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Offline Clifford125

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Staggered set of wheels?
« on: 20 April 2014, 17:23 »
I want to get some new wheels for my mk4 golf.

Dose anyone reading this run a staggered set or have an opinion on the subject?

8.5J and 9J??

will I need wheel spacers?

The car is lowerd

Thanks.

Offline spudboy6

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #1 on: 20 April 2014, 17:57 »
My seat toledo ( mk4 platform )

Running 8j front et 35 18" and 9j rear et 35 18"

No rubbing at all , only running 5mm front spacers to clear the shocks so a et30 on the front would solve that no spacers




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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #2 on: 20 April 2014, 20:14 »
I'm running 8.5j up front and 9.5j at the rear and needed 15mm spacers for the front.

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #3 on: 20 April 2014, 23:40 »
They will be fine, I doubt you will need spacers.

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #4 on: 20 April 2014, 23:42 »
I'm running 8.5j up front and 9.5j at the rear and needed 15mm spacers for the front.

Ehhh why did u need spacers I'm running the same as you without spacers??

Offline Carl!

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #5 on: 20 April 2014, 23:43 »
Fitment will depend on, offset of the wheels,the size of tyres, if you need spacers and how low you want to go. i'm running 8.5 and 9.5 rears, 15mm spacers rear and 10mm front. 215/35/18 all round, unsure on offset, currently. Basically you need to look into it further before you bu some wheels.

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #6 on: 21 April 2014, 01:00 »
I'm running 8.5j up front and 9.5j at the rear and needed 15mm spacers for the front.

Ehhh why did u need spacers I'm running the same as you without spacers??

I had to or it would hit my coil overs  :cry:

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #7 on: 21 April 2014, 18:30 »
I'm surprised about that Nino, what offset are they? :undecided:

I'm running 8.5J front and 9.5J rear, ET35 all round. I had to grind a little bit of my brake pad backing down on the front because the wheels were catching and they're close to the strut but no spacers needed.


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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #8 on: 22 April 2014, 01:39 »
Weird mine are the same wheels as ure's and mine didn't need it

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Re: Staggered set of wheels?
« Reply #9 on: 22 April 2014, 06:56 »
They are ET35

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