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Offline boxerboy

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17's on a mk4
« on: 10 January 2013, 00:17 »
do 17's look too small on a mk4 golf bbs lm's are my wheel of choice and seen a set for sale but they are 17's and not the usual 18's people go for, i have coilovers as well to go on so what size tyres would people recommend.

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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #1 on: 10 January 2013, 08:50 »
Personally i think 18's look best on a IV but 17's look perfectly fine on low golf i have some 17" TT Comps and lowered a little (nowhere near as low as i would like but cant with the roads i go on and it being my daily) and some times they look good other times look to small.

but thats just me, its a bit down to personal preference i think.
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Offline Rob Zombie

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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #2 on: 10 January 2013, 08:58 »
Quote from: godsANGER on 10 January 2013, 08:50
Personally i think 18's look best on a IV but 17's look perfectly fine on low golf i have some 17" TT Comps and lowered a little (nowhere near as low as i would like but cant with the roads i go on and it being my daily) and some times they look good other times look to small.

but thats just me, its a bit down to personal preference i think.

Yep - exactly what he said. Personal preference i guess. I would go for 18's personally but that's me. do you plan on having it low?
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #3 on: 10 January 2013, 09:43 »
Cheers for the advice guys i would prefer 18s but i want bbs wheels and i think these are a steal at 150 without tyres although they are replicas, i thought it was a bit of a bargain. I was gonna lower it about 60-80 mm. Cant find alot of pics even on google of 17s on a mk4
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #4 on: 10 January 2013, 09:49 »
to be honest mate 17's look good if you are lowering a lot but you have to have low profile tyres or a nice bit of stretch, but 18's do suit very well
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #5 on: 10 January 2013, 09:51 »
I have got 17" bbs lms (reps) and because of the polished lip they do appear smaller my car is lowered 40mm and i used to have 18"s before i fitted these. Honesly i prefer the look of 18" but the ride is alot better/smoother on 17"s
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #6 on: 10 January 2013, 10:39 »
May be worth browing the classified adds buddy - see if there's any steals on there!  :cool:
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #7 on: 10 January 2013, 12:33 »
i think 17" look too small, 18" look too big :D

but prefer the ride on 17" over 18"
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #8 on: 10 January 2013, 13:26 »
I think 17" wheels fit fine, they don't strike me as being desperately small, they are also more compliant than my 18" I had on before. Although with 18" I don't think I had as much of a gap between the arch and wheel if you're into that sort of thing.
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Re: 17's on a mk4
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2013, 22:46 »
Got a set of 19's so a bit bigger than the 17's i was considering. But happy they should look good  :cool: just need to rob a bank for cash for tyres now ha ha :wink:
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