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6" Rims on a squareback?
Gibbo - January 19th, 2005 at 02:37 PM

Hey all,

Is anyone else running 6" wide rims on a lowered squareback?

Has this caused any issues for anyone?

Cheers


Andy - January 19th, 2005 at 03:54 PM

This came up a while ago, search some old posts!


jonno-t3 - January 19th, 2005 at 04:17 PM

running 14x6 all round with 185x50's...and its lowered...no guard scraping as yet

jonno


Gibbo - January 19th, 2005 at 04:18 PM

nice, thanks jonno, what make of rims?

Cheers


Desert Moose - January 19th, 2005 at 04:23 PM

Hey Gibbo,

Chug-a-lug has 14x6 wheels with 195/65x14 all around and no probs.....:thumb



this is a link to a pic ( not that good a pic but)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Moose906/chug-a-lug.jpg

[Edited on 19-1-2005 by Desert Moose]


NigeType3 - January 19th, 2005 at 04:27 PM

Hay Im running 14 x 7 inch wheels with 195/65 14 they look shithouse and the rears stickout from the gards so lowering is no go. the front could come down but I would realy wont to run 15 inch rims the same as Gibbo.

Ive done a search but came up with nothing can anyone shed some more light on the subject.
Cheers Nige:thumb


Andy - January 19th, 2005 at 04:38 PM

No ones mentioning offsets????


jonno-t3 - January 19th, 2005 at 04:53 PM

hehehe offset...:P dont know sorry, my rims however are vw stamped..and they came with the car...so i assumed that they might be an optional extra...

hey nige...dunno what brand rims u running but it sticks out cus its an extra inch wider than what we're talkin...i got lower profiles on mine...but even if i had the 60's it would clear...unless i went offroad.or hit a mass pothole at speed,

jonno


VWCOOL - January 19th, 2005 at 07:25 PM

I used to run 15x6 no worries - I think it was 100mm backspace


Gibbo - January 19th, 2005 at 08:11 PM

I had those 6" mags on the squareback before, but the rears were in line with the bodywork, so If I had lowered it they would have rubbed and rested on the guards.

Hmmm, is that the offset thing that Andy mentioned?