DOES SIZE MATTER?

[crimp]

  I'm confused.
I have an oak green, J-reg, 16 valve, run-out Golf GTI. I thought they are supposed to have 15" BBS wheels, but mine has 14" ones. Was there a choice in wheel size? And if not, why would someone change them to smaller wheels?

[cheech]

They would be the correct wheels on it @ the mo,

[Veedubgt18v]

eh? 15's were standard! especially on run out editions!

[modulater]

The run out editions should have the BBS wheels as fitted to veedubgtii's and my car.

Besides yours is a 16V not an 8V and so it should have the 15 inch BBS as standard.

If you have a set of 14 inch BBS wheels on your car then that is wrong as the standard fit BBS were 15 inch.

Go out and have a look when you can for the part number off the wheels as I think that will help to find what wheels you have got.

[crimp]

The no. on the wheels is 16\J14\H2. Does that shed any light on where they could have come from?

[modulater]

If the wheels are the same style as the ones in my pic you will have a part number printed near the centre cap. between the bolt spaces.

Ie the ones on mine are  191 601 025

lock for the same series of numbers, then when you got it let me know and i'll look up the wheels on my ETKA to see what model they come from.

[lowgolf]

Its not the size of the wave its the motion of the ocean.

[Veedubgt18v]

Precisely.

[modulater]

oh yes, sounds to me like someone has sold the original ones on,

Time for an ebay feast.

[Gambit]

if it had 14's on it then would there not be caliper clearance issues with the 256mm front brake setup?

i thought u needed 15's at least to clear the calipers