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► Official APEX VW SM-10 Flow Formed Wheel Thread

APEXWheels

Autocross Champion
Location
Bay Area
Car(s)
2017 GSW 4-Motion
Any updates on an eta for the other flow formed wheel design?

We will be officially launching our new FF wheel design across all markets, including VW/Audi, in Q1 of 2025. We will likely start doing some "teaser" posts on our socials within the next couple of weeks though. I will be sure to keep y'all updated with all the details as soon as I am able to share them publicly.

Stay tuned!

-Geirsen
 

APEXWheels

Autocross Champion
Location
Bay Area
Car(s)
2017 GSW 4-Motion
Managed to knock out a few things on my personal car this weekend (2017 MK7 Sportwagen 4motion) and figured I would share with the class!

A coworker recently upgraded his GTI PP front brakes to the Macan caliper setup, and he was gracious enough to give me his calipers to install on my car. This was easily one of the simplest brake upgrades I have ever done, everything was plug and play and the only additional parts required for the swap were a pair of larger dust shields. I decided to go with the FCP Euro ATE ceramic pad and coated rotor kit, with the stock pad/rotor size in the rear, and of course the larger 340mm rotors up front to pair with the GTI calipers. I also went ahead and installed our VW 75mm stud conversion kit while I was at it, which looks significantly better than the OEM VW lug bolts without the caps on them.

Links to the FCP brake kits for those interested:

340mm front: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-brake-kit-ate-kit-00737

288mm (stock) rears: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-brake-kit-ate-kit-00744

Performance-wise, this mod was a day/night difference compared to the minuscule OEM front Sportwagen brakes. The car finally feels balanced and the braking feel/bite is substantially more confidence inspiring than before. Pics below!

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-Geirsen
 

McBrian

Go Kart Newbie
Location
So Cal
Car(s)
'16 Golf 4D 5MT
Managed to knock out a few things on my personal car this weekend (2017 MK7 Sportwagen 4motion) and figured I would share with the class!

A coworker recently upgraded his GTI PP front brakes to the Macan caliper setup, and he was gracious enough to give me his calipers to install on my car. This was easily one of the simplest brake upgrades I have ever done, everything was plug and play and the only additional parts required for the swap were a pair of larger dust shields. I decided to go with the FCP Euro ATE ceramic pad and coated rotor kit, with the stock pad/rotor size in the rear, and of course the larger 340mm rotors up front to pair with the GTI calipers. I also went ahead and installed our VW 75mm stud conversion kit while I was at it, which looks significantly better than the OEM VW lug bolts without the caps on them.

Links to the FCP brake kits for those interested:

340mm front: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-brake-kit-ate-kit-00737

288mm (stock) rears: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-brake-kit-ate-kit-00744

Performance-wise, this mod was a day/night difference compared to the minuscule OEM front Sportwagen brakes. The car finally feels balanced and the braking feel/bite is substantially more confidence inspiring than before. Pics below!

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Gave you? AH MAN... LUCKYYYYYY!!!! Looking fresh though.
 

APEXWheels

Autocross Champion
Location
Bay Area
Car(s)
2017 GSW 4-Motion
Howdy folks!

We are quickly approaching the launch of our all-new VW/Audi wheel designs & fitments and we are looking for some volunteers local to our office in the Bay Area, CA to assist with on-car photography. At this time, we are trying to track down some lightly modified examples of a MK7 GTI/R and a MK8 GTI/R that would be available to swing by our office for a few hours to do some on-car shoots around mid-late February. Any volunteers willing to assist would be getting an early "sneak peek" of these new wheels, as well as the opportunity to purchase a set for themselves at a strong discount in exchange for helping us out.

On the Audi side, we are also looking for some lightly modified examples of an 8V RS3 or 8S TTRS.

If anyone local to our office is interested and willing to bring their car by for a few hours, please feel free to PM me here or shoot me an email: geirsen@apexwheels.com

-Geirsen
 

r12rex

Go Kart Newbie
Location
SoCal
Howdy folks!

We are quickly approaching the launch of our all-new VW/Audi wheel designs & fitments and we are looking for some volunteers local to our office in the Bay Area, CA to assist with on-car photography. At this time, we are trying to track down some lightly modified examples of a MK7 GTI/R and a MK8 GTI/R that would be available to swing by our office for a few hours to do some on-car shoots around mid-late February. Any volunteers willing to assist would be getting an early "sneak peek" of these new wheels, as well as the opportunity to purchase a set for themselves at a strong discount in exchange for helping us out.

On the Audi side, we are also looking for some lightly modified examples of an 8V RS3 or 8S TTRS.

If anyone local to our office is interested and willing to bring their car by for a few hours, please feel free to PM me here or shoot me an email: geirsen@apexwheels.com

-Geirsen
Man I would love to do this, but I’m in SoCal 😭

I digress, I got these beautiful wheels mounted…I love them! Sorry for the amateur photos.

19x9 et42 ML-10RT, Motorsport gold, green apex center caps. 245/35r19 Michelin PS4S, Acer Titanium lugs

😍


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APEXWheels

Autocross Champion
Location
Bay Area
Car(s)
2017 GSW 4-Motion
Man I would love to do this, but I’m in SoCal 😭

I digress, I got these beautiful wheels mounted…I love them! Sorry for the amateur photos.

19x9 et42 ML-10RT, Motorsport gold, green apex center caps. 245/35r19 Michelin PS4S, Acer Titanium lugs

😍
YES! Green centercaps FTW! Such a sweet combo with the Motorsport Gold/Machined lip finish.

Also, you had me second guessing these were 19"s. It's crazy how much a lipped wheel like the ML-10RT tends to look once size smaller in diameter compared to some of our other wheel designs.

Any chance you have any other pictures of the car you'd be willing to share?

-Geirsen
 

r12rex

Go Kart Newbie
Location
SoCal
YES! Green centercaps FTW! Such a sweet combo with the Motorsport Gold/Machined lip finish.

Also, you had me second guessing these were 19"s. It's crazy how much a lipped wheel like the ML-10RT tends to look once size smaller in diameter compared to some of our other wheel designs.

Any chance you have any other pictures of the car you'd be willing to share?

-Geirsen
Hi Geirsen,

Your sentiments about the size were the exact reason why I went with the 19 to begin with…the 18s just looked deceivingly smaller than their actual size because of the machined lip. I think the 19 looks perfect!

I don’t have any at the moment unfortunately, I need to take more.

Kind Regards,
Ryan
 
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