MK5 Golf GTI

Thanks for the help on this, all fitted now!






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Great write up and excellent additions throughout the topic! I am looking at swapping my Monzas over to Porsche 911 Twist 18's, Am I right in thinking these will slip straight on?

If they are genuine Porsche wheels they have a pcd of 5x130 rather than vw 5x112. So you would need adaptors.

Evening
BBS CH028 18x8 43et
Will those for my standard mk5 R32,without any issues
Thanks
Simon

Sorry I need some assistance please, I have run the wheels I am looking at through
the ' willtheyfitguide ' and the difference does not seem too great. Most of the info seems to change the Offset which I can understand will complicate matters but the one's I have in mind have an almost identical ET

They are a set of Audi 18" 5 x 112 with an ET of 52 fitted with 245 40 18 pirelli's

Being in Crete I cannot get the car and wheels together for a trial fit, i intend to buy them and ship them to Crete so I would really welcome your input please.
Thanks in advance   Steve

You havent put width on.

But yes they will fit, albeit you may need spacers to clear your suspension strut if you are on coilovers.
Slightly smaller tyres wouldnt be a miss either..225 or 235/40 on an 8 or 8.5 would be fine.

Sorry about that, they are 9" wide, the car is on standard suspension and ride height.
The guide seemed to show an even increase front and back over the existing wheels, 20mm nearer the strut and an extra 18mm poke.
I was going for either Pescara or omanyt because I have always felt any given car looks better with oem wheels of the era, but some of the newer oem Audi wheels look really tasty, so I am being drawn towards them.
Regards   

Yeah no that would probably rub the strut at the front. You'd need a bit of a a spacer on the front end.

Thanks once again, had a bit of a feel behind the existing std set up and they are running very close to the strut already.
There seem to be lot of variations of width and ET on the wheels I am looking at, they do an 8j version with 225 40 so might look for a set of those instead.
Regards    Steve

Quote from: Steve in crete on July 10, 2015, 11:59:55 AM
Thanks once again, had a bit of a feel behind the existing std set up and they are running very close to the strut already.
There seem to be lot of variations of width and ET on the wheels I am looking at, they do an 8j version with 225 40 so might look for a set of those instead.
Regards    Steve

You're better off getting the 8J. With 9J you either rub the strut or you rub the wing arch (you can get them rolled, not sure if that's enough for a 9J).

Thanks for your help guys, this is dead now I have decided to look for some others more suitable.
Steve

Good read1

I have 17" golf gti denvers on my golf with 225/45/17 tyres. I want to buy higher profile tyres:  225/55/17 to increase comfort because lately I've had to drive through pretty poor roads and I am sick and tired of trying to avoid potholes and stressing if I hit one. Can the Denvers hold such a high profile tire? Will stock gti clearance be enough or will I need spacers?




BTW very usefull write up

Stick to 225/45 tyres.
Won't really make much difference and will put your speedo out quite a bit.
Will also drive poop.

Very informative post mate! 
Looking at some new wheels. Not lowered yet but looking at coilovers in the near future.
Would they fit:

19x8.5 et 47 on 225/35/19
or
18x8 et 48 on 225/40/18