225/45/17 will work just fine. Check out www.tirerack.com for tires.
-Lelo

 

What kind of wheels are those? Were did you get them? Weight? Price?

 

225/45 will be on point...same size wheel as the OEM Longbeach's and they had the same size tire...

 

Eh, what's with the lettering around the lip?

 

Sorry Troy, but I just won the bid on the wheels. Didn't know there was a B5er interested in the wheels. Were you bidding?

V-Mann - I got them on Ebay, ICW DV-8's for $504 after shipping. Not sure on the weight.

I<3myW8 - The lettering are stickers that can be removed (which I definitely plan to :thumbdow: ).

I'll have picture up after they're mounted on my '02 silverstone.

 

I was just watching, I dont have money right now

 

Wheels

I contacted the seller on these wheels. I was wondering that perhaps we might get a group buy going if enough folks liked them. He indicated that shipped to me I could pick up 40 wheels for $3600.00US. That is not too bad deal. Of course if we were to do a GB then there would be shipping from me to you. (and I have no idea what that would be). Anyway just a thought.

Soo. DTOX, I'm curious as to once you get the wheels, how good a deal they really are. Lets us know would ya.

K

 

They look real good! Whoever bought them plz show pics once u get them fit
I am shoping for rims in a couple of months and who know, i might be interested..

 

dtox:

let me know the weigth of them if you have a chance to weigh them before you put them on.

 

smothers - If you get the GB going, that would definitely be a good deal. Hopefully I can get a credit back on the price I paid for them, when I post some pics and get some interest going. They should be arriving soon.

vaporinc - I checked the tracking info and it says that the weight for each is 15 lbs! I think that seems too light.

I'll post pics as soon as I get them.

-Derek

 

If you got a gb going in the next month or two for that price I'd be all over these rims. Where can you get them?

 

vaporinc - I checked the tracking info and it says that the weight for each is 15 lbs! I think that seems too light.

I'll post pics as soon as I get them.

-Derek

If those are really 15lbs a wheel then :shock: :shock: :shock: I think I might be getting some. Thats probably not correct but who knows. Put them on a scale and let us know when you get them.

 

17x7 Flik DBR's at EdgeRacing.com for $155 each..they are under 16lbs each.....very nice too...

 

Well good news/bad news. Good news is that I got the wheels and they weigh in at ~14.7lbs each. Bad news is that the wheels require a tuner lug bolt kit to convert the passat's 14mm studs to 12mm.

Has anyone else found this to be a problem with mounting wheels on their B5??? :???:

Anyways, the kit should be here by end of week. I hope to have pictures up next week.

 

Well good news/bad news. Good news is that I got the wheels and they weigh in at ~14.7lbs each. Bad news is that the wheels require a tuner lug bolt kit to convert the passat's 14mm studs to 12mm.

Has anyone else found this to be a problem with mounting wheels on their B5??? :???:

Anyways, the kit should be here by end of week. I hope to have pictures up next week.

14.7 lbs :shock: :shock: I did some checking and they are availabe in 18"s also. The group price above is $90 a wheel (17") I wonder if we could get 18s for 100 or 110. Probably wouldn't weigh much more than 16 or 17 lbs if that. I can't weght to see these on your car.

The tuner lug bolt thats just a longer bolt correct?

Also, can you get those stickers off?

This could be one hell of a deal. 360 for 4 wheels or (maybe) 440 for 4 18" wheels and they're lextremely light weight.

 

wheels GB

I've been kind of waiting to see how much interest in these wheels. I'm not sure about the wheel stud issue however. Is it a longer stud or a wider stud? Personally not sure I want to go to too much trouble. lol

k

 

dtox, you got em on yet?

 

No not yet. The tuner lug bolt kit was backlogged or something. It is now set to be delivered today, hopefully. :roll:

 

No not yet. The tuner lug bolt kit was backlogged or something. It is now set to be delivered today, hopefully. :roll:

So did you get them on the car yet? Pics?

 

Yeah, I finally got them on (it was a painful process). The people at BigO Tires has only one guy that supplies them with accessories. Unfortunately this guy has been very flaky and was 2 weeks late in delivery. :crazy: Anyways they orders the stud conversion kit and tuner lug bolts from somebody else and the wheels are finally mounted.

The wheels look really nice, very sporty. I hope to have pics up this weekend after a nice wash! :lol:

 

I bought those wheels on Ebay and sent them back. I was sold the conversion kit and tuner lugs from a sales rep for a 2004 Passat. On the same day before the package came I called some tire places to get them installed and no one would install the rims. They all said the conversion kit was garbage, and would not accept any responsibility thereafter installation. Two places both told me the car may experience tracking problems and wheel shimmy after a while and advised me to buy only Hub Centric wheels. I was very disappointed b/c those wheels are nice.