Polo 9N3 wheel question

[FarQ]

This may have been asked before, but what is the offset & Centre Bore of the 16" GTI rim on a Polo GTI? I have just bought a 2006 Polo TDI and want to use my old 16x6.5JJ 5x100 rims from my Bora on the Polo. Thx

[Blitzen]

Bora rims should fit a Polo no dramas at all... Why not test fit them??

[vwthunder]

Cool another melbourne polo owner

[FarQ]

yeah good point..lol. Dont get the car till next week. $14898 for an 06 polo, 42k km one owner, from a vw dealer! bargain in my books! Plus my bora rims still have 205/55r16 on them. I'll wait till the stock 14" tyres need replacing before i put on 195/45r16 to replace them on the polo.

[vwthunder]

Why dont you try to find some polo gti wheels

[FarQ]

Why dont you try to find some polo gti wheels

I already have the 16" Bora rims, my wife wont let me spend more money... lol. Since she already knows that i will be chipping the TDI . Do TDI's benefit from exhaust mods like petrol turbos?

[Blitzen]

Do TDI's benefit from exhaust mods like petrol turbos?

Any type of engine loves to breath, so a diesel, like a petrol would benefit from exhaust mods.

[break]

I'm almost certain the bore is the same as the MKIV Golf GTI: 57.0mm

Bora's use the same 57mm bore, and the same +38 offset so it should be straight swap.

But yeah, as you point out... you'll need to lower the profile of those tyres in order to not throw the speedo out.

[pologti18t]

Any type of engine loves to breath, so a diesel, like a petrol would benefit from exhaust mods.

Julian edgar has done some tests on a Skoda Roomster TDI (same as the polo tdi) with regards to inlet and exhaust changes.
His opinion (and he has a lot of experience) is that the inlet/exhaust changes on the 1.9TDI 77KW engine do next to nothing UNLESS accompanied by a ECU reflash.

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[kaanage]

As an aside, what is the load rating on the 14" tyre and is it a 185/65R14 or a 175/70R14 or something different?

I'm having trouble finding a 175 tyre with the 85 load rating of my 195/55R15 OEM tyres.

[FarQ]

As an aside, what is the load rating on the 14" tyre and is it a 185/65R14 or a 175/70R14 or something different?

I'm having trouble finding a 175 tyre with the 85 load rating of my 195/55R15 OEM tyres.

I think the polo has a 185/60r14 with an 82 load rating. I'll find out later today when i pickup my car!

[kaanage]

Would you consider selling them?

[FarQ]

Would you consider selling them?

only if i could get some replacements (or Polo GTi ones) for about the same money. They are in perfect condition, which is surprising as they were on the car for 5 years. But when i got the 18" rims, my wife kerbed both LH side rims within 6 months...

[kaanage]

The 14" OEMs?

[FarQ]

The 14" OEMs?

Oh, i will probably be giving the 14" steel oem rims away. I thought you were talking about my 16" bora rims