mk4 lowered,gap between wheel and arch?

afcjay · Post by **afcjay** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:23 pm

just brought a mk4 which has been lowered but has standard 13" steels.looking to get some 14 or 15" alloys but wanted to know if putting bigger wheels on will close the gap anymore between tyre and arch or if it will still be the same

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:38 pm

Hi mate,

Yes putting bigger wheels will close the gap....
How much has it been lowered?
15"s will go down nicelly

afcjay · Post by **afcjay** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:55 pm

i dont know how much its been lowered really,i would say 30-40mm.i quite like the idea or 14" alloys,rather than 15" i think look to big although it would close the gap up more.so how does it work.if i put 14 on it will close the gap a inch and 15" alloys would close the gap 2" and so on?

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:25 pm

Really depends on tyre size aswell...

(For axample I have 15" wheels with 175/45/15 and have 13" which are 175/75/13 and the 13" wheels are actually a little bigger than my 15s due to tyre size)

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:48 pm

yeh its down to your tyre size aswell....usually they will all, if you get alloys within reasonable size, will be approximately the same size if you keep the rolling radius as similar as standard as possible, but that is mainly down to your tyres.

afcjay · Post by **afcjay** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:52 pm

got a set of 14" castelletes only problem is they have 60 profile tyres.looking to get some 175/50s.
how low could i go with this set up? 60?70?80? or more?