New Shoes! :D

[[TW]Fox]

Surely you cant just pick random widths though or the rolling radius will be out?

 

[Wayn0r]

went from 18" 225 to 19" 215, the difference would be marginal apparently > so the toyo bloke said.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I would have thought moving up in size and down in width would be more than marginal?

 

[Tumbletop]

http://www.pneus-online.co.uk/equivalency-tables-advice.html provides you with a quick guide to permissable and recommended tyre widths vs rim widths. As you can see, the range for an 8.0 inch rim is 215->245.

The advantage of 215/35 R19 on the Golf is that it closely matches the rolling diameter of the original 225/40 R18 tyres, 0.64% different (smaller). The more common 235/35 R19 comes in at 1.54% larger diameter, which I've noticed myself from personal experience seems to make tyre fitters nervous, even though various web pages recommended staying within 3% will be acceptable.

Anything bigger than 235 will likely run into rubbing problems on the R32, either with the springs or the arch.

 

[Phil W]

Have to say, i prefer the old ones, OEM ***.

 

[The Badger]

The new ones are better, nice contrast of the blue with black

 

[loltim]

Oh, and i missed the magic 100000 but...

n00b http://www.krikey.nildram.co.uk/ek9/moonmileage.jpg

Wheels look great, not sure black suits the car colour though, white would look better. How are the Proxies? They seem to get mixed reviews, I certainly won't be buying any after what i've read.

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really? any reason?

Im not keeping these long, just ordered some white buddy club sf7(i think)

as 19" effect the handling too much.

Just read this :thumbs:

 

[Wolf11]

Well i think the Oz rims look better then the originals

Ditto

 

[Wayn0r]

just put some fuel in, and now the car is clean and in a better light i think they look a lot better. i will take some pictures tommorow with decent camera and then you can tell me what you think.

 

[Wayn0r]

better? loads of brake dust on the front already

 

[Matt82]

are the oz wheels lighter than the originals? did the car feel different after?

 

[Wayn0r]

yea, feels slightly higher - which is strange, as as we have already discussed the size difference after all aint that much?

its nimbler to steer, but having said that its understeering more - i think that could be the horrible weather + brand new tyres that aint had the top scrubbed off.?

 

[agw_01]

Looks nice that! They make the whole car look much more aggressive. Undecided whether I like them more than the old ones though.

 

[Dharok]

Very nice! Love black alloys, look nice on silver cars especially.