RUM4MO wrote:I saw these wheels or another set being sold in Audi Driver over a year ago, so I thought that would be suitable for my wife's new Polo 1.2TSI 110 SEL in winter, but dismissed them on two counts, the offset was different and having wide winter tyres is not really what you want in adverse conditions, so I bought a used set of 15" VW Polo alloys on ebay Germany and fitted them with 185/?? 15 Michelin Alpins - which is what VW suggest for winter use.
Edit:- these VW alloys do fit over the 288mm discs okay - just, in mainland Europe they are called Riverside I think, worked very well last winter, if I was to start doing them again, I think that vanity might force me to use 195/?? X 15 winter tyres, but there would be some trade off in very adverse conditions - but they would look better!
I has been said that 195/?? X 15 is not an approved VW size for Polo 6C, but it was a size used on Polo 6R and I've read that VW did not apply for re-homologating for newer models of Fabia, Polo or Ibiza - but that could be duff info. What I am meaning is, if VW are still using the homologation certificates for earlier models, then earlier model wheel and tyre sizes are still okay to use.
Edit again:- the A1 wheels that I saw in Audi Driver were original Audi A1 alloy wheels and not as I suggested aftermarket "suitable for A1"!
I won the auction for £350, they were over £1000 new so might as well try them! The SEL comes as standard with 215/40 R17's anyways on the larger "Boavista" alloys which are 7j so fingers crossed they'll just go straight on! Was hoping to find some that had come straight off a polo to keep things simple but looked on EBay everyday for the last month and nothing
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Anything is better than the super wide Coni sports I have on at the moment that are on their limits!
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