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Offline kuk sool

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Re:lowering and alloy sizes
« Reply #10 on: 03 March 2004, 14:48 »
So by my car being lowered quite abit is it fair to say that by going up from 15's to 16's that i would get alot of scrubbage!!!

mind you i dont get any scrubbage at the moment with 15's

Offline richy

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Re:lowering and alloy sizes
« Reply #11 on: 03 March 2004, 21:26 »
you don't necessarily scrub when you increase your wheel size, if you decrease your tire profile appropriately.  

Not sure about older golfs, but when talking possible mk4 wheel sizes... 195/65/15's, 225/45/17's and 225/40/18's all have nearly exactly the same total diameter ( about 636 mm ).   ;)

I'm personally not sure whether to go for the 17's or the 18's for me mk4.  What do you think??

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« Last Edit: 03 March 2004, 21:27 by richy »
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Re:lowering and alloy sizes
« Reply #12 on: 03 March 2004, 23:07 »
Mines lowered 105 on 16"rims with 205/40/16's. And it doesnt rub. If you have g60 arches as well i wouldnt think it would srub at all. Mine u my suspension barely moves  ;D
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Offline kuk sool

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Re:lowering and alloy sizes
« Reply #13 on: 04 March 2004, 09:45 »
the suspension on mine is lovely it doesnt move and also doesnt bang like some lowered cars ive been in when you hit a bump!!!!

im gonna go for AZEV A 16's i reckon after seeing them on two mk2 golfs so far and i think they look awesome!!! and then probably restore the old bbs's!!!