New wheels - Bola B17

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Zanic L3
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New wheels - Bola B17

Post by Zanic L3 »

Hi guys,

After three years of owning my Rocco I've finally decided to pick up some new rims & tires. I've gone for the Bola B17's - https://bolawheels.co.uk/bola-b17/
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I once saw a white Rocco on R8 facelifted replicas (I think they were replicas) and it looked so damn good.
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There's one issue though, I'm not able to lower my car due to driveway issues and I don't wanna give up a nice garage just to lower it and to keep it outside. That's also why I never really looked into getting aftermarket wheels but I found these and I just wanted them. I also bought some fresh rubber, Federal 595 RS-Pros, as I did read good reviews from them on the forum here.
The total cost is €1350 for 4 rims & 4 brand new tires.

I've photoshopped the new rims on my car right now to see how the arch gap would look and in my eyes. " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
it was still alright so I went ahead and bought them.

I'll post some pics when they are here (in a week or so). I went with a gunmetal finish on them instead of a black look.



Specs are 8.5J x 18 ET40 they also had a set with ET30 but I played safe as I wasn't sure if I would like it if the wheels poke out too much.
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Zanic L3
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Re: New wheels - Bola B17

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Got them fitted yesterday. Not quite the kind of showroom pictures as the weather has been shit the last few days and I just wanted to take some.

The tires collect everything as they are super soft, dirt, stones, grind. I've heard a few knocks of stones flying into the arches. Also, there is clearly a tire noise present, almost sounds like an electric car or a small engine plane at certain speeds, but I knew this before getting them. As the weather is shit I haven't been able to 'really' try them yet.

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What do you guys think?
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Re: New wheels - Bola B17

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most definitely the dogs bollocks.
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