Agressive wheel fitment

[ommeh]

Isn't that 18x7.5?

It's all well and good to not follow the regs... but if you have an accident and this "defects" are found you could be with insurance coverage.

I believe the A1 has 2 18" wheel options and one is 8.5" from memory. Again this is something you need to understand with modding. Any modification be it small or big is going to cause void warranty or insurnace issues. If you are into modding and changing your car but you worry about warranty and insurance... well all i can say to you is your in the wrong hobby and you need to go back to OEM.

[Max_Power]

With insurance, if you can prove that the illegal mod did not contribute to the accident then the insurer cannot refuse your claim.

[bigfoot]

I believe the A1 has 2 18" wheel options and one is 8.5" from memory.

Both 18x7.5 according to their brochure

http://www.audi.com/etc/medialib/ngw/au/a1_brochure.Par.0001.File.pdf

[gavs]

With insurance, if you can prove that the illegal mod did not contribute to the accident then the insurer cannot refuse your claim.

yeah, good luck with that one. "But sir, my illegal modification that has made the vehicle unroadworthy and hence it needs to be recomplied with an engineers certificate that I do not have and a certificate of re-compliance that I also do not have did not cause the accident"

Response by Judge in court: "Duly noted but if your illegal, unroadworthy vehicle was not on the road to begin with due to being illegally modified without compliance, there wouldn't have been a crash (they aren't accidents) that you would have been involved in and instead of listening to you making excuses, I could be playing golf..."

It's not just your personal insurance, your local roads authority (here in Vic it's the TAC) will not cover any injury that occurs to you and sometimes they can also take you to court to recover the costs of any injury and associated rehabilitation as well as compensation for any other party involved.

Run the risk by all means but if you crash into me, to quote full metal jacket "I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-f**k you", to put it nicely.

I mod my car yes, I wear the implications with warranty yes. BUT! NEVER WILL I MODIFY MY VEHICLE TO THE DETRIMENT TO MY SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND/OR THE SAFETY OF OTHER ROAD USERS.

[Polo_GTI]

Does anyone know if 18x8" +35 offset with either 225/35/R18 or 215/35/R18 tyres will fit the guards and not scrub when lowered?

Alternatively, I could choose 18x8" +40 offset with those same options in tyres...

Best case scenario would be to fill the guards out as much as possible and at the same time improve traction all without any tyre scrub

[cstb_87]

Agressive wheel fitment

Does anyone know if 18x8" +35 offset with either 225/35/R18 or 215/35/R18 tyres will fit the guards and not scrub when lowered?

I did a test fit with a set of Momos at stock height and they had about 1-2mm poke.

Not sure if the tyres would scrubs but is possible. But don't take my word on tyres. Isn't my strongest area with wheel fitment.

[bigfoot]

18x8" +35 offset with 225/35/R18

exactly what mine is - on H&R 25/40 and yes they do rub a little if you hit a decent bump/hole but nothing i'm concerned about. i'm pretty sure it is only the front driver's side that rubs.

i think +40 would be worse, and I wouldn't be going any lower than that at the front. If anything the back could come down another 10mm

if you could find 18x7.5 +35 and 215/35 i think that would be ideal.

[Polo_GTI]

exactly what mine is - on H&R 25/40 and yes they do rub a little if you hit a decent bump/hole but nothing i'm concerned about. i'm pretty sure it is only the front driver's side that rubs.

i think +40 would be worse, and I wouldn't be going any lower than that at the front. If anything the back could come down another 10mm

if you could find 18x7.5 +35 and 215/35 i think that would be ideal.

It depends on where your getting the scrub..? i was under the impression that anyone running 8J +35 on the front was having fitment issues as it protrudes out the guard a little but there was still 5-10mm to the inner strut?

If it's scrubbing on your fender then a +40 offset will move the wheel 5mm further in towards the strut.

What size & profile tyres are you running on your 18x8J +35 ?

[ATYPIC]

It depends on where your getting the scrub..? i was under the impression that anyone running 8J +35 on the front was having fitment issues as it protrudes out the guard a little but there was still 5-10mm to the inner strut?

If it's scrubbing on your fender then a +40 offset will move the wheel 5mm further in towards the strut.

What size & profile tyres are you running on your 18x8J +35 ?

Agreed...ET40 is a better offset for the 8inch rim on the front if you are lowering the car.

[Polo_GTI]

What offset are your gram lights Atypic? Are you on lowered springs?

[ATYPIC]

What offset are your gram lights Atypic? Are you on lowered springs?

Rays are 18x7.5 ET48 with 3 mm spacers...so ET45. Not ideal, but wheels are not flush by any stretch. I'm on H&R Monotubes with no rubbing. Changing wheels soon to eliminate any need for spacers.

[ommeh]

i think +40 would be worse, and I wouldn't be going any lower than that at the front. If anything the back could come down another 10mm

You mean +20... +40 is a weaker offset. Should be careful about giving people advise if you don't 100% know yourself.

[bigfoot]

What size & profile tyres are you running on your 18x8J +35 ?

225/35

You mean +20... +40 is a weaker offset. Should be careful about giving people advice if you don't 100% know yourself.

no, i mean 40...there is bugger all clearance with the strut as it is. move the wheel in any closer any it may start rubbing on it. i'd rather the tyre rub on the plactic guard lining than on the strut

but now that you mention it, 20 would be worse too

[Polo_GTI]

225/35



no, i mean 40...there is bugger all clearance with the strut as it is. move the wheel in any closer any it may start rubbing on it. i'd rather the tyre rub on the plactic guard lining than on the strut

but now that you mention it, 20 would be worse too

i'm guessing you don't have coilovers though? if you knew exactly where it's rubbing that'll really help me out lol

Actually I just realised that you have H&R springs... with coilovers, you should find your self with a little more room on the inner wall

[bigfoot]

yea mate H&Rs

i might experiment with some chalk to see if i can pinpoint where it rubs

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