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Offline DAVEMARX

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will 18's fit mk3
« on: 12 June 2009, 19:16 »
at the moment ive got stock suspenstion on 17's but i want to drop it 40mm with 18's

will they fit or do i need the arches folded?

whats the widest wheel and tyre size i can fit and do i need spacers etc

cheers

dave
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #1 on: 12 June 2009, 19:23 »
while im here my interia has seen better days and i really need to change it..

While at the scrappy at the weekend i found a mk4 with really nice seat.

Do they fit the mk3 and if not hhow much work is involved to make them fit?

I was thinking of a steering wheel swap aswell with airbag from the same mk4.

are they a simple swap with the same electrics for the airbag??

dave
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Offline VR6-Joe

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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #2 on: 12 June 2009, 19:30 »
Why the fook would you wanna put 18's on a Mk3? 16's are more than enough, 17's can look good.. but 18's? Seriously :huh:

No, Mk4 seats will not fit, unless you weld the correct mounts onto the floorpan iirc

Not sure how much work is involved fitting a Mk4 steering wheel but I think it is quite a tricky job, try and track one down from a 3.5 cabby :wink:
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #3 on: 12 June 2009, 19:33 »
18's will make the car drive shi7e!! and looks bad too!
seats would need mk3 subframes welding to them
mk4 will not fit easily (you'd need to modify the wiring quite a bit) but as said the mk3.5 (mk4 cabrio) wheel is a direct fit
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #4 on: 12 June 2009, 20:08 »
Quote from: DAVEMARX on 12 June 2009, 19:16
at the moment ive got stock suspenstion on 17's but i want to drop it 40mm with 18's

will they fit or do i need the arches folded?

whats the widest wheel and tyre size i can fit and do i need spacers etc

cheers

dave


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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #5 on: 12 June 2009, 20:12 »
On 18's you will need 35 profile or even 30 if you want to go as wide as poss (215)


So being sensible "wildest" you can go is 215 wide tyres on 17x8 wheels.
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #6 on: 12 June 2009, 20:21 »
I struggled with 17"s why you want to go bigger is beyond me.
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Offline ace

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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #7 on: 12 June 2009, 20:25 »
18's will be too big for a mk3, pretty sure u would prob need arch work done as well
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #8 on: 12 June 2009, 20:37 »
when fitting big rims on a mk3 its all about width not height.
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Re: will 18's fit mk3
« Reply #9 on: 12 June 2009, 20:40 »
A guy on ed38 has 7x18's but not lowered to be honest it looks daft.
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