MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Technical Workshop => Topic started by: Sharif on May 14, 2012, 06:39:55 pm

Title: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: Sharif on May 14, 2012, 06:39:55 pm

Hi all,

Considering refurbing the Mams I have and running them on my MK5.

Specs are 8.5 on the fronts ET45, 9.5 on the rears, ET 35, PCD 5x112. Current tyres on them are 235/35/19.

Would the wheels fit ok on the current tyres, or would I need to change them? I have 225/35/19s on my lm reps which I could swap over.

And would the rears poke?

Thanks,

Sharif

Title: Re: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: jameelno1 on May 14, 2012, 10:19:32 pm

you will have a lot of poke im running et35 8.5 and i poke u will have to do the fender screw mod and probably need to roll your arches to try and prevent rubbing

Title: Re: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: AmaZak on May 20, 2012, 09:28:33 pm

Sharif,

You would be ok up front slammed or not with ET45, rears : depending how low you wanted to go the rears will rub unless you  add the following,

option 1 dial in some camber
option 2 run 225's at the back for some added stretch.

Or both of the above will work really well.


Here is mine with 19x8.5 19x9.5 ET35 all round 215/35/19 up front 235/35/19 rears, did rub at the back causing some damage on the arches as well but I was not running any camber at the time.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzakama%2FJetta_MK5%2FP1010002.jpg&hash=9e311def4ab3074008f54dfe1f6fa2f3968aa946)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzakama%2FJetta_MK5%2FP1010003.jpg&hash=80aa27b45b224b0056342401e0589eeebcde6ea0)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzakama%2FJetta_MK5%2FP1010006.jpg&hash=2f2fc006830a59b269dca8920ed75549b5bf6d59)

Title: Re: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: sub39h on May 20, 2012, 09:30:04 pm

fronts you'll be fine with

rears you'll struggle with without camber and things

you'll need thinner tyres

Title: Re: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: AmaZak on May 20, 2012, 09:44:00 pm

You can also tuck them  :happy2:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz187%2Fzakama%2F71a6f097.jpg&hash=ec4b05dee649ed306ea8b099b352067f637b92fc)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz187%2Fzakama%2F2a278117.jpg&hash=e4723eb42c9f838700991c62d07e7fa727d1dcc5)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fzz187%2Fzakama%2F1fa80c10.jpg&hash=9c888afb039e2852e9ddba53c5bc6d47907e22c9)

Title: Re: 9.5J on the rears?
Post by: Sharif on May 21, 2012, 04:45:16 pm

Thanks for the help guys, now to decide whether to run them.