Just found these amazing wheels for the 6 GTI, need some advice though!

[Big Yellow]

Rhys,
Are these Raderwerks wheels? Sent from the company in the US? They are possibly the only ones in Oz!

Please put up some pics of your pickup of the car. Should be a memorable day.
Can you also post some pics of these wheels on light and dark coloured cars? I have never seen them before!

They are Rotiforms!

[dylan8]

For those who may not know, they are Lambo Gallardo LP560-4 replica wheels. For those who definitely don't know, I just bought a set

NICE!!!! pics as soon as they are on!
they look huge on that MK4, those would have to be 20s wouldnt they??

[schoona]

Rotiforms FTW I'm not usually a fan of replicas but for some reason these look pretty darn pimp.

They are 19s on the Mk4. Grab the latest PVW mag for the feature on it

[RhysQ]

Rotiforms FTW I'm not usually a fan of replicas but for some reason these look pretty darn pimp.

They are 19s on the Mk4. Grab the latest PVW mag for the feature on it

Yeah they are 19's, just look huge because of the stretched tyres and they look like they are a 30 profile.

Just got an e-mail back from Raderwerks saying they're out of 45 offset and only have 35 offset left. They can machine them back to 40 for me but that might mean they won't clear the brakes. What to do?? 35 offset will give me 29mm more on the outer. I'm not lowering the car so maybe 35 offset will be OK?

[schoona]

I'm not sure 5mm will make a great deal of difference to the brakes (ET40 vs ET45) so I'd say you would be fine? I don't think they would offer you that option if it was going to be a problem. That will push the face of the rim out more, so make sure oyu are comfortable with that.

Also to be aware you may rub on a 235/35 tyre, even at standard height because the standard suspension isnt as firm as coilovers etc....so in some cases lowering on coilovers is better

[RhysQ]

I'm not sure 5mm will make a great deal of difference to the brakes (ET40 vs ET45) so I'd say you would be fine? I don't think they would offer you that option if it was going to be a problem. That will push the face of the rim out more, so make sure oyu are comfortable with that.

Also to be aware you may rub on a 235/35 tyre, even at standard height because the standard suspension isnt as firm as coilovers etc....so in some cases lowering on coilovers is better

No I fully understand offsets. What I'm saying is they're machining the backplate of a 35 offset down 5mm to make it 40mm, meaning the spokes will be 5mm closer to the brakes than standard. Might not sound like much but I had to use 5mm spacers on my Polo to clear the brakes. Don't want that same problem.

As for tyres, I'm opting for 225/35 R19's. I've been advised they will fit of 8.5's OK.

[schoona]

These are the other Rotiforms, MIA's. ET45 19x8.5. Dad opted for the 235/35 rubber to meet load rating requirements, it doenst get driven much so has only scrubbed once.

[schoona]

They didn't blw up much bigger to give the details 2 seconds mate....

[schoona]

HTH Rhys

Edit: Sorry, copied the wrong link.

[RhysQ]

It's unfortunately not really a good measure as that appears to be the rear wheel he's putting his hand through, when it's the front brakes that are the only worry. Also, the spokes are very different and could have more brakes clearance than the ones I'm getting. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and stick with the 35's. I can always get them machined here.