MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: AnilS on July 16, 2011, 07:23:52 pm
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Guys, quick question. What is the smallest diameter rims I'd get away with to clear the calipers, so I can set the car up for winter?
Car is on 18s ATM :happy2:
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16" over standard gti calipers... :smiley:
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OK, will look for a ropey set of 16s and tyre up appropiately :happy2:
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its july stop talking about winter its depressing lol
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Did i miss the summer?? :confused:.............. :sad1:
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My budgeting would mean it wont be long before Im pricing up 17s and winter tyres too :sad1: lol.
Think I'll be back in the Uk by winter this year but I preach winter tyres, its now law here to have them on.
If the weather is snowy or icy and you are stopped between Nov - Mar without suitable tyres (mud & snow or the ice symbol)
it's 40€ if you get stuck and cause an obstruction €80+
Some how made it through winter with R888s :ashamed: (oh, yeah by borrowing my bosses V8 Range Rover lol)
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LOL :laugh: Sorry for the depression :ashamed:
Nows the time to buy, whilst prices are sensible and there is stock. I bought a set of 16s with Conti Winter (5mm part worns) tyres for my BMW last year in August and all in, cost less than £200 :happy2:
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I agree with ANILS on this, we left it a bit late last year for the other halfs 1 series and struggled to get some winter tyres, and when we did find some they were very expensive, made a massive difference though :happy2:
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I agree with ANILS on this, we left it a bit late last year for the other halfs 1 series and struggled to get some winter tyres, and when we did find some they were very expensive, made a massive difference though :happy2:
When you say 1 series it randomly made me think of the Doc next door asleep in his car (while swapping wheels, it was a 1 series?) :grin: :grin:
Back on topic, JPC did a rewiew on some pretty impressive snow tyres with video.
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I agree with ANILS on this, we left it a bit late last year for the other halfs 1 series and struggled to get some winter tyres, and when we did find some they were very expensive, made a massive difference though :happy2:
When you say 1 series it randomly made me think of the Doc next door asleep in his car (while swapping wheels, it was a 1 series?) :grin: :grin:
Back on topic, JPC did a rewiew on some pretty impressive snow tyres with video.
ha ha forgot about that, he does it regularly actually, and it was a CTR :laugh:
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Did i miss the summer?? :confused:.............. :sad1:
looking out of the window i'm beginning to think we did :scared:
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I don't think all 16" wheels will clear the caliper.
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Did i miss the summer?? :confused:.............. :sad1:
looking out of the window i'm beginning to think we did :scared:
Yeah its been tippin it down almost 2 days solid now.... like the wet season :sick: :mad:
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+1. Washed the car 7am this morning and if you told me it was October, I'd have believed you!
This time last year I would have to wash the car at 5am because the shampoo wash would dry too quickly if I started after 6am!
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I don't think all 16" wheels will clear the caliper.
Can ths confirmed? Otherwise looking at 17s.
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Just a note for anyone looking at part worns on ebay or the like; you'll notice a lot of the part worns for sale have about 4mm left - which is fine and legal but snow tyres are much less effective below 4mm hence why most people get rid at about that level. Might not be the bargain they seem ...
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Just a note for anyone looking at part worns on ebay or the like; you'll notice a lot of the part worns for sale have about 4mm left - which is fine and legal but snow tyres are much less effective below 4mm hence why most people get rid at about that level. Might not be the bargain they seem ...
Thanks given
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Just a note for anyone looking at part worns on ebay or the like; you'll notice a lot of the part worns for sale have about 4mm left - which is fine and legal but snow tyres are much less effective below 4mm hence why most people get rid at about that level. Might not be the bargain they seem ...
I take your point. As stated, mine were 5mm. Heres the dilemma. Would you rather be on new (8mm) summer tyres, in the winter conditions or 5mm part worns winters? Its not all about thread depth but winter tyre composition is an important factor. They just work better from the off.
I'll take the later thanks. I've already experienced being on 7mm summer tyres a few winters ago, only to wheelspin their life away, down to 5mm, in a matter of weeks.
There are choices out there. I'm just making the right one for me :happy2:
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Also come the winter snow tyres will go up in price like last year by 40%
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Just a note for anyone looking at part worns on ebay or the like; you'll notice a lot of the part worns for sale have about 4mm left - which is fine and legal but snow tyres are much less effective below 4mm hence why most people get rid at about that level. Might not be the bargain they seem ...
I take your point. As stated, mine were 5mm. Heres the dilemma. Would you rather be on new (8mm) summer tyres, in the winter conditions or 5mm part worns winters? Its not all about thread depth but winter tyre composition is an important factor. They just work better from the off.
I'll take the later thanks. I've already experienced being on 7mm summer tyres a few winters ago, only to wheelspin their life away, down to 5mm, in a matter of weeks.
There are choices out there. I'm just making the right one for me :happy2:
Of course its your choice and I do believe that its still better.
Its just food for thought for others. In many parts of europe the legal limit for snow tyres is 3 or 4mm (I suspect they send them all here to be sold on ebay at that point ...).
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They do indeed send them over here. Spot on correct as their legal limit IS 4mm whereas ours is a very bad 1.6mm. It is also a legal requirement in some parts of Europe that you have to switch to Winters. They should apply that here too. :confused:
The place I got these part worns are graded for tread.
Grade 1 = 5mm or better
Grade 2 = 4 mm
5mm is plenty for a couple of winters. On the BM, my winter alloys/tyres go on in October and come off in March. This does two things for me. Firstly, comforted that, if driven sensibily, my car would get traction and give me the edge in stopping distance, and secondly, I'm not ruining a valuable set of 18s, be they salt attacked or bashed against kerbs.
Our GTi is on Sessantas and they didn't cope that well in the winter conditions, hence my initial question. Failing that, I could get all season tyres (Quadtracs) when the Sessantas need replacing, but that won't be at least another year.
Regards.