Hi,

I'm currently running my Octy Combi from 2008 on a set of RS6-replicas (19x8) ET45 with 225/35-19 Hankook Evo S1 tyres.

The car has been lowered (not sure how much though).

I love the look of the car, but the wheels are poor quality replicas and the car shakes when driven.

Numerous attempts to balance the wheels to fix this has proven unsuccesful.

Therefore I'm considering getting new wheels and I've fallen for the VMR v701s, but they are 8.5" wide - meaning they're 0.5" wider than the ones I currently have.

So, the question is whether or not these wider wheels will fit my car without any problems?

I'm quite a bit concerned as - as far as I can calculate - the wheels will be 0.25" or ca. 6mm wider both on the inside and the outside if I keep the ET the same.

At the front this will most likely mean that the wheels will end up outside the wheel arch - instead of tucked away inside them (but right at the edge as they are now).

At the back this shouldn't be a problem.

However, I don't want to end up with a set of wheels that rub the wheel arches, the dampers etc.

Anybody running a similar setup without any problems?

Thanks,

/Niels

I donnot have 19" but do have 15" on my megane

Anyway,I have/had the same problem.

When the rim is fixed is their space between the center hole on rim and the disk.

Let me try to explain, sorry my english. wheel just centered on disk, is their space(moves side to side) or the wheel is spot on to disk meaning hard to fix wheel to disk.

If the center of rim is to large for center of disk, when you tighten the bolts this will push the wheel to on side more than other, you will have steering wheel shakes, 120km-150km/h, because the wheel is not centered to disk.

Before aftermarket rims had to be used with center plastic adapters so the rim could be centered.

One way that reduced this was by tighten bolts by hand until you feel it´s ready to be full tighten with wrench.

Edited 2 May, 201115 yr by alberg

Yes they'll fit fine.

I donnot have 19" but do have 15" on my megane

Anyway,I have/had the same problem.

When the rim is fixed is their space between the center hole on rim and the disk.

Let me try to explain, sorry my english. wheel just centered on disk, is their space(moves side to side) or the wheel is spot on to disk meaning hard to fix wheel to disk.

If the center of rim is to large for center of disk, when you tighten the bolts this will push the wheel to on side more than other, you will have steering wheel shakes, 120km-150km/h, because the wheel is not centered to disk.

Before aftermarket rims had to be used with center plastic adapters so the rim could be centered.

One way that reduced this was by tighten bolts by hand until you feel it´s ready to be full tighten with wrench.

Hi Alberg,

Yes, the wheels are centered on the hub and they do indeed come with center plastic adapters.

However - the wheels were running as smooth as silk when new.

Approximately two weeks later after hitting the various small bumps and holes in the road the wheels started shaking.

I tried replacing the wheels with the same model - same thing happened again after two weeks.

This could of course sound like I'm thinking that 19" wheels with 35 profile tyres can take any pothole you throw at them, but this is not the case.

I try very hard to avoid every hole as best I can, and any curb and other bumps I need to cross is done at lowest possible speed.

/Niels

Harry runs 19's so I guess he should know

Spigot rings can cause the vibration you are experiencing, as can non-'hubcentric' wheel spacers.

Tightening one wheel bolt fully before fitting the rest can also cause vibration.

A badly buckled alloy should show up even visually on a wheel balancing machine.

Harry runs 19's so I guess he should know

Spigot rings can cause the vibration you are experiencing, as can non-'hubcentric' wheel spacers.

Tightening one wheel bolt fully before fitting the rest can also cause vibration.

A badly buckled alloy should show up even visually on a wheel balancing machine.

Thanks!

Does this imply that you suggest I try to remove the spigot rings?

Thanks!

Does this imply that you suggest I try to remove the spigot rings?

Spigot rings are used to adapt the size of the hub 'ring' of the wheel to fit your car's hub diameter. I wouldn't remove them, no.

If you have spacers, remove them to eliminate that as a possible cause of vibration. The point I'm trying to make is that a buckled alloy should be visible when rotating on a wheel balancing machine-it will appear oval!

The other suggestions are possible causes of vibration.

It seems like the wheels you want to replace them with will fit anyway!