16's or 17's??

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:55 am

Dspurrmk5 wrote:some meetings up Glasgow way wud be good 2!

lol too rite, havent had one b4!

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:24 pm

Aaron, post some pics of your car m8, or emal me some... i like the look of it!

Phill.

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:32 am

Yeah Glasgow meet

Me wants to see more polos

harvw · Post by **harvw** » Sun May 22, 2005 11:53 pm

sup people calvin gti i need sum help as you have 17's on the car im lookin to get the audi a8 replicas 17" by 7.5 on 205/40/17 tyres wil this fit striaght on to the polo or wil arch rollin need to be carried out and also are u running coilovers or spirngs and hw low is it 30mm? sum info back wil be appreciated

CalvinGTI · Post by **CalvinGTI** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:05 am

well i doubt u will get 205's on the front without arch rolling/modding etc, my 195's rub on full lock sometimes so im guessing 205's will DEF rub. Its lowered 40 mm via shocks and springs, but there NOT coilies.

It dos rub sometimes if u go down a hefty pot-hole at speed, but overall its not too bad.

I just like the look of the big wheels, u can really notice their size compared to say 16"'s.

Cal

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon May 23, 2005 11:46 am

CalvinGTI wrote: I just like the look of the big wheels, u can really notice their size compared to say 16"'s.

Cal

size matters

lol...too rite

my mate is planning to get 215/35/17, which is the smallest tyre size just now (i think) which reduces the chance/ reduce running

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon May 23, 2005 12:40 pm

Cal: DJ Pied Piper & the Master of Ceremonies

it was a good tune for all of 2 minutes before bugging the hell out of everyone in the country

IMO, 16"s or 17"s: 17"s look like a bit of work to go on and you can't lower quite so much, so for me, if I had to choose between them, I'd have 16"s on 195/40/16 rubber. The only downside is that its a rare size of rubber so theres only about 3 or 4 tyres available. I believe the gentleman's choice is Pirelli P-Zero?

Personally I'm very happy with my 15"s, and with the planned coilies and refurb it should look

Cheers

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Mon May 23, 2005 4:19 pm

yup 17's restrict the lowering quite alot, and too look slammed it would need some chunky sideskirts to go with.

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:22 pm

I love the look of my wheels but i think if i bought a GTi next id go for 15's with a -50mm drop. If i got a GTi id be doing it for performance and so wouldnt want to restrict it with larger wheels. For now its all about style and i think that 17's look the s**t. You might disagree but I love them.

What you think?

Phill.