Has anyone ran Steels on there Vrs?

Thinking of getting some for winter/track days etc.

Any pics etc?

Cheers

I'm sure there is a driving instructor on here that uses steel wheels on his VRS when teaching his pupils mate.

David

Ok cheers.

I do. I use them with winter tyres in the supposedly cold months. They serve the purpose but the car looks dowdy, if slightly mean being black with black wheels.

any piccies mate

David

Yeah show a pic please!

Im considering using it for Naviagtional rallies too, so they would be spot on, with a good tyre on them.

Cheers

I thought that the technical reason for alloy wheels is that they were lighter than the equivalent in steel therefore contributed less to the unsprung weight of the car so improved the handling - so it would seem a bit of a waste to have steel wheels for track work where I would expect that you would want your handling to be as good as it could be.

I dont want to knacker up my alloys.

Navigational rallies mean some muddy tracks, so thats the reason i want some.

I see your point but some alloys are heavy as hell nowadays!

I'd bet a steelie weighs less than the vRS alloy...

A alloy without a tyre on weight 9kg

They do seem lighter than an alloy (just had a weigh upstairs!)

Ill see what the pics look like first, than see if im gunna go down the steels or alloy route.

Steels tend to be much stronger than alloys too. I ditched the alloys on my Disco in favour of some steelies for this reason

I seriously doubt running steelies will ruin (or even change!) the handling of the car!

Chris

Quite....just what i was thinking!

Has anyone ran Steels on there Vrs?

Thinking of getting some for winter/track days etc.

Any pics etc?

Cheers

For sale too

Looking good!

Did you notice much alteration in handling?

I can get them cheaper from work mate, thanks for the offer all the same!

i weighed both a steel wheel and alloy wheel complete with tyres

the alloy was lighter iirc , just

For sale too

what tyre size are they?

not interested in buying them, i have a 15" set from my octavia and wondered if they would fit. could be an idea for winter.

what tyre size are they?

not interested in buying them, i have a 15" set from my octavia and wondered if they would fit. could be an idea for winter.

16" to fit over the 312's. Same size as the oem alloys.

@youngsyd, no difference in handling at all mate.

You can get 4 steelies, with track tyres at work, for less than 250? go for it

The wheels i can get v cheap (i work at a dealer...), and the tyres i have in mind are some i have at home!

Dunlop Knobblies for forest rallies.

Need them for navigational rallies really...

Changes the look of the car, makes it look like a sleeper IMHO.

David

Changes the look of the car, makes it look like a sleeper IMHO.

David

I did once wonder what it would be like to slap on steelies, with some appropriate plain trims, on a remapped VRS, swap the bumpers for standard ones, and see who you could surprise.

I did once wonder what it would be like to swap the bumpers for standard ones, and see who you could surprise.

are your bumpers not standard?

You mean to make it look like say a 1.4 comfort trim?

That would be quite intresting, that is the thing if you slapped the steels on then you have the problem of people saying it looks like a vrs cos of the bulge in the rear bumper to accomdate the exhaust.

David

if you slapped the steels on then you have the problem of people saying it looks like a vrs cos of the bulge in the rear bumper to accomdate the exhaust.

I doubt anyone who doesn't own one themselves would even notice...

True mate, very true, unless your clued up on your cars.

David