The Official Mk1 Tiguan Wheel Thread

[team_v]

team V thanks for the feedback on your last post re difference with your new wheels, sounds great.

Re where this quote came from (post 231), just clarifying as maybe you were refrerring your wheels rather than question I had re wheels with an offset of 39. As I understand it an offset of ET39, will bring the wheels in, not push them out since its a greater positive offset than the Tigs standard of 32-35. That can be addressed through spacers if needed as far as I understand it, so not necesaarily a problem, but opposite to what you were saying. Maybe you were referrign your wheels with that statement?

Sorry about that.
I was refering to my wheels.

You are correct. The higher the ET number the more inwards the wheel sits generally (If the wheel width's are the same)

From memory the stock 16's are ET33 so if your new wheels are the same width then the new ones (ET39) will sit inwards by 6mm.

[Guest001]

Picked up my Tig today! Took a drive out to the Yarra Valley and couldn't be happier. Beautiful car to drive.

New wheels are coming next weekend, I'm getting the old R32 replicas with 235/50/18 Kumho KU31 for $1600. I'll be putting the factory 16" in the for sale section, PM if interested.

[team_v]

Picked up my Tig today! Took a drive out to the Yarra Valley and couldn't be happier. Beautiful car to drive.

New wheels are coming next weekend, I'm getting the old R32 replicas with 235/50/18 Kumho KU31 for $1600. I'll be putting the factory 16" in the for sale section, PM if interested.

Not a bad looking wheel.
Might want to seal those before you fit them though as they look like a lot of fun to clean

Can you weigh them before you get them fitted so we know how much they are?

[donweather]

Not a bad looking wheel.
Might want to seal those before you fit them though as they look like a lot of fun to clean

Agree totally. Great looking rim but b@stard to clean if you don't seal them first, particularly the really skinny access locations closest to the centre of the rim (near the wheel nuts).

[aussietig]

Agree totally. Great looking rim but b@stard to clean if you don't seal them first, particularly the really skinny access locations closest to the centre of the rim (near the wheel nuts).

Yes ... you do see a few R32 with these in a matt black finish purely out of neglect or giving up!

[edy_l]

Got this info out of streetdreams.org

Bolt Pattern: 5x112
Center Bore: 57.1
Hardware:14x1.50 Bolt
Offset: 34-42mm

Does it mean that any 18x8 with offset 34 - 42 will fit just fine without rubbing on hard cornering?

[team_v]

Got this info out of streetdreams.org

Bolt Pattern: 5x112
Center Bore: 57.1
Hardware:14x1.50 Bolt
Offset: 34-42mm

Does it mean that any 18x8 with offset 34 - 42 will fit just fine without rubbing on hard cornering?

Should be fine.
I have 19x8 ET35's and they fit flush to the outside of the bodywork, with no scrubbing.

I also had 19x8.5 ET45's and they fitted without rubbing either.

[edy_l]

so the bigger the offset, the less likely it will rub? eg: ET45 VS ET35

[team_v]

so the bigger the offset, the less likely it will rub? eg: ET45 VS ET35

The bigger the offset the further inwards the wheel will sit (compared to the same size wheel with a lower offset).

I.E. an ET35 will sit 10mm further out than an ET45 of the same wheel.

I wouldn't go over an 8.5 wide and ET45 if you can get away with it as it goes reasonably close to the suspension components.

[Guest001]

Yes ... you do see a few R32 with these in a matt black finish purely out of neglect or giving up!

I suspect I'll be the latter and will give up after hours of scrubbing. Wonder if they'll look good in brake dust grey... Definitely going to seal them and have asked to get the wheels weighed before they go on.

[Tigman]

I've been looking at wheel options, can't find much in 19" but a few possibilities in 20" which of course means skinny tyres (profile), not something I'm too keen on.

Using the following website ( Tire Size Calculator - tire & wheel plus sizing ) I understand I should be looking at 35 profile tyres but can probably get away with 40 as its close to 3% difference. My question is can I get away with 45 profile or is this just a crazy idea?

Yes the speedo will be out by quite a bit, can this be fixed? Is it worth it? Yes I will add quite a bit of weight at each corner, is this really bad? Can the standard brakes and 4motion cope? Will it rub? Any other issues I've missed?

Haven't decided on anything yet just looking at options. Can settle for 20" and 40 profile but don't want to go lower. I'm looking at different rims at 20"x8.5", tyres 255/40R20 or 255/45R20, offset 35-40.

Please feel free to call me a noob and blast my idea out of the water, just tell me why

[Pullstarter]

Why skinny tyres? 255/35/20 or 245/35/20 are a perfect fit, are easily available and both within 1% of standard. 255s are almost spot on from memory.

[Tigman]

It's the profile that's skinny and my concern not the width, sorry if not clear.

[MGV]

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

[Pullstarter]

It's the profile that's skinny and my concern not the width, sorry if not clear.

Just remember that in order to keep the same overall diameter as standard, even if you go narrower to gain a higher profile, the overall sidewall height is still the same (profile represents a percentage of the width) E.g. 255mm/35%=89.25mm sidewall, 225mm/40%=90mm sidewall, this means you will feel little or no difference in the comfort level. You will find with a wide tyre like a 255/35 that because of the width and sidewall height the ride is nothing like say a 205/35 (71mm sidewall) for example, which would be hard as a rock. So going off profile alone doesn't tell the whole story.