Tyre recommendations for the Mk7

[Mountainman]

The height of the car is perfect, please let us not end up like vwvortex

+1 It looks perfect.

[AdamD]

the car sits far too high for 18" wheels. it needs to go lower.

I personally would drop it between 20-25mm (up to an inch) or so, but no more. That'd restore it to an OEM-like position in terms of arch gap. At present it sits higher than you'd see a factory-delivered sporty Golf running 18s.

[cathaldinneen]

I personally would drop it between 20-25mm (up to an inch) or so, but no more. That'd restore it to an OEM-like position in terms of arch gap. At present it sits higher than you'd see a factory-delivered sporty Golf running 18s.

Yes, I agree it does need to go lower for a sportier look but I'd hate to compromise on comfort or drivability ( in terms of curbs, speed-bumps etc)

20 -25 mm sounds about right, How would I go about investigating this ? How would this effect my warranty ?

[Dano™]

20-25mm should not effect the warranty only a major change to the geometry would give you problems/effect your warranty if you made a claim for a suspension component

[brad]

20-25mm should not effect the warranty only a major change to the geometry would give you problems/effect your warranty if you made a claim for a suspension component

Change the springs & any warranty on dampers or the top mounts goes out the window. Possibly other suspension components too but it would be up to the Service Manager at the dealership & whether he wants to play hard-ball or not.

How would I go about investigating this ?

read the various suspension threads on this forum?

If your car is relatively new the suspension will settle 5-10mm over time anyway.

[nat225]

+1 for Brad.

Plus In my own experience, some service managers should not be allowed to serve customers as they do not have sufficient logic / common sense.

At one point I complained about noise in my door / window sill between B & C pillars when going over a bump or the car is at an angle (due to dry rubber / felt seal that is in contact with the door frame, very common in audi / vw and there is a dedicated thread in mk6 section).

The service manager blamed my coilover for it!! No other solution, period.

Bilstein must have designed PSS10 to make door felt liner and car paint stickier than stock suspension

[cnr]

Might be a silly question. Run flat tyres ruin the riding. But does anyone think its stiffer tyre wall will save our lives especially in highway or freeway? My tires have not went flat when driving. Is it really dangerous as rumor?

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[brad]

Might be a silly question. Run flat tyres ruin the riding. But does anyone think its stiffer tyre wall will save our lives especially in highway or freeway? My tires have not went flat when driving. Is it really dangerous as rumor?

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Does your car have tyre pressure monitoring? If it does then run-flats will have little value add.

I haven't had a catastrophic release of tyre pressure in 35yrs of motoring so personally, I can't see the advantages outweighing the trade-offs of RFTs.

If you don't have TPMS then it might be a better solution to add a remote monitored TPMS solution
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[nat225]

Might be a silly question. Run flat tyres ruin the riding. But does anyone think its stiffer tyre wall will save our lives especially in highway or freeway? My tires have not went flat when driving. Is it really dangerous as rumor?

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Run flats also sharpen the handling.

They could save life by not having to replace your flat tyre on a high speed narrow highway blind spot section (yes i have seen some people happyly stopped at blind corners!).

TPMS is required for all run flats

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[cnr]

Run flats also sharpen the handling.

They could save life by not having to replace your flat tyre on a high speed narrow highway blind spot section (yes i have seen some people happyly stopped at blind corners!).

TPMS is required for all run flats

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Righto. Two month ago my left rear tyre got punctured (which was afterwards told by my dealer) and TPMS sign pop up every week. I've got to inflate tyres every week.

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