MK6 77TSI 17" Wheel Problem - Help

[Lucas_R]

You might need some 5mm or 10mm spacers in order for the wheels to fit?

[Ozram]

Otherwise, you could send the wheels away to have a few mm machined off the inside hub facing part - this would make the wheels sit slightly further out and allow you to clear the fuel filler pipe.

Wouldn't this make them sit further in? Surely machining and adding spacers are two opposites?

[Lucas_R]

Good pick up..... Wasnt thinking clearly about what i was writing. Post edited.

Wouldn't this make them sit further in? Surely machining and adding spacers are two opposites?

[bigdave260]

Yeah, it might come down to using spacers. Online, I've seen plenty of these wheels fit to mk6 Golfs, do some models have more clearance than others?

[bigdave260]

How much clearance do I require to avoid scrubbing, as a general guide?

[Corey_R]

If the wheels really are the offset they claim to be, and these aren't some chinese replicas or something where they claim ET51 but they're not, then you already have wheels which would clear a "regular Golf". Maybe what you should be doing is taking off the wheel in question, taking a photo of your wheel arch with the fuel tank pipe you mention in the 1st post, and showing that to us so we can have a look to see whether it's the same in our cars. There aren't many Golf 77TSI peoples around here... even less who go and change wheels etc.

The other question is what tyre size where you thinking of putting on?

[hentaiboy]

Nice wheels! Bit wasted on a 77TSI