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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 18:12

Title: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 18:12

Any info's good!! Got my 5 door vr dropped 60mm what's the widest 16's I can get on it?

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: dom on 05 September 2011, 18:20

Quote from: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 18:12

Any info's good!! Got my 5 door vr dropped 60mm what's the widest 16's I can get on it?

You'll be able to get upto 9-9.5J rear and 8-8.5J fronts depending on how much arch work you want to do :wink:

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: CCGTI on 05 September 2011, 18:21

i have 9jx16 (http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6521/porkstance004.jpg)
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Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 18:48

I don't wanna do any arch wrk!!  :undecided:

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Ant1981 on 05 September 2011, 18:59

The car will handle like pants with wider wheels, and aquaplane.

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: dom on 05 September 2011, 19:06

It also depends massively on the offset of the wheels :wink:

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 19:21

Ok cool!! Cheers peeps!!

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 19:37

I've just had a look and my standard bbs's are ET43 so I'm guessing I can only take of a few mm to get the wide stance?! :laugh:

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: dom on 05 September 2011, 20:10

Quote from: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 19:37

I've just had a look and my standard bbs's are ET43 so I'm guessing I can only take of a few mm to get the wide stance?! :laugh:

ET25 front & ET20 rear will bring standard 6.5J wheels flush with the arches. In other words 18mm spacers front & 23mm spacers rear :wink:

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: Tuks87 on 05 September 2011, 20:15

Just what I needed to no!! Cheers dubbers!!

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: lankylari on 05 September 2011, 21:07

nice dub buddy looks sweat is that on coil overs or shocks and springs

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: CCGTI on 06 September 2011, 08:42

my red one, yes mate coilovers, need polo 6n top mounts to bring it down another 10mm

Title: Re: Wide Wheels?!!
Post by: VW Biston on 06 September 2011, 15:38

do the 6n top mounts just fit straight on front and rear?