Wheels won't fit?!

[Greedy]

I've got a 96 (N) Golf Gti. It had 17" wheels on it when i bought it. They are nice wheels altho the woman who had it before me must have been riding along the kerb with them! My dad had a 96 Audi A4 with 17" on it. But, much to my surprise, they won't fit on my golf?! He has just got a new golf mk 5 aswell and bought RS4 alloys for it and even the alloys that were on his golf when he bought it won't fit on mine either!?! Is there anyway u can get a fitment for the wheels to fit or shall i just have to fork out and buy new wheels??

[R98 HUF]

I believe Golf MK3 is 5*100 wheres the A4 and the MK5 Golf is 5*112

[Tom H]

^^ I think R98 there is right, you should be able to fix the problem with hub convertors:

http://www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheels_adaptors.asp

Or did you mean that they won't fit because they're just plain too big?! From what I've seen on here 17s will only fit on a Mk3 with really low profile tyres, so if they've come off another car they might need changing.

[R98 HUF]

Yeah need to be a 205 or 215 if that helps

[boneybradley]

does this help...
Audi
Model Year                       PCD                 Offset                              Bore
100/200 90 to 94              5x112               30 to 42                           57.1
A2 00>                            5x100               38 to 45                           57.1
A3 96 to 03                      5x100               38 to 42                           57.1
New A3 03>                      5x112              42 to 50                            57.1
A4 94 to 00                      5x112               35 to 42                           57.1
A6 94>                            5x112               35 to 42                           57.1
A8 02>                            5x112               35 to 42                           57.1
A8/S8 94 to 02                 5x112               35 to 42                           57.1
Allroad 00>                      5x112               15 to 25                           57.1
Cabriolet 92 to 00             4x108               35 to 42                           57.1
S3 98>                           5x100                35 to 42                           57.1
S4 98 to 91                    5x112                 35 to 42                           57.1
S6 94>                           5x112                 35 to 42                          57.1
TT 99>                           5x100                25 to 42                           57.1

Model Year                      PCD                   Offset                             Bore
Corrado 4 Stud 83 to 93     4x100                35 to 42                           57.1
Corrado 5 Stud 92 to 98     5x100               35 to 42                            57.1
Golf I / Cabrio 76 to 98       4x100               35 to 42                            57.1
Golf II & III / Ventro 84 to 98 4x100            35 to 42                            57.1
Golf III 5 Stud 92 to 98        5x100              35 to 42                           57.1
Golf IV / Bora 98 to 03        5x100                35 to 42                          57.1
New Beetle 98>                 5x100               35 to 42                           57.1
New Golf V 03>                 5x112               40 to 45                            57.1
Passat 00>                       5x112               35 to 42                           57.1
Passat 5 Stud 97 to 00       5x112               35 to 42                           57.1

and for mk3 on 17's you need 205/215 40x17 tyre's for correct gearing etc

[Greedy]

Thats a great help! cheers guys! Now i can get 17" Audi wheels on my motor!!

[HoopDub]

ye TT or A3 will fit straight on