wheels

**abdul** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 13:17

which are better aftermarket or original

**T5ER** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 13:20

my opinion is original,but my opinion dont count for squat mate

**abdul** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 13:23

i have been told the afternarket wheels dont hold the car the same

**Murphy** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 14:11

I too like the genuine Volvo stuff

**arbee** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 15:02

i must admit, volvo have a decent choice of rims in the larger sizes, therefore I like oem stuff on our cars. I'm not against aftermarket tho, taste dependent!

**BlackBeast** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 15:15

Originally Posted by abdul

which are better aftermarket or original

Define better?

**stuAWD** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 15:56

Gen Volvos definately, aftermarket are usually bit thinner in the section so they dont usually stand up to much thrashing especially on the roads that we have to use in the N West.

**Evil Edna** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 16:56

id love to say original volvo stuff, but they failed to release any nice 4-stud's for the s40. Apart from some nice 17's...but ive only seen them twice..?

**aeroresh** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 17:00

Only aftermarket worth having IMO is HEICO but its even more expensive than OE Volvo stuff!

**abdul** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 17:12

Originally Posted by BlackBeast

Define better?

will the car handel better with aftermarket wheels or worse

**Azza** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 17:16

Surely the difference, whichever way, would be neglible (unless you got some really shocking wheels!), but it seems the consensus would be no, worse with aftermarket wheels..

Azza

**BlackBeast** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 17:20

Handling wise, if you had a set of aftermarket wheels in the same size and with the same offset etc, then the only other thing that would affect handling would be the weight of each wheel.

**volvolised** · Thursday 10th August 2006, 17:26

I have been running some e-bay replica pegs for some 2 years now, had no probs thus far and trust them at all speeds and on any road

**TheButler** · Friday 11th August 2006, 19:50

How much can you pick up replica pegs for ?? I've seen proper ones for sale at £1175 I think this is quite expensive ??

**Al115** · Friday 11th August 2006, 20:14

About £500 no tyres for a set of 4 is a ballpark... IIRC...

**TheButler** · Friday 11th August 2006, 20:23

For replicas i'm guessing

**GregE102** · Friday 11th August 2006, 20:24

So what are the best tyres to get then for 17"
anyone?

**arbee** · Friday 11th August 2006, 20:28

Originally Posted by GregE102

So what are the best tyres to get then for 17"
anyone?

standard size for original 17s is 205/45/17 - quite a lot of people run 215 width tho

**volvolised** · Friday 11th August 2006, 20:56

Originally Posted by TheButler

How much can you pick up replica pegs for ?? I've seen proper ones for sale at £1175 I think this is quite expensive ??

Hi Mr B. Paid £580 for 5 wheels but the tyres actualy cost more (from my local garage), where's the justice in that !!

**gillespie** · Friday 11th August 2006, 21:06

I got a set of replicas for £525 and tyres were £300

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