negative wheel offset

[kaanage]

From the sound of it though its doubtful whether there is any offset variation anyway let alone a big enough one to be felt at the wheel.

I prefer the steering feel of my stock 43mm offset rims to my 38mm offset track rims. I'd hate to go to a lower offset.

[dylan8]

Can't just say et35 is the best. Its based on width.
8et35 will have the same outside position as 7.5et29

[sambb]

kaanage that's what I was kind of thinking. In your case possibly the stock rims (having more positive offset) sit the rim further inboard and get the tyre contact patch in a better spot ie a better scrub radius/offset.
That was the deal with Mk2 escorts. They had terrible positive scrub and putting on wheels with less positive offset (for a wider stance/track) would make this situation even worse.
For me I'm happy staying on stock gti wheels for the street but if there is a stock wheel offset out there that gives the best scrub radius/offset then I want that one.
Any track guys or techs know the scrub offset/steering geometry on our cars?

[noone]

the lower the ET (keep in mind the wheel width affects how this sits) the further out. More poke / more stance / wider contact patch / less roll in a corner (debatable / relative).

I'm running a 37 on an 8"

[sambb]

my car is a dec 06' and has standard ET43's. Sounds like compared to the other Gti model years I have the ones with the most positive offset which I'm willing to bet would give the better scrub radius of the two offsets although not the wider stance. I'm happy with that.