Which wheels will fit on my golf?

[Aparoon]

So will 18 x 8j et 38 fit ok on our cars??

[Top Cat]

these are also right on the border, you would need to do the arch liner mod and if you lower it you would need a bit of stretch on the tyres. 

[TomB]

My new wheels are 8.5" and ET44 for the front and 9.5" and ET46 for the back :)

The extra wheel width goes on the back of the wheel so if you have wheels like mine, more negative offset brings the extra width away from the suspension.

[Top Cat]

My new wheels are 8.5" and ET44 for the front and 9.5" and ET46 for the back :)

The extra wheel width goes on the back of the wheel so if you have wheels like mine, more negative offset brings the extra width away from the suspension.

Can you explain that a bit better please Tom that doesn't make sense to me. 
And do you have the wheels on the car. 

[Mark_GTIV]

I have some wheels coming soon which are about 18 mil further out, which is right on the border of fitting without any other arch alterations or camber.  

I think you'll struggle there TC. I'm currently running 8Jx18 CH with ET50 on a 12mm spacer which equals +13mm further out than the Monzas (if my sums are correct) because the damn 8mm H&R spacers haven't arrived from TTS Roadsport yet   .

My car isn't as low as yours and I'm getting a small rub on compression, plus the wheel to my eye sticks out a touch too much.

I dont think your sums are correct Mark, you forgot to factor in the 1/2 inch extra wheel width which is a 1/4 inch to add to your total so yours at the minute are somewhere near 19 to 20 mil further out.  

+ i have some camber adjust mounts to go on as well, as i fancy a bit off sump scrape.    

Ahh... you are correct.

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

I forgot that the Monza wheel isn't an 8 inch, but a 7 1/2 inch.

If I bang the following in to the calculator :

Current wheel specs : Width 7.5 inches - offset 51mm (standard VW 18'' Monza wheel)
New wheel specs : Width 8 inches - offset 50mm (CH wheel)

I get an inner clearance of 5mm less and an outer position of 7mm more.

[TomB]

I was being a spanner when I said the extra width goes on the back, it goes on the centre.  I should know, I spent the day selling alloys for no money! Hungry Tom makes for confused posts (donate food!)  Offset is the measurement between the centre of the rim to the mounting face.  If that confuses you, play with this "visualisation" and it'll all become clear: http://www.morfed.net/wheel-offset-calculator/#vis

What I was trying to say was with a lower offset, the wheels stick out more, and with that, it is pulling the extra width away from the suspension.  My wheels aren't on yet as I can't afford the tyres (no job y'see) and I know its going to be fun, but my best mate and I got 8s and 9s on his MK3, so the room's there

[Top Cat]

No probs Tom, i thought you had got it wrong, it is confusing this offset lark  and i think you may struggle getting your rears to fit but it is possible as you can put some camber on the rear as well good luck. 

[TomB]

They won't be my daily wheels, they will get ruined in no time!  I won some R32 calipers the other day so I need to get some daily 18s. S-Lines or Monza IIs methinks! 

I've got some free time tomorrow, I might trial fit one of the rears and see how complicated they'll be.  I'm sure it'll be OK, I've got 2 grinders! 

[TomB]

TC, check these out! 







Thats the 9.5x18 ET46 wheel, I literally have 2-3mm clearance on the strut and the filler neck, and the arch liners will just cause scrapey noises so they'll have to go! 

[Top Cat]

Yikes,  I thought your confidence would be short lived.
You should be able to sell them on though easy enough. 

[TomB]

The arch liners have to go, not the wheels! 

I'm going to get squeeze some 225/40s on the back and I may get some 3mm spacers to give the filler neck a bit more breathing space, but I think I can brace the neck to sit further in.  The 8.5 fronts will get some 215/40s 

Don't worry, I won't be running it like this daily, just when the shows are on.  I like the comfort level you get with the 17s.

[Top Cat]

Your mad. 

[TomB]

Why thank you! 

[tom619]

just an update ive seen these wheels on my workmates cars' but cant seem to find any on eb*y has anyone seen them anywhere else, also there are lots of nice wheels on the 2.0 tdi versions of the car but cant find reps or anything on eb*y.

here are the pics anyway

audi i know but would look sick on my golf!

spotted on 2.0 tdi (mines 1.9 with some really crap stocks!)

[TomB]

I've never liked the first ones, the look like poor chinese BBS CH replicas.

The second ones are nice, I think I've seen them on a few Eos's too, so maybe they're off that.