The Official Mk1 Tiguan Wheel Thread

[Pullstarter]

It's the space-saver spare that's skinny! Wonder how well tiggy would corner with 4 of them on !?!?

Some crazy bastardos in the US get sets of 4 space savers, widen them and use them as normal wheels. Whatever floats your boat I guess

[hippyhippy]

when u guys bought new wheels, did u have to worry about tpms?

[team_v]

when u guys bought new wheels, did u have to worry about tpms?

It was never a problem for me but i have a 2010 model with no extra's from the factory so i don't even know if i have it activated.

[Tigman]

An update for everyone. Went for these rims in the end - products with 245/40R20 tyres. I tried a wider tyre but it didn't clear the suspension, same with a bigger profile. Without mechanical mods, spacers or similar, I don't think you can fit any bigger.

[team_v]

Still has decent sidewall even with 20" wheels haha.
Looks okay, do you know how much they weigh?

[Tigman]

I'm happy with the result.

No idea about the weight, I can only go on feel and it feels just the same to me.

[MGV]

Had a slow leak (bead seal on the inside of 1 tyre) so took the opportunity to do some weighing whilst repaired. Bloody BJTM cracked the centre-cap while they were at it... I now have the VW caps on.
Findings:
Stock 16" with rubber = 20.8kg's.
My 19" VMR's with rubber = 24.8kg's. (reportedly 11.5kg wheel) Therefore a tyre weighs 12+kg's??

Just posting FYI !
Cheers.

EDIT!!! Thats what i get for subtracting 2 numbers without a calculator, then trying to remember the results a few hours later...

[team_v]

Had a slow leak (bead seal on the inside of 1 tyre) so took the opportunity to do some weighing whilst repaired. Bloody BJTM cracked the centre-cap while they were at it... I now have the VW caps on.
Findings:
Stock 16" with rubber = 16.4kg's.
My 19" VMR's with rubber = 20.4kg's. (reportedly 11.5kg wheel)

Just posting FYI !
Cheers.

Thanks for the info mate.
It is interesting just how much these bits can weigh.
So long as you still feel it drives okay though there isn't a problem

[Pullstarter]

Thought some of us 20"ers maybe interested in these, first 20" LM reps I've seen that fit;

20" LM Wheels Rims 5X112 ESM Style 004 MERCEDES AUDI VW - eBay (item 290587032846 end time Jul-23-11 09:28:52 PDT)

[team_v]

Thought some of us 20"ers maybe interested in these, first 20" LM reps I've seen that fit;

20" LM Wheels Rims 5X112 ESM Style 004 MERCEDES AUDI VW - eBay (item 290587032846 end time Jul-23-11 09:28:52 PDT)

Miro make an LM rep wheel which looks the goods too.