Hi

i have a Octavia VRS Mk 3 facelift estate it has 19” wheels with 225/35 tyres. 
i would like to fit winter tyres this year and I think I would like to go to 18” wheels. Might even stick with 18” wheels with the state of the roads around here. 
Any advice welcome. Anything I need to watch out for?

 Thanks in advance. 

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8 hours ago, Praven said:

Hi

i have a Octavia VRS Mk 3 facelift estate it has 19” wheels with 225/35 tyres. 
i would like to fit winter tyres this year and I think I would like to go to 18” wheels. Might even stick with 18” wheels with the state of the roads around here. 
Any advice welcome. Anything I need to watch out for?

 Thanks in advance. 

 

Here's one 18" alloy rim option for the Octavia MK3.

 

You can tell this alloy rim is from the Skoda accessory catalogue by the OEM part number, ie. it has a xxx071xxx format...whereas the alloy rims from the standard parts catalogue have a xxx601xxx format.

 

Alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue are about 60% less expensive than the xxx601xxx alloy rims. This is because Skoda are using their accessory catalogue to compete on price with aftermarket alloy rims.

 

The alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue will often be the same as the alloy rims from the standard catalogue (apart from the OEM part number cast into them), or maybe the same style but a different colour.

 

The below 5E0071498G FL8 alloy rim is exactly the same as the 5E0601025AK FL8 alloy rim from the standard catalogue, including the same black metallic colour (ie. the same FL8 three digit colour code).

 

7.5Jx18 ET51 5/112 57.1 alloy rim GEMINI 5E0071498G FL8 (black metallic)

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/alu-kolo-gemini-18-octavia-iii/p/5E0071498G+FL8

 

Edited 11 November, 202411 Nov by Carlston