wheel downsizing?

[mkviken]

anyone gone from 18s to 17s?

im thinking about a set of OZ ultraleggera or something but in 17" in a quest for better performance and handling and to try and reduce road noise/vibration and reduce some rattles in the cabin.


has anyone went downsize or have experience with decent 17's (or even lightweight 18's if they improved things).

did they make much difference over the monza shadows and/or OEM bridgestones?

[ScottA]

I'd say 19" with good tyres would be better than the awful 18" bridgestones 

[mkviken]

19s are too heavy

I fancy something a lot lighter. I reckon that would really improve the ride anyway

Snoopy do you want to lend me your 17s so I can see if its any different?

[Snoopy]

Yours rides better on the 18s with oem suspension than mine does. Mines a bit bouncy compared to what yours was.
Robbin (Redrobin went from 17s to 18 monza II then to 18" OZ iirc)

[Xtrhardcore]

i'm rolling on 17's and i can say i much prefer these to my 18", so much quieter and comfortable!

[Snoopy]

Also ment to say yours is a lot quieter too. Your bridgestones are quieter than mine.

[Gene Hunt.]

Went the other way from 17'' to 18'' on my first GTI.Can't say it made a huge differance & the 18'' look much better.Tyres make the differance to me,my ED30 is on Conti sport 3 now & there much better than the Vreds that were on the old ones.

[mkviken]

im a big fan of SC3. had them on a few cars

the bridgestones on mine are so bloody noisy

car has only done 8000 miles so will be ages until i ditch them

[Edi35]

I'd say 19" with good tyres would be better than the awful 18" bridgestones 

+1. The 19"s I have with Pirelli Zero's are better than the Monza Shadows I had with Dunlops on my previous Mk6

[MonkeyP]

im a big fan of SC3. had them on a few cars

the bridgestones on mine are so bloody noisy

car has only done 8000 miles so will be ages until i ditch them

Not if you have "clutch control issue"