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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: viperjsy on 12 November 2014, 14:32

Title: tyre hight diffrence between 205/55/16 and 215/45/17
Post by: viperjsy on 12 November 2014, 14:32

hi are thay the same hight or is the 17 an inch smaller

Title: Re: tyre hight diffrence between 205/55/16 and 215/45/17
Post by: itavaltalainen on 12 November 2014, 16:23

the rotation circumference on the 215/45/17 is 1% smaller, i.e. you speedo will read 1% too much

you will also loose 3mm ground clearance.... so no issue

Title: Re: tyre hight diffrence between 205/55/16 and 215/45/17
Post by: viperjsy on 14 November 2014, 22:00

thank you