weslangdon Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 just my pennyworth but won't the width of these ruin the handling of a Lupo/Arosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annavr6 Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) On 11/02/2017 at 3:23 PM, weslangdon said: just my pennyworth but won't the width of these ruin the handling of a Lupo/Arosa Cant see why they would, ive had 6 inch, 7 inch, 8 inch and 9 inch wheels on my lupo before, I would have said these were perfect GTI size Edited February 14, 2017 by annavr6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted February 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 just my pennyworth but won't the width of these ruin the handling of a Lupo/Arosa The width of the tyre affects the way the car handles, and our little cars were designed with 6" wide wheels, with every inch wider these become harder to fit into the wheel well too. Bigger tyres 15/16" tall can affect the ride quality if their profiles fall to match the increase in height, our roads are bad enough for ride quality without adding to it. Just my opinion, if its a question of style I might agree but when you weigh up the extra cost in alloys and more expensive rubber I wouldn't bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj1 Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, weslangdon said: just my pennyworth but won't the width of these ruin the handling of a Lupo/Arosa The width of the tyre affects the way the car handles, and our little cars were designed with 6" wide wheels, with every inch wider these become harder to fit into the wheel well too. Bigger tyres 15/16" tall can affect the ride quality if their profiles fall to match the increase in height, our roads are bad enough for ride quality without adding to it. Just my opinion, if its a question of style I might agree but when you weigh up the extra cost in alloys and more expensive rubber I wouldn't bother That is incorrect. The GTI was supplied with, 6.5J wheels. There were also many other optional/standard/accessory wheels supplied by VW, designed for the Lupo which were either 6.5J or 7J. Bathurst, BBS RS 814 to name two. More are available on here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted February 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 Ok re Bathursts but that's still a small minority of the wheels on Lupo's. I think that my next move is likely to be fitting 185/60/14's the old Golf GTI size, to give a little more comfort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 are they Vauxhall calibra wheels? I'd say the centre bore without spigot rings will ruin the handling more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 I don't think they're Vauxhall wheels as they pretty much only run the ET49 offset for their 'negative scrub geometry'. I can't see how 7j wheels will affect the handling either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 185/55/14 is the standard TDI and Sport tyre on a 14" rim. 195/40/16 rubber would keep the rolling circ. similar to that of the standard GTI 205/45/15 OEM tyre and wheel package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have 7x15 and run 195/45 tyres on them. VW optional BBS RWs so the et is correct and the car runs fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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