I'm close to ordering a 170CR 4x4 Elegance Estate. Problem is, I think I prefer both the look and the ride of the car on the 17" Trifid wheels that are standard on the SE. A matter of opinion, I know - but that's mine.

Had a word with the dealer today and was told that he'd checked with Skoda UK and I'm not allowed to 'downgrade' to 17". The only solution he could suggest was to buy smaller wheels as an accessory and flog the 18s on eBay...

I'm fairly sure that people on here have ordered 17s on an Elegance without such issues. Am I right or is that only outside the UK?

My other suggestion was to order it with 18" Lunas and for the dealer to swap the wheels for those on an SE somewhere in the dealer network, thus upgrading the SE to Lunas as a £505 option according to Skoda's price list. But again, the dealer didn't really want to know as he said that nobody upgrades SEs to 18s. At that price, frankly I don't blame them.

Any comments/ideas welcome. Apart from buying an SE and optioning it up to Elegance spec...

Thanks

Sean

Hi Sean,

If it's of any use, i would be interested in purchasing from you, the Luna or other 18" wheels for my Elegance - To use as a 2nd set, with winter tyres. - Altho, my Elegance Estate has not arrived yet, it is imminent.

Al.

Hi Sean,

If it's of any use, i would be interested in purchasing from you, the Luna or other 18" wheels for my Elegance - To use as a 2nd set, with winter tyres. - Altho, my Elegance Estate has not arrived yet, it is imminent.

Al.

Thanks for that, Al. Let's see what I end up with if the dealer won't play ball.

Bought an elegance from jcblincs and he managed to get 17" trifids on his car new, like you I do prefer them and easy to keep clean.

I'm close to ordering a 170CR 4x4 Elegance Estate. Problem is, I think I prefer both the look and the ride of the car on the 17" Trifid wheels that are standard on the SE. A matter of opinion, I know - but that's mine.

Had a word with the dealer today and was told that he'd checked with Skoda UK and I'm not allowed to 'downgrade' to 17". The only solution he could suggest was to buy smaller wheels as an accessory and flog the 18s on eBay...

I'm fairly sure that people on here have ordered 17s on an Elegance without such issues. Am I right or is that only outside the UK?

My other suggestion was to order it with 18" Lunas and for the dealer to swap the wheels for those on an SE somewhere in the dealer network, thus upgrading the SE to Lunas as a £505 option according to Skoda's price list. But again, the dealer didn't really want to know as he said that nobody upgrades SEs to 18s. At that price, frankly I don't blame them.

Any comments/ideas welcome. Apart from buying an SE and optioning it up to Elegance spec...

Thanks

Sean

I bought my SE with 18s on from a dealer in woking she drives like a dream

I bought my SE with 18s on from a dealer in woking she drives like a dream

Thanks for that. Sounds like the same dealer as me. Had to order it on 18s in the end. But I have the chance of changing to 17s at a good price in the future if I want to, so I can live with that.

I test-drove a 4x4 hatch on 18s and it rode remarkably well and quietly considering the low-profile tyres. Much better than anything else I've driven on 18s. I just think it would be even better on higher-profile tyres.