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Tim_GTi wrote:

Polo96CL wrote:Sadly they wont put a 195 tyre on a 205 rim

That's ridiculous, it's really not a specialist job!! Don't go with any shop that is unsure about it though as I said.

But it shouldn't be that hard to find a garage that does it, as 6.5 is not necessarily classified as a 205 width wheel, they come 195/45 as standard on all RXii 16"s, you've just gotta upgrade to the 40s after that.

I know, very disappointed. Do you have a link to the sizes of the new alloys? Been looking for some winters as the BBS are requiring constant cleaning. Currently after the following:

BBS Colour Concept Interlagos
OEM VW Mk5 SE Alloys
16" VW Monza's no tyres

Found some Ronals with new tyres for £300 which i'm considering, but they don't run with the OEM theme throughout the car.

Also, halfrauds are s**t for online reservation. I reserved some Foliatec Red caliper paint (which I had spent all today cleaning up the calipers) and get there after a 15 min each way travel to find they don't even sell it! Bloody jokers

Right I need some assistance, need to get some figures and number crunching together to see whether I can realistically run these Monza's.

Right,

205/45/16 to 195/40/16 Tyre
ET/Offset - 38
PCD Adaptors 20mm

Can I run these?

Yes you can fit them.

20mm adaptors will make your ET 18, which means the wheels will sit 27mm more out of the archs more than your RXIIs.

For reference my pepperpots sit 3mm further out than them:


Keep in mind they're 15s though

Red calipers, halfway through. First pic is first coat, second pic is second coat.

a few more costs should be right

Added another coat, looking a lot better now.



annd

Think this will be the last coat, nice and thick and looks much better now. Going to leave it overnight to cure and harden

looks good mate

I must do the GTI brakes....might do that tuesday actually!

Go for it, mine have come up mint now they have started to dry. Pity i've still got tonnes of the stuff left!

On a side note, does anyone have a picture of the rear of a 6n steering wheel? Also, how can I remove it and refit safely?

Geez i see what you mean with the dark first coat now!

Looking alot better since it's dried though. Is it a sufficient colour now?

Yeah looks loads better now, my new addition. A 6n2 front steering wheel, one more step towards my dash conversion

Pics with flash exaggerate the wear on the wheel, but its not noticable at all now i'm coated it in polish. Very cool though, I love it

Looks spot on mate! nice addition

Looks great, was the steering wheel a direct fit?

Yep a straight swap