« Reply #6 on: 09 October 2011, 18:50 »
Golfs and Sciroccos run different offsets. An 8 inch wide wheel on a Golf would ideally have an offset of 44mm or higher. Even at ET44 it's marginal on the front.
Sciroccos run a wider track and have huuuuge arches and thus have lower offsets. Scirocco wheels tend to be ET41 and have 235 section tyres.
Golf R alloys are ET51 and even then have little plastic extensions on their wheel arches to prevent the tyres sitting proud of the bodywork (MOT fail and thus illegal with VOSA).
And thanks Jim!!!
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