Hi Mase,
I am planning on putting new alloys on my Mark III 8v and you seem to know what you talking about. The car isnt dropped at all yet and has the standard 5 stud VW alloys.
What's the biggest alloy size you can put on without arch work - is it 17" ?
Also what is the biggest alloy width you can have 7" or up to 8" ?
What tyres can you then put on these, 215/40/17 or anything bigger ?
I am fancying some BK299s - they come in 17 x 7" which deffo will fit and 18 x 7.5" which might not.
BK sell the 7 x 17" with 205 tyres 40 17 tyres but I wanted something a bit chunkier on them like 215s. Do you have 215s on &2 alloys on yours ?
Cheers
Mark
haha, know wat im talking about... wouldnt go that far, still new to dubs, just transfering knowledge picked up from different fittments really....
as len has already pointed out, 215's could be the widest tyres u can fit under the arches of a mk3 without causing problems... i havent even had mine on axle stands to see wats happening with the suspension set up yet haha.
but AFAIK... with no lowering, u can get 18's under the arches... its just when u come to dropping it i think u need the inner arch trimmed and maybe rolled to clear.
now my 17's are 8.5" wide, and sit on stretched 215/40 tyres... i dont know the offset, and its lowered about 40mm, and even with 4 other people in it there isnt any scrubbing anywhere.
my theory on this is that if u can get 215/40/17 wheels and tyres under the arches with a 60mm drop, then surely u could fit 215/35/18 wheels and tyres under a 30mm or even 40mm drop with very little trouble, and at the end of the day, arch rolling usually only costs about £30 a corner, so wouldnt be a huge ammount if it turns out u needed some rolling or trimming done.
