The Official Mk7 Wheel Thread

[Dutch77]

...but it's not Wednesday

I was setting my NBA line-up and it reminded me it's still Wednesday in the USA.

[tigger73]

No these need to go on that Alltrack.

They would work well on the Alltrack I reckon, same reason the Brescias do on.. I think it's Kachings ride. That more generic polished and black finish doesn't need to sit low to work - although I think they look better on that Golf than they do on a Tig.

Put them on the Alltrack and go up one tyre size just so it didn't look like it was running on rubber bands.

[Dutch77]

Put them on the Alltrack and go up one tyre size just so it didn't look like it was running on rubber bands.

There is a trend away from rubber bands these days. I've noticed quite a few of the USA cars (where they seem to complain more about roads than even us) are swapping out to a "meatier" sidewall. Whereas the Euros are still tending to lower profiles courtesy of good highways.

[Hoomy903]

Hopefully not too much of a noob question. But basically looking for rims for MK7.5 GTI that are 9"-9.5" wide doesnt matter whether 18" or 19" but with good offset, seems like to get rims with offset of 20 or so if just not possible for this car without some body modifications is this correct?

[Dutch77]

No noob questions here.

If you're at 9" wide and a low offset like ET20 then you would absolutely need some modifications to bring it back to legal - they would be near enough to 5cm further out than the stock wheels!

There are some cars running some wide wheels and lower offsets in the 35 range from memory, one not too long ago, but they had camber plates and likely guard work to tuck the wheels back in. Alternately you'd want some widebody arches.

Would love to see that!

[Dutch77]

BBS CH-R 19 x 8.5 ET48 on 225/35:

[Dutch77]

.. It would be pretty boring if there was just a line of low Golfs wearing OZ Ugglies..

Then again..

[Dutch77]

Motec Tornado 18 x 8.5 ET45 on 225/40:

[Dutch77]

[Dutch77]

It's still Wagon Wednesday somewhere in the world bonus, Oxigin 19 x 8.5 on 225/45 and H&R:

[Hoomy903]

No noob questions here.

If you're at 9" wide and a low offset like ET20 then you would absolutely need some modifications to bring it back to legal - they would be near enough to 5cm further out than the stock wheels!

There are some cars running some wide wheels and lower offsets in the 35 range from memory, one not too long ago, but they had camber plates and likely guard work to tuck the wheels back in. Alternately you'd want some widebody arches.

Would love to see that!

Yeah that is fair enough. It sucks that there are no wheels that have et40 that are concave or deep dish depending on the style. Can I get away with 8.5 et20? Not legally, but more from a looks perspective? Happy to roll guards if required, but also just wouldnt lower the car that much.

Honestly if I could keep the stock wheels from my mk7.5 with tyres that will actually keep traction then I would, but I have stage 1 tune and going to do stage 2 in the next few weeks.

[Dutch77]

The problem with concave/dish is you really want to lower to complete the look, otherwise it will get an SUV look happening.

Everyone's definition of flush unfortunately is different (even though logically flush should be flush), so the forums are littered with varying wheel sizes claiming it. Unless you want to do a lot of work I don't think you want to be going under ET35, and even then over 8 wide you'll likely not be legal without work.

I understood from above, and the other thread, that you were looking to stay fairly stock in that regard - I'd honestly stick to the 40-45 offset range and 8.5 wide. You would probably be a few mm over on the front based on other people's measurements, but it would be marginal. Then again I'm pretty conservative in what *I'd* do - I love when others go over the top.

What wheels are you trying to go for?

[Dutch77]

VW Mallory 18 x 8 ET41 on 235/40:

[Hoomy903]

The problem with concave/dish is you really want to lower to complete the look, otherwise it will get an SUV look happening.

Everyone's definition of flush unfortunately is different (even though logically flush should be flush), so the forums are littered with varying wheel sizes claiming it. Unless you want to do a lot of work I don't think you want to be going under ET35, and even then over 8 wide you'll likely not be legal without work.

I understood from above, and the other thread, that you were looking to stay fairly stock in that regard - I'd honestly stick to the 40-45 offset range and 8.5 wide. You would probably be a few mm over on the front based on other people's measurements, but it would be marginal. Then again I'm pretty conservative in what *I'd* do - I love when others go over the top.

What wheels are you trying to go for?

Thanks for the info.

In re3gards to wheels, I will decide based on what I can get and what looks good. As I mentioned was trying to work out the width and offset first, because some wheels look absolutely crap with et over 30.

[Dutch77]

Thanks for the info.

In re3gards to wheels, I will decide based on what I can get and what looks good. As I mentioned was trying to work out the width and offset first, because some wheels look absolutely crap with et over 30.

Certainly they can lack from a concave perspective - but I think there would be lucky to be double digit wheels in this entire thread that would have had an offset much below 30 (although there are plenty I would not have a clue on).

I think work out the different styles you're looking at, and then hit the Golf friendly specs in to google and see what you can find - you may end up finding something you like. Ultimately though I would be looking at something 8.5 wide with a wider tyre (255+? i.e. like RS3 spec) to maybe curb a bit of the traction issue.

Going much beyond that will give you the looks, but undo the work you're doing on looking for performance.