Fitting 14" alloys

[Grant]

I've been offered some VW alloys with 175/80 r14 tyres on. The wheels on at the moment are also 14" but have 185/60 r14 (standard size) tyres on.

Are they safe to use or will they catch or grip the road less.

The cars a Fabia PD100 Comfort.

Cheers.

[devonutopia]

You'll need new smaller tyres in 185/60 R14 profile to go on the new alloys if you want to use them with your Fabia. Using 80 profile tyres will cause all kinds of problems - mainly rubbing I should think. Would also look quite comical.

With the proprer tyres 14" alloys do look good on Fabia's - like the elegance trim furbies do.

[Grant]

Thats a shame, They were going for around

[richardsonij]

I've been offered some VW alloys with 175/80 r14 tyres on. The wheels on at the moment are also 14" but have 185/60 r14 (standard size) tyres on.

Are they safe to use or will they catch or grip the road less.

The cars a Fabia PD100 Comfort.

Hi Grant' date='

Visited the Car Maintenance Bible - [url']http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbibles/[/url]

He has a Wheel and tyre bible http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbibles/tyre_bible.html

This page lets you input values of the old and new wheel / tyre sizes which show whether the rolling radius and circumference will be similar.

I have captured on a Word doc the pertinent calcs for your current and prospective new wheel size/tyre size. The upshot is that the tyres your mate has for sale are a much higher circumference and will cause your speedo to under-read by 10%. Not good for avoiding speed camera penalties.

Wheel calc.doc

[devonutopia]

Grab them for

[Grant]

Cheers Richardsonij, thats a great site.

I might do that. They've got Dunlops on at the moment and around half thread left. Just got to find a tyre fitter first. If not I could always eBay them. BTW do you want some tyres ?

[devonutopia]

BTW do you want some tyres ?

Not that big. Would be a tight fit around a set of 17" alloys.

Good luck anyway - always happy to try and help someone improve their wheels.

[richardsonij]

Cheers Richardsonij' date=' thats a great site.

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No worries,

I found the link on Briskoda Links http://www.briskoda.net/links/browselinks.php?c=39

when I was looking for info on upgrading my wheels from 185/60/r14 to 15" rims. I bought a set of 15" VW alloys via eBay for

[devonutopia]

You'll want Skoda badges to replace the VW maybe - look at eBay. Jason Devonutopia even had some for sale a while ago!

Our UK resident Dutchman, Q, got those centre caps. All I have left now is my F A B I A badges, comfort badges, and an SDI badge too.