17" Tiguan wheels for 2018 R-Line

[Ptolemy]

Greetings, All.

I'd like to replace my 2018 R-Line's 20" wheels with 17's, storing the originals until I sell the car. Can anyone help with the following questions ?

1. Which 17's will fit the 2018 R-Line ? Ideally I'd like genuine Tiguan wheels, but depending on answers to 3 & 4, would happily consider others.

2. Where's the best place to look for them, and how much should I expect to pay ?

3. Will factory warranty be affected by this change ?

4. Will the NSW rego check pass with the 17's on ?

Cheers.

[tigger73]

Greetings, All.

I'd like to replace my 2018 R-Line's 20" wheels with 17's, storing the originals until I sell the car. Can anyone help with the following questions ?

1. Which 17's will fit the 2018 R-Line ? Ideally I'd like genuine Tiguan wheels, but depending on answers to 3 & 4, would happily consider others.

2. Where's the best place to look for them, and how much should I expect to pay ?

3. Will factory warranty be affected by this change ?

4. Will the NSW rego check pass with the 17's on ?

Cheers.

1. Generally most 17” wheels for VW/Audi will fit. They need to be 5x112 (diameter and number of bolt holes) and if you get wheels from an Audi you’ll also want a hub ring (to locate the wheel on the hub when you put it on as the Audi’s run a larger hub. VW hub is 57.1mm and Audi is 66.6mm. If you don’t use the hub rings the wheel can be bolted up off-centre and cause vibration. You can buy cheap off eBay so no reason not to get a set.

Only other thing you need to consider is offset. Tiguan offset is around 38-41mm. This is the distance away from the centre line of the rim that the wheel mounts on the hub. The bigger this number the more inwards the wheel sits. You ideally want to keep this in the 30-40 range for a Tiguan. Especially with an R-line with extended guards you want to have the wheel sitting a little more outwards if possible. This is more from a cosmetic than driving point of view, however if you do deviate too much you’ll change the track of the vehicle what can change handling/dynamics. A few mm either way is not going to be noticeable.

Generally Passat and Scirocco wheels and also first gen Tiguan will be fine, however the tyres will need to be changed for correct diameter (tyre spec are in you fuel flap).

2. eBay, gumtree, Facebook VWW classifieds. Prices will vary depending on condition of wheels and tyres and demand.

3. Factory warranty won’t cover the new wheels/tyres obviously. As long as you keep to standard factory sizes all other warranty should be unaffected.

4. Yes as long as you keep to factory standard sizes/offsets there should be no issues.


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[INASNT]

Car is going to look hideous

[doc_777]

Car is going to look hideous

^ we really need a ‘like’ button

While everyone makes their own choices, it’s something I don’t understand - buy a car with large, low profile wheel/tyre combo but swap them out for something the opposite... completely change the look, the dynamic package (the car will handle very differently), even the braking distances are gonna change. Not to mention the ABS calibration etc is all of a sudden out the window, stability control calib is no longer correct...

[Simonr23]

Just using tyres different from OEM will be a change to grip (dry/wet/lateral/longitudinal/high temp vs low temp/gravel vs bitumen vs cement/sidewall stiffness)

People are over-estimating the level of precision the manufacturers apply to abs/tcs and whatnot parameters. Theyre largely reactive systems, so I’d be surprised if there was any difference in the electronic settings between the base model 17” tigs and the 20” r-line.

[Hole46]

Car is going to look hideous

Especially an R-line.


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[Dan_3MPS]

So you're keeping the nice wheels and tyres for the person you end up selling your car to in a few years time?

I don't get it.

Just use them, they're not super rare or expensive wheels. Any cost benefit you think you'll get by not scratching them will be more than offset by having to source another set of wheels and tyres, you'll be well out if pocket.

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[tigger73]

There's a number of reasons to change wheel size. Not every country gets the 20" Suzukas - there's plenty of places that only run 19" wheels as standard with the R-line body kit which I don't think look too bad:



I think as long as you get a reasonable offset the smaller wheels will be OK. They obviously won't look as sporty as the 20" wheels.

I don't think there will be any problems with any of the ABS systems etc. The calibrations of these systems have to take into account that people will fit a range of wheels/tyres to the car including snow tyres etc. If you're going to the snow you can't run the 20" Suzukas anyway which has been discussed in another thread.

[Wazza 162]

1. Generally most 17” wheels for VW/Audi will fit. They need to be 5x112 (diameter and number of bolt holes) and if you get wheels from an Audi you’ll also want a hub ring (to locate the wheel on the hub when you put it on as the Audi’s run a larger hub. VW hub is 57.1mm and Audi is 66.6mm. If you don’t use the hub rings the wheel can be bolted up off-centre and cause vibration. You can buy cheap off eBay so no reason not to get a set.

Only other thing you need to consider is offset. Tiguan offset is around 38-41mm. This is the distance away from the centre line of the rim that the wheel mounts on the hub. The bigger this number the more inwards the wheel sits. You ideally want to keep this in the 30-40 range for a Tiguan. Especially with an R-line with extended guards you want to have the wheel sitting a little more outwards if possible. This is more from a cosmetic than driving point of view, however if you do deviate too much you’ll change the track of the vehicle what can change handling/dynamics. A few mm either way is not going to be noticeable.

Generally Passat and Scirocco wheels and also first gen Tiguan will be fine, however the tyres will need to be changed for correct diameter (tyre spec are in you fuel flap).

2. eBay, gumtree, Facebook VWW classifieds. Prices will vary depending on condition of wheels and tyres and demand.

3. Factory warranty won’t cover the new wheels/tyres obviously. As long as you keep to standard factory sizes all other warranty should be unaffected.

4. Yes as long as you keep to factory standard sizes/offsets there should be no issues.


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You are a walking encyclopedia tigger 73.

[tigger73]

You are a walking encyclopedia tigger 73.

I’ve bought wheels for Tiguans a couple of times... and looked at lots of different options


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