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the tyres on those are totally wrong. you need a 195/40 on a 16". 205/45 will scrub and send the speedo out

If getting them I'd be prepared to buy a full set of new tyres. They're 205/45s, way off in terms of the correct rolling radius. You'll need 195/40/15. The 205s will most probably scrub standard height, and definitely with any kind of lowering.

According to this website the new rolling radius is smaller by 0.6" so speedo would be fine. Take it they are just too wide? They're on a Gti at the moment and apparently are fine...

6.3% out actually Original tyre size on the GTI is 195/45/15 not 55

At 60MPH, the clock will be 63.8MPH

Oops "walks away with tail between legs"

So in other words they wont work on my car?

They will work, but scrubbing and innacurate speed will be an issue till the tyres are corrected

From experience I can tell you fitting 205/45/16s will scrub quite a bit, especially on the back!

Also the 195/40/16s you'll need to make them fit perfectly tend to be fairly limited in terms of tyre choice, as its not a common size.

Toyo Proxes T1-Rs or Yoko S-Lines are a good choice in that size

Also ignoring the fact that 205/45s look horrible!

welcome to the forum dude, this is by far the best polo gti forum out there:)

nice tidy car you've got there

get some coilies on dude, otherwise nice clean car

Nice looking GTI you have there mate.

Mine's got the full leather trim like yours and I must say it looks as if your passenger seat has never been sat on! Looks Mint all round in fairness.

Cheers mate, cleaned and polished at the weekend, also de-polo'd the rear end

Also from Glasgow... but I havent seen ur GTI about

Neil

sorted wrote:Also from Glasgow... but I havent seen ur GTI about

Neil

Seen your car around Glasgow Uni, looks nice black with RM's yeah? I walk to uni so car is never there.