SteveP's New Toy

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Will be very interesting to see them fitted! Personally I'm not a fan of the Helios wheels, but as I have yet to see them fitted to a Mk6 I will reserve my final judgement for now!

....Me too. I actually don't like the Helios wheels. They seem to be a marmite thing - So many people rave about them but imo they look very dated and mk4.

Thats the good thing about them, they're also a simple wheel really and in the flesh certainly look better than in the pics as the OEM colour is a almost a pearly very metallicy silver.

The other thing is rareity value, CH's, CK's TD's all done to death, I bought mine from a guy who had them as a spare set to his other set of Helios alloys he had fitted to his car..... he was proud as punch as he didn't see ONE other car with them on at Ed38 last year. Theres only ever been 12 Phaetons sold in the UK with them on and only ever 50 odd supplied through the dealer parts system. Nate priced em up yesterday at 2600 quid without tyres and bought his from the US.

Rare is good

[wigit]

yours is the only rocco dave i've seen with em other than the VW launch car, strange as 95% of 19'' i've seen on roccos look sh#te you would have thought they might have cottoned on

[RedRobin]

Will be very interesting to see them fitted! Personally I'm not a fan of the Helios wheels, but as I have yet to see them fitted to a Mk6 I will reserve my final judgement for now!

....Me too. I actually don't like the Helios wheels. They seem to be a marmite thing - So many people rave about them but imo they look very dated and mk4.

Thats the good thing about them, they're also a simple wheel really and in the flesh certainly look better than in the pics as the OEM colour is a almost a pearly very metallicy silver.

The other thing is rareity value, CH's, CK's TD's all done to death, I bought mine from a guy who had them as a spare set to his other set of Helios alloys he had fitted to his car..... he was proud as punch as he didn't see ONE other car with them on at Ed38 last year. Theres only ever been 12 Phaetons sold in the UK with them on and only ever 50 odd supplied through the dealer parts system. Nate priced em up yesterday at 2600 quid without tyres and bought his from the US.

Rare is good

....Whereas I agree that "rare is good" in the sense that more sameness results in less distinction, and also that rareness results in more financial gain when selling, I'm offering my opinion based on only purely aesthetic grounds (and reserving final judgement until seeing them fitted). Aesthetics have nothing to do with rarity or value or provenance (history) - It's a purely individual emotional response which doesn't even need any intellectual analysis.

However, all that matters is what Steve thinks of them and not our opinions/likes/dislikes.

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Sorry for the thread hijack Steve -

True Robin

But I think its fair to say you're either on the fence or you're a fan theres little to dislike about them imho

[RedRobin]

^^^^
Which is why I described them as marmite 

They do look ace on that white Rocco.

[john_o]

brakes are awesome Steve    so jealous
Helios are an awesome wheel that is gorg and rare, gonna look stunning.
(the only downside is that the weight of them may blunt the feel after fitting a lightweight BBK and previous lightweight wheels, but what price style  )

onyl problem is that the pace you keep these cars/mods coming, my wallet twitches everytime I see an update to the thread 

[SteveP]

^^^ Cheers John, I am expected a noticeable difference with the car when the wheels go on 

Next big update due next Tuesday 

[joesgti]

you just hammering the credit card before the 'ring!! i know your plan!! 

[Greeners]

Sorry for the thread hijack Steve -

True Robin

But I think its fair to say you're either on the fence or you're a fan theres little to dislike about them imho

[MAT ED30]

like the rocco but god they need slamming

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

That is slammed! (For rocco)

Its on -35mm springs retaining the OEM Active Chassis Dampers, in sport mode with that ride height its really good. Dont want to clutter steves thread wih my pics will update my build thread when I get a min

[tony_danza]

I can see the Helios working well on a MK6 - there's some more defined lines and angles to tie in with them, the MK5 was (dare I say it) a bit blobby to carry them off?

Brakes look ace too. Well done Dave (Tabs has your hubs if he hasn't told you BTW).

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

I can see the Helios working well on a MK6

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[NB07]

nice update steve,   im with john_o that i need to stop reading this thread making me hungry for mods! 

[VC]

I can see the Helios working well on a MK6

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when i'm rim shopping theres never been a set around else my ride would be rocking these for sure... lush rim 

...when you get bored of them mate