4 years already, love the Gigaro's but mounting/un-mounting tyres to and from them twice a year just doesn't make any (economical) sense. So it's finally time for getting a 2nd set of wheels. Can't stand seeing the car on steelies or other poorly styled cheap wheels for a good 5 months per year so I reckon I'll leave the winters on the Gigaros, and buy a nice new set to accompany the Federals.

 

Question is, the new wheels being 7.5J (it's a size that gives more options) means 6.35mm closer to the arc, then Federals at 215/40/17 get another ~5mm closer, so to my understanding, with stock offset (ET41) it would be as 10mm spacers are on. If that calculation is right I think any wheel with an offset lower than 41 might be too close or even outside the arcs, and I wouldn't like that. Which, makes this lovely wheel http://wheelsshop.se/7.50x17_ET35_PCD5x100_NAV63.30_Sparco_Pro+Corsa+Titanium_Matt+dark+titanium.faelg.html5?RimsAndWheels-carBrandId=4091&RimsAndWheels-carModelId=43754 not an option I'm afraid.

 

Can people report on what combinations of rim width & offset they've gone for and from which point on the increased width becomes a problem?

 

Cheers

I think you have a lot of leeway to be fair, here is my car with standard wheels, front spacers 15mm rear spacers 20 mm!!

 

 

 

 

and they are still covered by the arches! (just at the rear...)

Ok that's good, because it doesn't look to be more than 10mm between the tyre and the arc from a visual inspection.

Ok that's good, because it doesn't look to be more than 10mm between the tyre and the arc from a visual inspection.

look at this site www.willtheyfit.com

I think you have a lot of leeway to be fair, here is my car with standard wheels, front spacers 15mm rear spacers 20 mm!!

 

 

 

 

et 26 front and et21 on the rear then.

I ran 17x8 et37 fronts and et32 rear and I was tucking them

Running ET28 front and ET25 rear with no problems

Edited 17 March, 201511 yr by 32KOFDATA

So you all reckon a 7.5J / ET35 rim with a 215 wide tyre on won't be outside the arches then? According to willtheyfit.com the new wheel+tyre combo will poke out 12.4mm more than before.

 

 

Running ET28 front and ET25 rear with no problems

 

Are these 7.5J wheels Mano?

Edited 17 March, 201511 yr by newbie69

So you all reckon a 7.5J / ET35 rim with a 215 wide tyre on won't be outside the arches then? According to willtheyfit.com the new wheel+tyre combo will poke out 12.4mm more than before.

 

 

 

Are these 7.5J wheels Mano?

and I have 15 mmm further out on the front and 20 mmm further put on the rear

So you all reckon a 7.5J / ET35 rim with a 215 wide tyre on won't be outside the arches then? According to willtheyfit.com the new wheel+tyre combo will poke out 12.4mm more than before.

 

 

 

Are these 7.5J wheels Mano?

 

Nope they are 7.0J

12.4 mm,  is less than a 1/2" in UK none decimal measurements,  so only the difference between ooo and ahhhh.

So you all reckon a 7.5J / ET35 rim with a 215 wide tyre on won't be outside the arches then? According to willtheyfit.com the new wheel+tyre combo will poke out 12.4mm more than before.

 

 

 

Are these 7.5J wheels Mano?

These will fit fine. Front will be flush with the guards and back will fit inside the guards when you have it full loaded. These are almost the same as mine (I have 7.5J/ET36 with 215/40R17)

Edited 18 March, 201511 yr by mmmRacer

Thanks for the replies, I think I'll go for those Sparcos after I do some more research online.

 

Also, what about the TPMS sensors? Are they almost 150 gbp to buy an extra set? Had no idea they were so bloody expensive. If you don't install them are there any annoying lights/sounds on all the time?

isn't TPMS done through the ABS sensors? I don't think it matters what wheels you have as long as you reset it when you change the wheels over.

As above.

Just reset the TPMS when you fit different size tyres / wheels.  

 (i had 2 slow punctures 2 weeks ago with one front tyre down to 12 psi & another at 20psi and no warning sounded or showed.)

 

The 3 VWG Twinchargers sister cars are on the same components as the vRS but with 215/40 R 17 Tyres as Standard.

Then the A1 122 ps Competition Line runs on 225/35 R 18 tyres, same Sensors & electronics..

Edited 18 March, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

Ok, so there aren't any actual sensors on the wheels, great.

Sorry to high jack but is it possable to retrofit tpms if so what's needed 2011 Fabia tdi

no prob with 8x18 et32 and 10mm spacer 

Thanks guys, just ordered them from Germany in the end, can't wait now...

Have you a link to what you ordered

Silly me you went with the sparco in the end

Sure, here's the link:

 

http://www.felgenoutlet.de/de_de/Alufelgen+Reifen/103521_z17/Sparco_Procorsa_Matt_Dark_Titanium

They look good

They look very good getting 17 spiders powder coated satin black myself

They look good

 

 

They look very good getting 17 spiders powder coated satin black myself

 

Tell me about it... I absolutely loved them the moment I came across them. Wasn't aiming for that price range when I started looking, but since I know I am so particular with rims I soon realized if I didn't go for them, I wouldn't be sleeping peacefully... And with the brand new Federals on I think it's going to be a second honeymoon for me and the car when everything is installed. I'll update with photos of course in due time.

 

PS. Did I say that work has also started on a full TBE (in Greece)?  :p    I've seen some latest stage 2 files from TMG on Cupra's and the curves more than anything else are absolutely fantastic. Christmas are coming muuuch earlier this year.

Edited 18 March, 201511 yr by newbie69

always follow you with interest newbie, its nice to see people loving the car and modding it , and ****... really we could all be dead tomorow, just "spend it and enjoy"