The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

[Dutch77]

Rare Vossen X Work Series VWS-1:







Vossen's site lists as 20 x 9.5 ET35, although these look smaller, and originally designed for the Nissan GT-R. Either way, nice wheel combo with the wrap. If you're going to run this shade of grey you need low, and you need black wheels, IMO.

[Dutch77]

Some OZ Superturismo LM action in silver:

[Dutch77]

VW TWINSPOKE
Specs: 19 x 7.5, ET51







This is a left field one - a special Oettinger model for the Philippines market from VW. They've fitted some of the body parts, chucked on the twin spokes (better than Santiagos) and wrapped the vehicles in matte black - but sadly didn't add any (factory backed) ECU upgrade. Definitely needs some lower springs..

[Dutch77]

Monday selection evening shift:

[stellio78]

I'm looking to order some VMR wheels, do I want the center bore to be 57.1 or 66.6 mm ???

And I'm guessing I want the offset to be +45 not +35

[Dutch77]

I'm looking to order some VMR wheels, do I want the center bore to be 57.1 or 66.6 mm ???

And I'm guessing I want the offset to be +45 not +35

If they have 57.1 then it'll be a direct fit - you'd just need some centering rings at 66.6mm, which isn't a drama.

And yes ET45 unless you're planning something overly stanced.

[stellio78]

Thanks

There ad shows 57.1 mm available

Now 18's or 19's

[Dutch77]

18s for comfort and a touch more performance arguably, 19s for the looks and.. well looks.

[tigger73]

In my opinion if you're going 19" for looks then you also need to consider lowering the car. You can kind of get away with 18's at stock ride height but 19's just look a little high.


Enkei Fujin 18x8 and Bridgestone RE-11 235/40R18:





19 Neuspeed RSE wheels fitted with 235/35R19 tyres:

[Dutch77]

In my opinion if you're going 19" for looks then you also need to consider lowering the car. You can kind of get away with 18's at stock ride height but 19's just look a little high.

This is also a good point.

The R is running that little bit lower so either/or is fine; but on something like a GTI then the 18s are still passable but 19s start to look odd at stock height. If it's a TSI then definitely some lowering required on either I reckon.