Gen 2 Tiguan Wheels Thread

[tigger73]

Some more pics after I went through them all tonight. Very happy with ordering from tuner shop. Express delivery as well as a set of bolts and rings included after I messaged them asking nicely. It took about 4 days for them to arrive from Germany via the US. A set of boxed wheels do fit in the back of a Tig. Install tomorrow with the oem bolts and maybe will change to aftermarket after that. The VW bolt covers are a mm or two wider than the aez bolt tunnels so won't be used.

I would suggest that you use the new bolts with the new wheels. When you take the OEM wheels off check the bolt and you'll see that it's a ball seat (rounded/spherical). More than likely the aftermarket wheels will be cone seat (flat). If you try and fit a cone seat wheel with a ball seat wheel bolt (or vice versa) then you won't get a good contact between the bolt and wheel and you greatly increase the chances of your bolts coming loose mid-drive.

Whoever is doing the installation (tyre shop) should be able to check this for you also.

[tigger73]

That is great advice. I wasn't sure when I ordered but these wheels ended up coming with conical seats that match the OEM bolts. The MY20 Tig comes with 1 locking nut per quarter so it makes more sense for me to use the oem ones, at least for now!

Definitely pays to check!

[Dutch77]

.. waiting ..

I wouldn't be too worried about whether you can get the locking bolt on or not - they provide approximately 0.1% of protection. A wheel thief is rarely opportunistic and will have no issues with them.

[Sammii]

Some before and after pics, with the OEM Suzukas in 20x8.5 ET38 vs AEZ Panamas in 20x9 ET26, both with 30m drop from stock via Eibach Pro-kit springs.

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Very clean!! How do you like the Eibach pro kit? Im debating getting those of the H&R Sport springs

[REXman]

Nice write up thanks dude


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[Sammii]

Thanks!!

[Dutch77]

OEM+ FTW.

If only the car came like that instead of with Suzukas..

[Hole46]

OEM+ FTW.

If only the car came like that instead of with Suzukas..

It’s all a matter of taste, I prefer the Suzukas.


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[tigger73]

Updated with some VW centre caps.

Nice that you finished them with VW caps. I think it looks good and definitely need a stronger offset with lowering as it just accentuates how far the stock wheels sit inside the guards.

[Dutch77]

Agreed on above, and yes wheels are a personal preference. If Suzukas are your thing then happy days.

Despite often swapping wheels I am a fan of a good set of OEM wheels, or something that has an OEM+ feel. The Suzukas can sort of look ok on the black Tigs where the polished finish that is so popular right now at least offset with the bodywork but otherwise to me they just seem like they came off any random Jap SUV - Nissan, Mitsi, Honda etc.

The Tiguan R wheels on the other hand look pretty decent, at least on the blue car pics floating around everywhere.

[Dutch77]

^ totally.. and yes, if you're happy to let them go (rather than whack them on at sale time) then you will easily recoup.

I imagine the search for that fitment was not an easy one!

I still rate the look 100%.

[tigger73]

The only problem with Suzukas is that every second Tiguan (R-line) has them. And in VW Australia's wisdom they haven't changed the wheel spec in 4 years (unlike on other trim levels where they have changed up in MY changes). So they are probably the most common Tiguan wheel going around.

Personally I don't mind them as they are the "feature" wheel in all the ads, however they are reasonably heavy and the machined face is a target for gutters.

[PDMJO]

I did not want to go to 9.5

You've got me curious. What was the reason you didn't want to go wider to a 9.5?

[PDMJO]

A combination of wanting to keep some inner strut clearance and not wanting to stretch the tyres and expose the right hand side wheels more to roundabout knocks.


I used tigger73's and other setups to decide on my front wheel outer limit and then work backwards. If you have a hard outer limit then a .5" inch increase will push 12.7mm or so inwards.

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Has anyone been able to confirm the inner limits yet? i.e. how much clearance do we have to the strut? There's a fair few Tigs running Rotiform KPS 20x10 ET32/35 with no reported issues as of yet.

[REXman]

Updated with some VW centre caps. Still raining in Adelaide.

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Clean look really like it


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