Not necessarily. Even if the rim clears the calipers (and different wheels can have different rim profiles) you can have interference between the spokes and the calipers depending on the wheel style.
I even know of cases where a wheel fits a car when it is set so the spokes surround the caliper but the wheel won't turn without knocking the calipers off ('cos that's what happened when the car was driver out of the fitting bay).
With alloy wheels, you need to check on a case by case basis.
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Absolutely. But it never hurts to check before parting with any $$$.
Luckily, DunlopRS and gldgti are within reasonable proximity of each other.
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With gldgti’s indulgence it will be a try-before-buying scenario. It will give me a good chance to try the 18s on a flat road!
gldgti has reported a minimum ID of 360mm (at the hub), tapering out to 390 on the inside side.
My measurement is a radius of 170 from the hub centre to the outside of the caliper (D of 340 mm) and about 175 mm radius to the “tallest” part of the caliper. So it is likely to fit but it is close and we were not using the same tape measures – and none of this accounts for the potential for interference between the caliper and the spokes (ouch….).
And yep offset marked on 18" rim as E51.
yup tis my 1st. i've had it 1.5 yrs now.
there is another yellow (pre-facelift) that lives in the area too. i've seen it a couple of times. probably the same one u see. its been around for a while now.
a few months/weeks (??) back i had a white rs wagon behind me, coming down ginnenderra drive towards dunlop - must've been u.
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Running 45 psi is a recipe for disaster. You do not "have" to run pressure that high at all. If you are getting strange wear problems the fix is to take your vehicle to a competent tyre shop and have them diagnose and fix the problem not to put more air in and hope. That sort of pressure on any road surface with irregularities is simply asking for a monumentally large blow out and instant tyre deflation to occur when you roll over something that is sharp and pointing at the tyre.
As far as the 16" rim issue is concerned it's already been covered but a 16" steel wheel has a completely different inside profile than a 16" alloy it's highly possible that the steel wheel will fit but any alloy won't because of the profile. There is more to wheels than simply the diameter and many people don't seem to understand that.
A few folk on briskoda have fitted RS 312mm discs & carriers (the std calipers will fit) to their 288mm/16" cars & it works as long as the wheel weights don't get in the way. You have to test fit your wheel of choice though as profiles vary. The OEMs that GLDGTI are selling fit no problems & are a reasonable weight - ~18kg IIRC
Personally, i think you'll be pretty disapointed in the result though.
If you're bent on 16" then I'd look for Audi 7.5" with a suitable tyre to correct speedometer error. They'll weigh about 20kg. I have some if you wish to test fit in Sydney.
My sweet spot would be 17x7.5 ET50 with a 235/40x17 if it doesn't throw the speedo into over-reading. Try and get a rim <10kg & 9kg tyre.
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These are 40 series tyres. Two reputable tyre shops have recommended 45 psi– one noting that the tyres were showing signs of too much sidewall flex / overheating when I was running 38 psi. The tyre placard on the car recommends 44 psi under load. I know it’s not a good indication of what is happening at speed but when stationary at a bit under half lock with the lean (very technical term) of the wheel the rim is only about 3cm from the road. Not much room for too much flex in a hole… Too little pressure is likely to lead to too much wear and a fractured rim and/or sidewall...
Handling on a unpotholed /non broken surface cannot be faulted and treadwear across the tyre is very uniform.
Unfortunately I spend little time on good roads and I like to use the performance of the car… not be 40 km/hr slower than the last family car for long periods on ‘sort of sealed’ roads just so I do not shake to pieces… (no joke – been there often in the last 20,000 km).
Unfortunately there is almost always a compromise between form and function….. 16” will (only) take me to a 55 series fitment with recommended tyre with – probably not a bad place to be for the real world.
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