Hello folks,

Have had a stressful morning st the tyre fitters who advised theh can't get a wheel to balance and think it might be buckled.

Taken Offending wheel to a nearby repairer who have confirmed it's got a very slight buckle which can't be repaired due to it'd location.

I've rang Skoda who've quoted £600+ for a new Gemini. Had a look on Ebay and there are a few but none local and all look rough and om wary of getting one used to find a similar issue.

I wondered it anyone on here was aware of any decent replicas for the Gemini design that might be a touch cheaper?

Cheers

I recently bought 2 second hand Gemini's from an ebay seller called synetiq. They weren't perfect quality but they worked, and are in good enough nick that they can be restored. Not ideal but definitely the cheaper option for you.

1 hour ago, BigJakk said:

I've rang Skoda who've quoted £600+ for a new Gemini. Had a look on Ebay and there are a few but none local and all look rough and om wary of getting one used to find a similar issue.

The Skoda dealer should have given you the price for the Gemini alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue. These are about 60% cheaper (ie. about £240 versus £600) for essentially the same alloy rim, except for the OEM part number.

However, you can't always get a colour match (but often can) from the Skoda accessory catalogue.

The two Geminis shown in the Skoda accessory catalogue have colour codes 5E0071498G FL8 Black metallic and 5E0071498E HA7 Anthracite metallic. A Gemini in 8Z8 Diamond silver isn't shown in the Skoda accessory catalogue. Bear in mind that the Skoda accessory catalogue is regularly updated, so colours can appear and disappear.

You can order alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue from any VAG parts department by quoting the relevant OEM part number. The format xxx071xxx means that the alloy rim is from the Skoda accessory catalogue. An alloy rim with the format xxx601xxx is the full priced version from the regular parts catalogue.

Octavia MK3 18" alloy rims (from the accessory catalogue)

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/alu-kola/c/alloyWheels?q=%3ApriceAsc%3AcarType%3AOctavia%2BIII%2B%25282017%252B%2529%3ArimDiameter%3A18&text=#

Edited 19 June, 202519 Jun by Carlston

FYI there is a reason OE wheels are more expensive.

You don’t want to be running one wheel different to the others.

Gemini’s shouldn’t be that expensive.

3 hours ago, Carlston said:

The Skoda dealer should have given you the price for the Gemini alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue. These are about 60% cheaper (ie. about £240 versus £600) for essentially the same alloy rim, except for the OEM part number.

However, you can't always get a colour match (but often can) from the Skoda accessory catalogue.

The two Geminis shown in the Skoda accessory catalogue have colour codes 5E0071498G FL8 Black metallic and 5E0071498E HA7 Anthracite metallic. A Gemini in 8Z8 Diamond silver isn't shown in the Skoda accessory catalogue. Bear in mind that the Skoda accessory catalogue is regularly updated, so colours can appear and disappear.

You can order alloy rims from the Skoda accessory catalogue from any VAG parts department by quoting the relevant OEM part number. The format xxx071xxx means that the alloy rim is from the Skoda accessory catalogue. An alloy rim with the format xxx601xxx is the full priced version from the regular parts catalogue.

Octavia MK3 18" alloy rims (from the accessory catalogue)

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/alu-kola/c/alloyWheels?q=%3ApriceAsc%3AcarType%3AOctavia%2BIII%2B%25282017%252B%2529%3ArimDiameter%3A18&text=#

Thanks Carlston,

I'll try running that past the local dealership tomorrow, see how I get on. My current ones are anthracite so looks like they're still in the catalog

If there's no joy with the dealer, Ive LLLSpares online who stock them, has anyone had any experience buying from them by any chance?

Cheers

Top tip on tne accessory catalogue.

Ended up getting back onto the dealer. The guys on the phone weren't clued up to it but once I finally.managed to get to someone on the parts desk they were aware of the 'Accessory Catalogue'

They managed to get them to find the part number from the 'Accessory Catalogue' which came in at £230. The only caveat is it's coming from Czech Republic so they reckon the lead time will be a couple of weeks.

The OEM part would have been available in a coupleof days apparently, but £640+ was just too eye watering for me.

Cheers guys 👍