18's on Polo GTI

[VWindahouse]

Hi there, I was wondering how some of the tuning companies ie. BB's Garage are fitting 18x8" alloys and 215/35R18's on the little Polo? I think I have read in a thread on this forum that Guy from APR only uses 17x7.5" and 205/45R17 for street and when he races, reason being when he used 215/45's he had some pretty bad scrubbing.

Thanks for your help

[PoloGTi]

I am pretty sure cars like the polo cup cars have pumped front gaurds. They run a 17X7.5 and is completly in the gaurd and there is no way u could do that with our cars.

[VWindahouse]

I remember reading a UK VW tuning mag and they sold aluminum wheel spacers for the 9N which came in a few different sizes from memory. I guess there would be a couple of advantages such as a wider wheel track and the ability to use wider tyres.

Has anyone ever used wheel spacers before?

[PoloGTi]

Interesting thers not much space in the front for spacers i wounder what size they were.

[VWindahouse]

I found this on the BB's Garage site. It seems as though it may depend on the offset of the wheel perhaps. http://www.bb-automobiltechnik.de/bb...B2_polo_9n.php

For this particular wheel they say it can only fit with 5mm spacers and a 215/35R18 tyre.

Where as with this link http://www.bb-automobiltechnik.de/bb...B1_polo_9n.php they say you can go as wide as a 225/35R17 tyre and no spacers needed.

So what are your thoughts is it all to do with offset???

Just found another tuning company MTM who is selling them http://www.mtm-online.de/en/index.ph...3&FZID=POLO110

[SidGTi]

What is the offset for the GTI anyways?

[VWindahouse]

I think this is correct

-Wheels PCD 5X100 offset is 43
-Tyres are continental contact sports 2 205/45 16

[jayzee75]

Hey there

Are there any members out there who have put 18's on thier polo? Just wondering if they fit? Any Advice would be great

[GermanwithaVdub]

other than that they'd look slightly dumb... this is an easy way to check things like that it saves having to do calculations:

http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp

[ScienceVR6]

other than that they'd look slightly dumb... this is an easy way to check things like that it saves having to do calculations:

http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp

COOL!!
i can get 20" rims on a vr6, i just have to use a 195/25 20.....