Epic Fail.

[KI11Z]

bro! you should NOT rush choosing wheels, do PLENTY of research on here and vwvortex.

For an example of a correct fitment, i'm running 17x8 et25 all round on coilovers to what I would say pretty dumped. tire size is critical! if you can stretch (running the smallest or smaller tire than recommended) your tires do it as it will give you more clearance; I'm running 205/40 on the front and 215/40 on the rear. yes I had to roll the guards extensively but the end result is no scrubbing.

It can be done and the only advice I would give to you is don't listen to most if not all tire shops because they just get out their little Bible from under the desk and read. Work out how to measure offsets and rim widths to choose your own wheels.

[chris.]

bro! you should NOT rush choosing wheels, do PLENTY of research on here and vwvortex.

For an example of a correct fitment, i'm running 17x8 et25 all round on coilovers to what I would say pretty dumped. tire size is critical! if you can stretch (running the smallest or smaller tire than recommended) your tires do it as it will give you more clearance; I'm running 205/40 on the front and 215/40 on the rear. yes I had to roll the guards extensively but the end result is no scrubbing.

It can be done and the only advice I would give to you is don't listen to most if not all tire shops because they just get out their little Bible from under the desk and read. Work out how to measure offsets and rim widths to choose your own wheels.

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do some research & with some simple maths you can work out everthing, nobody taught me i just stayed up for endless nights on the net learning and cross checking things & triple checking thing until i had it down pat then i knew exactly what i needed and what the outcome would be & never trust a tyre shop



and that wheel is pritty damn close to the caliper, lol there is about a foot gap between mine

[patanga]

Another bit of advice:... If you are going to lower your car and get a set of wheels do it in that order... Here's why... Most people get all warm and fuzzy about the wheels and then go to the tyre shop and fine a style they like. The tyre shop, keen to make a sale will do their best to get the style the customer wants and then fit it, often times even if the wheel offset is completely wrong. then when you go to get the car lowered a few months later when cash allows you now have a scrubbing problem. This is not a problem caused by the lowering and I will prove it to you. When you lower a car (legally) it will still sit the ride height within the range of suspension travel as allowed by the manufacturer. the only thing that can change therefore is the wheel width, the rolling diameter and the wheel offset. Assuming that the rolling diameter remains the same (which it usually does), then that only leaves wheel width and offset... Starting the get the picture...? The usualy culprit from my experience has been wheel offset. A few months after the wheels have been bought the tyre guy is not likely going to be helpful and so often tries to blame the lowering.... Remember it is rare that the lowering is the problem...Sure you can go too low but for the majority of legal street situations lowering is not the cause. It has everything to do with the new nominal ride height (still within the range of suspension travel) now having exposed the incorrect wheel offset as the cause... The answer is to get your car lowered before you buy the wheels. This forces the tyre shop to take responsibility for what they should have in the first place. Good luck folks.