19" bbs lm

[j9yyh]

Hi,  i have a mk5 golf gt tdi and im looking at getting some bbs lm (replica) 19" staggered, fronts 19x8.5 and rears 19x9.5 et45, but iv bin told i will have touble with the rears one, i.e i will have to roll the archers.  Im not wanting to do this?  Can anybody tell me if this is the case???? or should i just stay safe and buy the 18x9j all round?

Thanks

[Gene Hunt]

I think 18'' alloys are fine on the mk5 GTI.

[Top Cat]

The size of the wheel makes no difference, to keep the rolling circumference the tyre wall goes bigger or smaller, meaning both 18in and 19in will be the same size effectively once the tyre is fitted.
regarding the staggered fitment, 9.5 on the rear will be very close to the strut on the inside, not sure but you may need a spacer there as well to clear it. Also you will have to add some camber front and back to get them to fit under the arches, if you plan to lower it at all. And finally 19in 9.5j fake lm,s are going to weigh about the same as a R 32.  you will need a good stereo system pumped up loud so you cant here the crashing and banging from your set up.
Good luck post up pics of the car once there on. 

[Five Alive]

as far as i know you will probably have more problems with the front than the back, depends on the offsets really, easily put a bit of camber on the back to stop any scrubbing, may need to roll the front arches though, plus depends how low you go

[big al]

Go for 18inch LM's mate, I had some on my car and they were only about £400 for reps.

[TurboTrev]

19s for me, but unless you're looking for a real wide look with stretched tyres, stick to a max of 8.5" and ET45 (or up to ET50) at the front and ET40 (or up to ET50) at the back.  Tyres should be 235/35x19, or if you go for 8" wide, 235/35 or 225/35.

[Andy]

19s for me, but unless you're looking for a real wide look with stretched tyres, stick to a max of 8.5" and ET45 (or up to ET50) at the front and ET40 (or up to ET50) at the back.  Tyres should be 235/35x19, or if you go for 8" wide, 235/35 or 225/35.

19" for me to

[scottlloyd90]

I'm in pretty much the same situation mate, would love to see some pics an get feedback when they are on

[monte]

Yeah if I swap my 19's back to the 18's....I can't wait to get the 19's back on. 

Aesthetically the  perfect size wheel for the mk5 golf and looks even better when the car is lowered 

[VC]

echoing TC 

get the 19's on 

[Andy]

got to be 19" alloys

[Dan648v]

This thread doesn't help at all!!!! Lol 

Im in the same boat and am looking at lm reps, I'm all the way down on ap's and fancy 8" front 9" rears,ove the low and wide look on mk5's!! But you lot are making hard to choose