MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Hurdy on December 24, 2008, 11:03:52 pm

Title: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: Hurdy on December 24, 2008, 11:03:52 pm
Well, what do you think?

http://www.wheel-whores.com/news/?p=42

Intense discussion about the decals will be one for sure :wink:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: CocoPops on December 24, 2008, 11:06:53 pm
Love em! :D
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: 182_blue on December 25, 2008, 08:00:26 am
What size are those in the pics































 :signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: WhiteGTI on December 25, 2008, 08:15:19 am
I really like it!

If i was going for the Euro look, then i'd definitely consider them!
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: evvo on December 25, 2008, 08:33:50 am
yeah there tastey  :happy2: around the £800 mark as well not to bad!
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 25, 2008, 10:17:54 am
....

What do I think? - Yuk!! Horrible! OK as a plastic hubcap on a steel wheel. And how good are they at brake cooling?
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: CocoPops on December 25, 2008, 11:09:04 am
And how good are they at brake cooling?

Probably better than the Monzas tbh!
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 25, 2008, 11:57:44 am
And how good are they at brake cooling?

Probably better than the Monzas tbh!

....You reckon? I guess we need T_T to add his technical comments.

Either way, I still think they are in poor taste, but ETTO.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fb308%2FRedRobin_05%2FRED_JKMdyno_23Dec08.jpg&hash=327b03f48a80cff61de839a71aaacd1d0532021c)


Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: CocoPops on December 25, 2008, 12:10:47 pm
I would imagine that the Ronal design allows the air to be drawn in/sucked out of the centre rather than flowing over the top as per the Monzas.

And if they're lighter than standard wheels then thats enough of a reason for me :)

Reduce the unsprung weight etc.
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 25, 2008, 12:23:22 pm
^^^^

Fair enough 8). I just hate the way they look.
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: Greeners on December 25, 2008, 02:14:56 pm
I like those a lot! But I think they'd suit my mk2 better. ;)


Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: Snoopy on December 25, 2008, 03:13:47 pm
wow thats an old design look, I remember mates fitting that type of look to novas to give the rally look back in late 80s.
I think they would look ok on my silver standard look mk1 GTI but not sure they would look right on a new more rounded car like the mk5
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: MAT ED30 on December 25, 2008, 08:43:10 pm
i looked at these about 4 months ago and i like them  :grin: old school rims mixed up for the new car and i also like these

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fd122%2Fmat138l%2Fpslots19.jpg&hash=c8fd976e4ccb885e1039860d6fa82b72d8cf2ff6)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fd122%2Fmat138l%2Fpslots1.jpg&hash=55143c4c4be8c48340fd7f2de6b3f2369cc11404)

now VW should have put these on the pireli gti  8)
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: tony_danza on December 26, 2008, 08:44:51 am
Hmm, you'd have them de-stickered obviously! They remind me, like Snoopy of the stuff you used to see on the likes of a gravel rally stage cars. I'm sure they real ones are optimised for cooling, whether the Ronal is all show though I dunno?

Not sure how they'll look on a MKV, I saw one on similar looking 18" Schmidts and they just looked lost.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Faa114%2FTSWVenom%2Fronalaero.jpg&hash=6b85a7aceb5751b223ec2f2738e171a0951e067c)

This one is deigned for the job

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comp.co.uk%2Fproductpics%2Fwheels%2FTH1455_l.jpg&hash=86ce48cde6a46949c2f541c39b36a34c448189ee)

And a car on THs

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3278%2F2650862701_cfba6a591e_o.jpg&hash=61711865f4df7f973ea0de5f67e3f7a942a08d02)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3177%2F2650919099_f7b1d18f6f_o.jpg&hash=841b545a39c6a927aa7ae92bb06ebb9374d92ae1)
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: JPC on December 28, 2008, 12:13:18 am
ergh....im sorry but i am NOT a fan of these ronals at all!! i couldn justify those looks even if they were lighter than my phone!
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: T88OMM on December 28, 2008, 04:53:10 pm
They would look great on an older car i.e. Mk1 or Mk2 but for a Mk5....im not so sure  :surprised:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: jonnyc on December 29, 2008, 05:39:09 pm
Those TH Lines are 17's mate..

Think the new Ronals are nice, would look good on a slammed White Mk5..  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 29, 2008, 06:39:38 pm
Think the new Ronals are nice, would look good on a slammed White Mk5..  :laugh: :laugh:

....Oh dear! :sad: [where's the puke smilie?]. But ETTO.
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: MAT ED30 on December 29, 2008, 06:50:50 pm
Those TH Lines are 17's mate..

Think the new Ronals are nice, would look good on a slammed White Mk5..  :laugh: :laugh:

so do i  :P they would good on this
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fd122%2Fmat138l%2Fmk5onblackrs6wheels.jpg&hash=ca4ea7c6e84ce34eb6624d5fdc0050bd101a13e6)

mine will be having some rs6 rims in black at some point  :wink:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 29, 2008, 07:30:34 pm
^^^^

There's lowered and there's slammed, and the kind of 'slammed' in that pic is simply ridiculous, literally ridiculous! IMO & ETTO etc etc :rollseyes:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: MAT ED30 on December 29, 2008, 07:39:03 pm
you need to see the work it took to get that car as low as it will go  :grin: i will find it and post the link up
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 29, 2008, 07:48:36 pm
you need to see the work it took to get that car as low as it will go  :grin: i will find it and post the link up

....Well, others may be interested but, I'm sorry, I really don't like the look of the Mk5 slammed to such an extreme and also it must greatly restrict it's driveability and that's just stupid. I'm actually surprised how much it offends me! :grin:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: MAT ED30 on December 29, 2008, 08:13:16 pm
you want to see my bug and my camper  :grin:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fd122%2Fmat138l%2F100_0430.jpg&hash=f2379e2c2dd4cc76be28f27673e48878f84afca5)
if it aint rubbing it aint dubbing  :wink:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: RedRobin on December 29, 2008, 09:48:31 pm
^^^^

Yes, but rubbing-dubbing suits bugs and campers far better than the mk5 (in my opinion) :happy2: 8) :happy2:
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: The wheel man on December 30, 2008, 09:30:57 am
New wheel..... looks like a re cast of the old Ronal Turbo from the 80's..... Not for the GTI IMO
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: tony_danza on December 30, 2008, 09:36:33 am
Is anyone handy with Photoshop, just to see what they actually look like on a car?
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: jonnyc on December 30, 2008, 12:32:20 pm
Looks way too stark but gives you an idea of how they would look.. Sure they would be far better in the flesh!!

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fo304%2Fjonnnny28%2FIMG_6153ronal.jpg&hash=59a70920e7037954c3320b9ab6f6dd5569713104)
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: tony_danza on December 30, 2008, 12:42:28 pm
Looks better than I thought, I don't know if they'd be for me - but they're not terrible.

One thing is for sure, trading on notoriety alone I think these will be everywhere this year.
Title: Re: RONAL make a new 18" wheel
Post by: Greeners on December 30, 2008, 02:45:49 pm
I still think they'd look better on my MK2  :chicken: