Advanti 19"s Are On!

[sci_fianime]

Looks good

I would stay with the same height for the front and lower the rear...

[RhysQ]

i've been in VAG cars with coilovers where the ride is more comfortable than in my GT. do you speak from experience or hearsay?

x2 do you have any experience?

a lot of experience growing up in and around tuner cars and more recently hanging around the drift scene where coilovers are a must.

[VWEAPN]

if that was my car. id be going 60mm at the rear & 50mm at the front.
man if your not going to lower it, might as well left it with stock wheels
now the car just sits higher

[vanDub]

might as well left it with stock wheels now the car just sits higher

Bigger wheels are normally fitted with lower profile tyres to maintain the original diameter / circumference as near as possible. This means that the car sits at its original height as the hub centre to road distance is the same.

[fuzion]

Bigger wheels are normally fitted with lower profile tyres to maintain the original diameter / circumference as near as possible. This means that the car sits at its original height as the hub centre to road distance is the same.

incorrect

it will still lift your car regardless of that the circular difference is.

go to a stock passat with 18s, measure from wheel/hub centre to guard, then measure yours.. you will find its different

ive had 16s, 17s, 18s, and 19s.. trust me ive measured them all on all the cars ive had

[Golf Houso]

Bigger wheels are normally fitted with lower profile tyres to maintain the original diameter / circumference as near as possible. This means that the car sits at its original height as the hub centre to road distance is the same.

Thats not really the case, if your putting 19's on the car your increasing the diameter of the wheel by 25mm, whilst reducing the tire profile in this case by 5m or 10mm in diamter, making it 15mm higher than stock.

Same thing happened in my mk3 475mm on 14/60 vs 496mm on 16/45

a 21mm difference in height...

[Mrk_Mickey]

I don't mean to keep this little argument thing going, but circumference calculations are available on the web (i'm looking for the link i used) and it says that my 15" wheels wrapped in 205/50 15 tyres have a size of only 5mm less than 16" wheels wrapped in 205/45 16 rubber.

EDIT: I've just done a quick calculation on www.1010tires.com with pictures to show that there are only a few mm's in difference according to calculations on tyres. Of course there's always tyre inflations, stretch etc to consider but this is just for a guide.

[Vdub]

those wheels are **** hot, they fit perfectly with the rest of the car.

[3Putt]

Rolling diameter (and hence hence ride height) MUST remain the same, or within 5mm, otherwise the gearing of the car changes. Even the speedo / odometer will be wrong!

Its illegal to change the rolling diameter too much. Tire places just will not do it.

That said, it may change 5mm or so, i guess. Will 5mm make a visually significant difference?

[Lance B]

Rolling diameter (and hence hence ride height) MUST remain the same, or within 5mm, otherwise the gearing of the car changes. Even the speedo / odometer will be wrong!

Its illegal to change the rolling diameter too much. Tire places just will not do it.

That said, it may change 5mm or so, i guess. Will 5mm make a visually significant difference?

You are correct, the ride height is exactly the same negating any *slight* difference due to the fact that a lower profile tyre will not "sag" as much or flatten on the bottom due to the lower profile. This difference will be *negligible* and not noticeable though.

The wheels look great, mate.

What tyre size did you end up getting? The 235/35 x 19 or the 235/40 x 19 or 245/35 x 19?