Wheels to fit a T5...

[top_oz_bloke]

hmm I have been thinking about 18's so called into two tyre places on Fri to see whether they had anything available in 255/45. First one only had a Dunlop at $750/corner but at least they seemed semi interested in helping and are pricing up some Yokos.

Second one told me I would not find an 18" rim with the right offset or load rating, 255's would not fit and didn't seem to believe me that VW fit 18's to some of their models (and wouldn't give me a price on tyres either!). But that's typical of Newcastle's CBF attitude. Pity, as I had a good experience there before when I scored the owner, not the moron tyre fitter who left school at 15.

David, would you be interested in sharing what you paid for the tyres (and was it through a chain or independant)? PM me if you like.

[Shortbus]

hmm I have been thinking about 18's so called into two tyre places on Fri to see whether they had anything available in 255/45. First one only had a Dunlop at $750/corner but at least they seemed semi interested in helping and are pricing up some Yokos.

Second one told me I would not find an 18" rim with the right offset or load rating, 255's would not fit and didn't seem to believe me that VW fit 18's to some of their models (and wouldn't give me a price on tyres either!). But that's typical of Newcastle's CBF attitude. Pity, as I had a good experience there before when I scored the owner, not the moron tyre fitter who left school at 15.

David, would you be interested in sharing what you paid for the tyres (and was it through a chain or independant)? PM me if you like.

top_oz, csa make some rims that suit t5's. I got a set of 18x8's and 255 45's for about 2.5K all up. Tyres are falkens and are load rated and seem pretty good in regard to noise, grip etc. I think they were around 300ish a piece. I posted pics in a thread somewhere on the forum, but I cant remember which thread it was in.

[mikinoz]

I'm thinking of selling my 18" rims that are on my Multivan at the moment. Load rated with load rated tyres. If anyone is in Sydney and genuinely interested then PM me - no postage.

I might be trying to get some 19" under there!

I'm pretty sure I'm selling now. Wheels are immaculate, tyres are Continental runflats 255/55R18 that have done 15,000 and show some camber wear due to lowered Multivan. Still life left though. Centre caps or hardware not included.