hi guys

 

For a Scout (or Octavia II) what would be sensible wheel offsets?

Current wheels are 7J x 17 ET50, and wondered what scope there is to fit another set of 17" wheels in terms of offset?

What are the offset min/max values that wouldn't affect the car inner/outer clearances?

 

cheers

What width are you thinking of going to?

 

And what do you mean by "sensible"?

 

remembering that 7.5" ET45 is different from 8" ET45...

 

7.5" ET45 fit under the front & rears with room to spare but look pretty good (to my eye).

 

8" ET35 fits really nicely under the rear guard but pokes about 6mm on the front - some like that, some think it a bit naff. 8" ET43 is pretty well dead level with the guard.

 

Spacers are OK in Britain aren't they?  Maybe have a play with them?

Thanks for the reply. Was just looking at what ET options are suitable. I'm aware of the differences in wheel width /offset. Looking to buy a set of 17 alloys for winter and wanted OEM Skoda/VW/Audi/Seat alloys and knowing what offsets won't cause any problems. Cheers

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In OEM just about anything will fit... because it's OEM.

 

Even the Audi TT17x8.5 ET50 will fit under the guards (a guy I know runs them on his Octy2 & says there is plenty of room although I haven't seen them in the flesh).

 

If you use that as a sensible maximum then you can work out what else does the job.

 

17x7.5 ET45 (Audi rims)

 

rear

 

 

 

 

17x8 ET35

 

Edited 17 July, 201510 yr by brad1.8T

Thanks again for the reply and the additional info.

The 17 x 7.5 do look good and fill the arches nicely.

I've been looking around and considering a set of Tiguan "Boston" alloys for winter -

5N0601025C

5 x 112

7 x 17 ET43

57.1 centre bore

 

Given my current Scout wheels are 7 x 17 ET50, any reason why these wouldn't be OK?

 

cheers

They'll be fine. I run 6.5 x16 et42 winter wheels and even use 15mm spacers on the back with no issues.

Great. Thanks for the reply

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Just to update on this - ended up getting a set of Skoda Yeti Dolimite alloys pretty close to standard Scout wheels @ 7x17 ET45.

They look good and suit the car well.

Fitted with Dunlop Winter Sport 4D's.