Show me your T5 wheels

[TripleBee]

The best engine. Chain driven. 5 cylinders.
And of course the best ‘face’!
Same as mine.

Those 2.5 engines were gear driven, not chain. There is no cam chain in that engine.

 

[ChrisKona]

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Supermetal Cell 18s

I really like these. What tyre size are you running and is your van lowered? Cheers

 

[2into1]

Mine is the 180

No it's not. It's a T5 wearing the wheels from a T5.1.

And what is wrong with that?
Mine is a 140hp, and I am glad I have that engine. It has served me well for 16 years already without any problems. The only "engine" problems I had were the EGR at 3 years, and a temperature sensor in the DPF a bit later. So that is even not an engine problem.

What's up with you today? I never said there was anything wrong with that . I was making a positive statement about the 140 Vs the risky 180

 

[TripleBee]

No it's not. It's a T5 wearing the wheels from a T5.1.

What's up with you today? I never said there was anything wrong with that . I was making a positive statement about the 140 Vs the risky 180

My bad then.
It seemed as you were stating that the van was "only" a 140hp, and not one with 180hp. I didn't see it as a positive statement at first.

 

[Lambeth Cali]

Those 2.5 engines were gear driven, not chain. There is no cam chain in that engine.
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Yes sorry. My bad. I meant no belts.

Best engine though.

 

[Lambeth Cali]

No it's not. It's a T5 wearing the wheels from a T5.1.

What's up with you today? I never said there was anything wrong with that . I was making a positive statement about the 140 Vs the risky 180

What’s a 5.1?
It’s a T5 from 2008 wearing the factory wheels it came with. I’ve owned it for 18 years. I should know.

 

[Lambeth Cali]

Yeah, love the 2.5.
I had a 2004 Autosleeper Trooper with the 130 manual, great to drive. Swapped it for a 6.1 with the 110hp, that was ok. Never really felt under powered even fully loaded.
But this 174 Tiptronic is fantastic, only done 23500 miles so barely run in.
But the £800 road not so great!

If you re register it as PLG as I did decades ago it’s just £265 or thereabouts.

 

[2into1]

What’s a 5.1?

Err, the one that came after the T5 when it finished around late 2009, and ran until the T6 was introduced in 2016.

 

[TripleBee]

What’s a 5.1?
It’s a T5 from 2008 wearing the factory wheels it came with. I’ve owned it for 18 years. I should know.

The facelift (like mine in the picture). Mine is made in november 2009 and has VIN follow up number 211xxx, where the facelift started at 200000.
So you have one of the later T5's, and I have one of the first T5.1's. In fact, my model is a 1 year misfire (??) with the T5 rear bumper with the big, ugly parking sensors and an RCD310 with blue backlight instead of the neutral backlight, matching the facelift instrument cluster.

 

[Busdarren]

Finding decent age appropriate wheels in good condition will be tricky without a refurb. Have a look at EBay or Facebook Marketplace - lots at reasonable prices… so many different options and if you visit a VW show virtually everyone is different! Imho I do like a nod to OEM + style, but I’ve seen some great Swamper style or large rims. Choose whatever you like the look of and enjoy your camper.
Our 2012 came with 16’ Caravelle wheels, we then bought Davenports, then Cavascals, now potentially T6 Sportlines… there was a stage of people buying new vans and ditching new 17” wheels for larger and you could pick up a set cheaper than buying decent tyres. Not so much now with T7… have fun!

 

[dirtyboy]

Not to everyone's taste, but I have 20" TSW alloys, fully load rated. Contrary to lots of reports, it's not changed the ride that much, but I do have sensible tyres, not low profile for looks.

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