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Rolling mods

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The first thing I wanted to change was the wheels. The BK racing whees that came on the car didn't look bad but they looked a little too gangley on this car for me and she needed something smaller. I wanted to go for some factory fit wheels to keep the car as original as I could.  The standard factory wheels would have been 16 spoke 4 studs but thankfully VW did offer some factory options which I could consider: BBS RM BBS RZ The RM looks far nicer but the cost was also exponentially more. I couldnt justify £1000 for a clean set of RM's and restoring some of the more affordable options was going to be expensive so I was going to settle for some RZ's when a set of BBS RM copies came up with rubber for not a lot of money. They weren't perfect but they would do the job for now. They were removed from a Golf Mk2 so had the correct spacers and bolts already. I opted for some new bolts anyway and quickly had then fitted to the Corrado once I