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Offline Stu G

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hey all
« on: 05 March 2009, 23:48 »
i might be new to the mk4 world. i may be buying a bora 4motion and am just wanting to know if i put bigger wheels on and get a puncture and the spare is a different size to the rest will it damage the 4wd system ??
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Offline Stu G

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Re: hey all
« Reply #1 on: 06 March 2009, 22:25 »
was the above post stupid?
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Offline Steve_PD

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Re: hey all
« Reply #2 on: 06 March 2009, 22:27 »
as long as its no bigger than 18's you should be fine  :undecided:
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Re: hey all
« Reply #3 on: 06 March 2009, 22:47 »
The trick is to keep the rolling radius the same. ;)

e.g.  205/55 16  >  215/45 17 (or 225/45 17)  >  225/40 18  >  235/35 19

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Re: hey all
« Reply #4 on: 07 March 2009, 08:05 »
belting so as long as i stick with that i should be ok cheers guys :D
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Offline jonnyturbo

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Re: hey all
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2009, 08:17 »
yup shud b ok if u stick with that info ^^^^^
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Re: hey all
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2009, 08:51 »
Quote from: Stu G on 07 March 2009, 08:05
belting so as long as i stick with that i should be ok cheers guys :D


Yes, but do me a favour & don't go with 19's - Makes the car look like Bigfoot, LOL! :D
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Offline Stu G

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Re: hey all
« Reply #7 on: 08 March 2009, 20:43 »
oh definatly wouldnt put it on 29s. 17s probably 18s maybe lol
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Re: hey all
« Reply #8 on: 08 March 2009, 20:49 »
Quote from: Stu G on 08 March 2009, 20:43
oh definatly wouldnt put it on 29s. 17s probably 18s maybe lol

29s lol  :grin:
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Re: hey all
« Reply #9 on: 08 March 2009, 21:35 »
No way is the spare for my R32 18''  :laugh:

You would be fine mate!
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