16" alloys on a vrs?

[duncs_vrs]

can i put 16" alloys on my mk1 octy vrs with no brake clearance issues want to try something different!!

cheers

duncs

[Chris_Argyle]

The fabia vRS comes with 16" alloys as standard, and I have the 312's from the octavia under them with no problems.

HTH

[mattbeef]

yup, the estate's came with 16" wheels anyway

[KenONeill]

Maybe. VAG 16s clear the 312mm discs but I'd not guarantee that with aftermarket rims.

[duncs_vrs]

its vag wheels im thinking of bbs splits from a mk3 anni golf still chewing it over

[Tech1e]

They have quite a high offset and are pretty narrow so might look a bit odd.

[duncs_vrs]

yeah i was thinking that, quite fancy a set of dished 16's with a nice drop for some reason, just too many big audi wheeled octy's floating around!! not that its a bad thing just want to be a bit different!!

[888]

Yep, my Octy vRS came with 16's as standard, 18's now though

[VRS Nick]

my octy vrs came with 16s standard too . how does it go with 18s on her ? has it slowen down the accleration down much ?

[Wayne Kerr]

yeah i was thinking that, quite fancy a set of dished 16's with a nice drop for some reason, just too many big audi wheeled octy's floating around!! not that its a bad thing just want to be a bit different!!

If you want rid of the 17's (?), keep me in mind.

[KenONeill]

my octy vrs came with 16s standard too . how does it go with 18s on her ? has it slowen down the accleration down much ?

Why would it, if the rolling radius and wheel/tyre weight are the same?

[VRS Nick]

just thought it might do , because i had a clio and i put 17s on her and it slowed the acceration down alittle bit and also knocked my MPG down

[KenONeill]

As I intimated above, if the 17" wheel/tyre combo was noticably larger radius (higher overal gearing), or heavier (2kg increase in wheel/tyre weight over all 4 wheels is like 10kg on overall vehicle weight to accelerate) that would impare your acceleration.

So would fitting tyres with higher rolling resistance, but that's harder to measure.