Quick out of sync post.
Some of you may know that despite not going down the £1000 wheel route, I do like a wheel, and even more so of they are normal, but one can make them look a bit different.
And even more so, those wheels you find from other makes that fit your car and makes people scratch their heads in wonder.
So I was looking out for some interesting, non-standard/non-VAG wheels to maybe add to the Caddy.
Had seen some 1990’s Renault Safrane wheels that would go great in two or three colours.
Yea, I like to make work for myself.
But the offset was wrong.
Chatting to mate Matt @pegasus about wheels, he started throwing some very pretty £250.00 plus restored wheels my way, excluding tyres and shipping.
I declined all his suggestions, despite a few nice sets coming through and said I prefer ****ty sub £100.00 wheels that then ended up costing me another £200.00 to get looking good, plus tyres. The wheels and tyres on the S10 ultimately went on at £950.00 or thereabouts, completely stupid I know.
So next day Matt and I were chatting about other stuff and girls, when he again raised the subject of getting some nice wheels on the Caddy.
I said it is a scruffy 21 year old van, and I am not planning to fit expensive, super shiny wheels on it, because unlike ratlook or barnfind cars that have that distinct work look that really shows off the wheels, this thing was just not enough in either camp.
I would carry on looking to see if I could find wheels that I liked and could be acquired relatively cheaply and then either fitted directly, or cheaply, to blend more with the cars scrapes and age.
Next reply from him kinda bowled me over.
Of course I have done similar things in different ways over the years, but I struggle overall to accept kindness.
I did decline.
Then, typically a few days later I found some wheels I liked the look of on a Caddy group on FB.
Enquiring and realising they could be part of another trip, I had planned for the Sunday, I agreed with the owner to go look at the wheels he had. No price yet established.
But I told Matt I had found some cheap wheels I liked.
More in a bit.