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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: red6688 on April 25, 2013, 01:07:55 pm

Title: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: red6688 on April 25, 2013, 01:07:55 pm

I've just had monza 18 fitted to car , garage calls me to say one wheel I's wider 3 are 8 in width the other 9 as one side sticks out more ..call supplier he says cant be possible as he only supply's monzas in 8 width . Remember reading on a us website the left is different to right at the rear ,is this the case . By the way it's on coil overs fk .any ideas

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: howler on April 25, 2013, 01:18:46 pm

A wider wheel on the left to the right? Surely that cannot be right!

Sometimes you have wider wheels at the rear than on the front on a car but usually on RWD

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: red6688 on April 25, 2013, 01:40:05 pm

I read on a us forum when u lower on coil overs the wheel on one side is closer to the arch than the other. But not sure if this is the problem effect of coil overs or alloy width .

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: tigerj360 on April 25, 2013, 02:28:38 pm

Measure the rear wheels mate

As far as I know the Left and right wheels should no way be different widths  :laugh:

However, as said above, the rears can be wider than the fronts no problem.

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: Top Cat on April 25, 2013, 04:01:43 pm

You paid a garage to fit wheels. ?

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: tigerj360 on April 25, 2013, 05:09:52 pm

Quote from: Top Cat on April 25, 2013, 04:01:43 pm

You paid a garage to fit wheels. ?

 :signLOL:

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: Little_Dave on April 25, 2013, 05:15:07 pm

 :popcornsoda:

Title: Re: Wheel dilemma ?
Post by: red6688 on April 25, 2013, 11:40:32 pm

no I didn't get garage to just fit wheels , was getting two rear arms fitted and alligned . I wouldn't have any face to chat on this forum if I didn't even know how to change a wheel lol