Vw t5 with amarok wheels

[jjhobart]

Will Amarok 16" wheels with 245/70/16 tyres fit on a T5 2008 without rubbing and will the speedo be out?? And if the speed needs recalibration what can one expect to pay?

Thanks in advance.

Hi
I have tried this on my T5 Caravelle 4-Motion (2009).
The tyres won't rub except at hard full lock, HOWEVER the brake calipher unit will bind against the inside of the front wheel rims.
The external left and right edge corners of the caiipher unit was the problem with the rims I tried.

You would need to trim about 2 or 3 mm off those corners to give enough clearance but you'd also need to add about a 3 to 5mm wheel spacer to centre the tyre with the same offset as the original rims. Longer wheel bolts would be required. (one of the tyre web sites has a calculator where this can be viewed).

The speedo would read about 3 kilometres under the actual speed.
The torque band would be off and a manual gear change requires a slightly higher speed - I'm not sure about automatics though.
The fuel economy could be adversely affected.

None of the above is legal and I am definitely not advocating you do this.

Regards

[DOUBLECAB]

Hi
I have tried this on my T5 Caravelle 4-Motion (2009).
The tyres won't rub except at hard full lock, HOWEVER the brake calipher unit will bind against the inside of the front wheel rims.
The external left and right edge corners of the caiipher unit was the problem with the rims I tried.

You would need to trim about 2 or 3 mm off those corners to give enough clearance but you'd also need to add about a 3 to 5mm wheel spacer to centre the tyre with the same offset as the original rims. Longer wheel bolts would be required. (one of the tyre web sites has a calculator where this can be viewed).

The speedo would read about 3 kilometres under the actual speed.
The torque band would be off and a manual gear change requires a slightly higher speed - I'm not sure about automatics though.
The fuel economy could be adversely affected.

None of the above is legal and I am definitely not advocating you do this.

Regards

Did you read my post no 8 ??

Btw I also first went through the Amarok 16" wheel exercise (and there is a thread somewhere on the forum about that exercise).....the bottom line is that the T5 Motions have larger brakes on the front because the T5 motion is a heavier vehicle than the Amarok.

Believe the Amarok 16"s will fit on the standard T5's (non Motion) because they have the same size front brakes as the Amarok.