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17's on weitec coliovers.

As for the handling, I which I was in England and go for a ride with Dino so he could see how is handling with them

wow this topic took off, but weirdly not on the same lines as the topic title

i'll just say i prefer my car on 16s at 6.5 wide, than i did on 17s with 8.5 wide! i feel it handles better but i'm no expert!

back on topic, heres a couple of pics of my car (sorry they are not the best and its dirty) on standard 16s dropped 70mm at the front and 60mm at the rear!!





just another alternative

Unless decked 18's just look abit out of place on a polo, No offence but they look like there on stilts...

Dino, what are the part numbers for your suspension?

Will they fit on my 1.9tdi?

nice stance you got there!

I feel safer lower and on 17''s than with the thin 14''s, also handles better with the bigger wheels and toyos, then again im lowered so if i was stock suspention, would prob be rubbish

As for Carmadaaron - Love ure car mate, im all up for big wheels.

YOGi wrote:Unless decked 18's just look abit out of place on a polo, No offence but they look like there on stilts...

Dino, what are the part numbers for your suspension?

Will they fit on my 1.9tdi?

nice stance you got there!

Yogi, will be the same setup as yours as you have the Sport model too.

here is mine,on 18's looks a bit jacked up at the moment. duno what to do with them yet but i am lookin for r32 style 17's.#






Excuse the dirtiness too, i will get round to cleaning it today!!!!

please someone tell me if these 18s look out of place because i dont think so

as for handling its alot better than when i was runing 16s too much backend drift on the 16s

i think ur car looks just rite mate, the 18s don't look out of place at all!!
it mite be because the spokes don't go all the way to the edge of the wheel, or maybe because u have deeper side skirts on there!!

am i rite in thinking that u've had the arches widened or pulled?

no nothing done to the archs at all just dropped 30mm on 18s

hmmm its just they look wider on ur car than in the pics in the post above urs with the black 9n on 18s!!
maybe my eyes deceive me??

yorks GT TDI wrote:please someone tell me if these 18s look out of place because i dont think so

theyre perfect, sits nicely with lowering. what offset are your rims? they look like they sit slightly innner than mine.. could just be the camera angle tho.

yorks GT TDI wrote: as for handling its alot better than when i was runing 16s too much backend drift on the 16s

and thankyou for agreeing!! finally!!

not sure of the offset at this min in time

looks spot on

anything bigger than 16s looks too big without a bodykit imho

+ you can't beat the go-kart handling you get with 16 x 9 rims

ill stick with my 8j and the extra 2inch as for handling i never had a problem