Tyre size for 17'' alloys

[foodie90]

I'm looking at getting these off eBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-genuine-17-ALL ... 103wt_1138

First of all, would these fit on a 2005 9N and what sort of tire would be suitable, looking for something quite low profile

Cheers, Mike

[seanybean16]

on TT comps which are 17" their meant to be a 235 like those but im running 205 toyo proxies and they fit perfect and ride good also
the fitment on those is 205/40/zr/17
hope that helps

[foodie90]

If I just put those on and then lowered by say 30-35mm, would you have any rubbing?

MIKE

[seanybean16]

doubt it.. mines really low on coilovers and i get none so i doubt youll get any

[foodie90]

If I put them on, would you have to lower or??

Cheers, Mike

[seanybean16]

yeah you would other wise would look something like a fox or basically just be sat really high but if you dont have sport suspension you want to be lowering it 40mm+ depending on how low you want it but 40 should sit it nice

[blazeguarder]

First of all, would these fit on a 2005 9N

Worth remembering that you'll need some adaptors to fit those to the 9N. The Jetta has PCD 5X112 (I think) whereas the Polo has PCD 5X100. You may also have problems with the offset etc of the wheels.

Also, you need to keep the rolling radius of the wheel as close to the original as possible so that the speedometer remains accurate. There are various tyre size calculators on the internet which may help you out, run a search on Google for them.

[david burton]

They would rub like hell on those tyres, you need 205x40x17

235x45 is a HUGE tyre compared to that.

[foodie90]

I hope these are ok :/

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _500wt_950

[sfe775]

run 195/40/17 falkens 912 ziex

[foodie90]

Won the auction yesterday on the above GTi alloys. They've got 215/40/17 tyres on so they should be fine....I hope :/

Will get some pics up soon on another thread