa.

2 hours ago, Carlston said:

 

Those rims are very heavy.

 

10.14kg

 

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/kolo-z-lehke-slitiny-line-15-pro-roomster-fabia-ii/p/5J0071495A+7ZS

 

 

 

7.5kg

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/kolo-z-lehke-slitiny-propeller-15-pro-fabia-iii-rapid/p/5JA071495A+8Z8

Looks like I’ll be reconsidering refurbishment, skoda-auto won’t ship to the UK.   Bummer.

41 minutes ago, harry vederci said:

Looks like I’ll be reconsidering refurbishment, skoda-auto won’t ship to the UK.   Bummer.

 

Brexit baby, it's an ill wind...

I've been quoted a good price for a refurb so I guess my next question is, does anyone know the RAL code for the Antares original (silver) colour?  The Skoda code is 7ZS but that's no use to the guy.  I'd like to get that but anything fairly close will do.