These are the wheels that persuaded me to sell my Golf Country Chrome steel wheels!
This is the second set of 1552’s Retro Modern Line 8×15 ET30 snowflake wheels to hit our shores, and the first grey set. Another black set is also on its way to Blighty and there are currently only 6 sets in Europe! Yes Customs has given me a healthy sized bill, but c’mon- these are gorgeous!
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Heres a tip for Customs bills, dont pay over the phone if you want to collect you parcel. I thought Id paid the full Duty for the whole set of wheels, but it turns out that there was another bill the next day. All told Ive paid £160 on top of the purchase and postage price. I think thats a bit too much as Ive been charged over £120 VAT for $800 worth of wheels! Ill be sending off a letter to make sure I havent been overcharged but Im sure VAT is still 17.5%- my charge equates to £700!! I know theres a recession on but c’mon!! So I have to wait until Tues to get the other half of the wheels, but by god am I impressed!
they dont look half bad on the car, but as i only have ones axles worth of tyres (the dealer only had 3 in stock), so car pics will have to wait- plus its a bit dirty at the mo
Now Ill be the first to admit that Im not the biggest fan of stretched tyres, but I knew that Id have to give it a go with these wheels.
Toyo T1R 195/45/15
Im sure Ive a lot to learn yet about getting them sitting right for me…………
ive managed to unearth the car from the tons of junk in the garage!!
I had to put the new wheels somewhere safe and out of the way, so where better than on the car. Its basically a shell, so not sat correctly. Originally I was going to fit the polished ATS Motorsport 6×15 wheels, so at that time I didnt really feel the need to roll my arches. The Calmasters and the ballon-esq tyres had me twitching……… but 8″ under a completely standard arch, even with a modicom of stretch, is even more twitchy
so glad I chose the greys and not the black style!
More to come????………….eventually
