6k budget for a friend - Hatchback

ChrisD. · 10 Mar 2013 at 18:53

I wouldn't buy it purely because it's got stretched tyres on alloys that are the wrong offset for the car. There's plenty of others around regardless of changing alloys or not.

TomO · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:10

staggered wheels on a golf?!?!? Why!?

Stormster · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:12

scene points.

[TW]Fox · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:14

If that isnt a reason to run away I don't know what is.

Belloni · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:39

TomO said:
staggered wheels on a golf?!?!? Why!?

No idea what that means, but I'm guessing it's bad. I'll tell him no.

A[L]C · 11 Mar 2013 at 09:41

Belloni said:
No idea what that means, but I'm guessing it's bad. I'll tell him no.

A staggered fitment is also referred to as a staggered application. Basically, it means that the wheels on the back of the vehicle are a different size than those on the front. Wider wheels are usually run on the back; for example, 19x8 on the front and 19x9.5 on the rear. This is typically done on rear wheel drive cars such as Infiniti G35, Nissan 350Z, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, VW, Ford Mustang, and others. Running wider wheels on the drive wheels means more grip on acceleration, and, from an aesthetic perspective, large lips. The TSW Thruxton 20x10, for example, carries a huge 5" lip.

Apparently