Newbie here ladies and gents so please be gentle.

 

ive just picked up one of the above. It's got a set of real knobbly off road tyres on it currently.

 

id like to get a set of road wheels and tyres for it. I know the original factory wheels were 205 60 R15's.

 

what I'd like to know is will any set of Octavia wheels from the MKII range fit? Will wheels from any other makes fit?

 

i think the pcd is 112 and the wheels are 5 stud currently.

 

theres a set of 15" wheels from a 2008 Octavia (but not the 4x4) local to me with a new set of tyres on. Would these fit? The tyres are 185 55 15's.

 

plead excuse why is probably a simple question but this is new territory for me!

 

thanks in advance.

 

ned

Hi. Yes it's 5x112 on Octavia 2008.

Is it the Scout version you have got? I'm asking because I am not sure which original factory wheels are for Scout in 15".

205 60 R15 will look abit chuncky or off-roady, as you say. I think it suis a 4x4, but that's my opinion. I know the Scout version was delivered with 205/60 R16 or 225/50 R17, they all have a little off-roadish style, a bit more rubber sidewall heights.

Anyway, if you like more highway style wheels, almost all Oct Mk2 wheels will fit. Ordinary Octavias have 195/65 R15, 205/55 R16 or 225/45 R17. I would have looked for the 205/55 R16 or 225/45 R17.

The 185/55 R15 will be too small, the other circumference are 6.7% less than the current wheels. You will get a misreading on the speedo, the wheels will spin faster in the same actual speed and the mileometer will tick faster. Related to the original 195/65 R15 the difference will be 7.9%. So that is a significant difference, I would not go for it.

I hope this was a bit helpful, keep posting. Pictures of the car showing the wheels is always interesting.