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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: d-dubz on 15 December 2006, 22:57

Title: 19'' on mk3
Post by: d-dubz on 15 December 2006, 22:57: can i put 19'' alloys on my mk3, if so how do i go around doing this? and who do i contact..

thanx
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: garfayliu on 16 December 2006, 00:23: nothing's impossible, but I'd have to say no. the overall diameter of the wheel would be too large, so your speedo would overread by a fair amount. if you still want to carry on, you'll need to get the arches rolled and probably pulled, plus you won't be able to lower it that much.
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: vwagain on 16 December 2006, 03:01: And to be honest thy look comical on anything bigger than17" They just dont look right IMHO.

Stu
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: monkeyalan on 16 December 2006, 11:50: you'd need something like a 25 profile tyre to keep anything like the same rolling radius.
i don't think there is such a thing.
and it would look silly.
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: tommk3cab on 17 December 2006, 09:35: and if there was such a thing as 25 profile (there is but only on lambo and ferrari like 10 inch wide beasts) they would be more per corner than the wheels, and as above it would look like it was on stilts.
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: MrDan on 17 December 2006, 19:25: 19"s on a MK4 look a little bit out,never mind a mk3 Get some nice 17s and some coilovers and slam it on its ass :laugh:

probably cost the same
Title: Re: 19'' on mk3
Post by: tommk3cab on 17 December 2006, 20:29: exactly what mine needs when i can get the Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£ till then there is no point stuggling to do it for cheap, done it before, gets you nowhere! quite literally sometimes.