pics of new 18's...

[jgale]

Here's the 235/40-18 S-03's on 18x8 35 offset wheels I picked up. They fit w/o issue. However, the car is not lowered yet. I don't anticipate that to be an issue though.

enjoy...

[Mike-in-Orange]

Hey jg, they look very nice, excellent with the silver of your car! By the way, Imagestation has issues with remote linking, so I had to grab the image properties in order to display it, but that only worked for the first pic.

[jgale]

ugh! Imagestation sucks!

[IRPT]

I couldn't get any of them to come up. jg, try Photobucket http://photobucket.com

[redrum]

jg--what brand of wheels are they? they look like they show off the discs and calipers. the set up looks great. am looking for similar wheels but in chrome. do you have 4 wheel disc brakes? am looking forward to seeing pics when u get your ride lowered
redrum
03GT

[jgale]

They do show off the brakes quite a bit. No so great with the wimpy stock rotor size(4 wheel discs on the GT's).
The wheels are made by ABT. This model, named the Z5, is made by BBS in Germany for VW/Audi applications. What's funny about the 5x100 VW stuff, is that the center bore on the hubs is identical to the PT! No hubcentic ring needed. The only catch(yes, one minor one) is that most German manufacturers use a ball-seat style stud to hold the wheels on. Meaning, in the lug pocket of the wheel, where our lugs sit against the wheel, that surface is round. Our PT on most domestic vehicles use a 60 degree flat taper-seat lug. I managed to find a company that make washers to use these ball-seat wheels with a flat-taper lugnut. Sweet huh?!

REDRUM- thanks for the tip!

This is the wheel i've got on the car...

[Stephen R.]

Okay, jg. Spill the beans. Who makes the adapter?

BTW: Chevy Cavalier, etc. have 5x100 and 57.1 hubs, too. Not that anybody really cares though...

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[jgale]

No adapter needed! These wheels are made for VW Golf/Jetta/Beetle and Audi TT, which are all 5x100 and the same 57.1 centerbore. ABT and Oettinger are VW/Audi tuners. As I stated above, the only glitch was the washers need for our 60degree tapered lugnuts.

[IRPT]

quote:Originally posted by jg

No adapter! These wheels are made for VW Golf/Jetta/Beetle and Audi TT, which are all 5x100 and the same 57.1 centerbore. ABT and Oettinger are VW/Audi tuners. As I stated above, the only glitch was the washers need for the lugnuts.

jg, I believe he was asking about the washers, i.e. Where did you get them?

[jgale]

Gotcha. I'll look up the reciept tonight.