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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: vwwvgolf on 19 October 2012, 19:13
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hello all,
so the situation is, i have a 16v on std alloys and suspension. all tyres need replacing and front drivers wheel is buckled. time to upgrade! i rather like the look of compomotive th monos so thinking of getting tyre/alloy package.
ones im looking at are 15" 8j et 25 205, 50 15', which they say will fit. once i have recovered from the pay out of the new alloys and tyres i shall be getting my self some decent coilovers. im not planning on dropping more than 60mm. am guessing i will need arches rolled with that drop, but am i guna need to get some more stretch?
a problem tho, is im not a huge fan of stretch. lol will it be required???
thanks for any help :smiley:
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To be honest I wouldn't choose them wheels for one reason, weight! They weight a ton.
You will need stretch with that et. You want et30 at the most. And yes you will need to roll them
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Ahh I have heard that they are ment to light. Thought they were Motorsport brand? What size tyre do you think I would need?
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195/45/15 tyre
If they are real motorsport wheels they would be magnesium and light. But this style of wheel is a gravel rally copy. It has a lot more matieral than needed.
However they do look awesome so don't let that put you off, I'm just telling you a little about them. I was going to get a set a while back.
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Do the mono's come in gti stud?
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no no its good to know abit about somthing rather than nothing, thank you lol
and cheers for the tyre info,
so would you really not bother with 205's?? will there be defiant rubbage??
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and yeah they come in 5x 100 :smiley:
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8j Et25 with that tyre is crazy :laugh:
I struggled with 195/45/16 tyre on my 8j et20. So you got 5mm to play with, but with 205/50/15 tyre it will rub even with rolled arches. (If its low!)
I had to go to 195/40/16 tyre.
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Okay loos like ill have to stretch then lol. Thanks for the help mate . Got to get all the rust on arches sorted before I can start to have some fun then!
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sent an email to compomotive asking about the weight, of out interest, and they weight between 6.8Kg and 7.3Kg depending on fitment, for 15" x8".
much lighter than the standard alloys i bleive lol
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But when you consider the pro race weights around 2kg they are heavy.
Oh and have you seen the standard wheel?? The standard wheel should never be compared to a aftermarket wheel.
Christ the standard wheel is almost a solid bit of alloy.
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Where you getting your wheel/tyre package from?
Give Larkspeed a look as they do some good offers.
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when you struggled with 195/45/16 tyre on the 8j et20, how low were you??
yeh i have checked out larkspeed, its not certain yet, but mainly been on rimstyle. been looking lots of plces really, still researching lol
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Just so that the top of tyre was in the arch. About 15mm of tyre
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oky, cheers mate.
ill try and get a pic up once its all sorted and done. could be while tho lol
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But when you consider the pro race weights around 2kg they are heavy.
A Pro Race 1.2 15" is 6.2kgs, I am 99% sure that TH mono's are heavier, Pro Races made a world of difference to the Octavia.
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Yeah I know :grin:
But 2kg of unsprung weight is about 8/10kg of chassis weight.
People think its only copy of kg and isn't a lot but it is!
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Yeah I know :grin:
But 2kg of unsprung weight is about 8/10kg of chassis weight.
People think its only copy of kg and isn't a lot but it is!
Well my 18" Pro Races were 9.2 kg each against the BBS CH reps that were 13.9kg each :shocked:
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Yeah I know :grin:
But 2kg of unsprung weight is about 8/10kg of chassis weight.
People think its only copy of kg and isn't a lot but it is!
Well my 18" Pro Races were 9.2 kg each against the BBS CH reps that were 13.9kg each :shocked:
Exactly
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yeah, dont buy reps lol :grin: