Tempted by Touareg

[Transporter]

just a Q... why dont you treg blokes pick up a cheap set of indestructible steelies and fit your offroad tyres to them and keep the road tyres on the nice alloys? then dimensions wouldnt matter so much would they?

The steelies? Cheap, where from?

[Mischa]

The steelies? Cheap, where from?

lol well i guess "cheap" is relative. i dont know what hte stud pattern is of the treg but im guessing 5x130 or something... but you could pick up a set from some fullysik on ebay who has ditched his steelies for some 250" chromies? or is it some stupidly unique stud pattern where nothing is available? even so you'd think that the money saved from not having to replace short lived and knobbly tyres plus the bonus of being able to get more serious offroad tyres would outweigh the cost of buying the steelies in the first place...

[dmm_au]

The pattern is different between the Touareg R5 and the new TD V6.
I'm pretty sure you can get a 16" rim for the R5, it may be the same as the VW transporter, and that would give you a much bigger choice of off road tyres. I think for the V6, it's much harder.

Check the forums.

[ozvino]

the problem isnt the stud pattern (yes, they are transporter hubs), the issue is the size of the discs and the fat calipers

Thats why we cant fit el cheapo wheels to our R5 Touaregs. The only option is custom made steel wheels, its not financially viable

Dave