Re: Wheel sizes

[Michael Leach <scirocco16v_1@yahoo.com>]

Well Rich I have 16x7.5's Borbets and they do look impressive.....here
is the catch...I have had up until later today been running Boge
turbogas and Hor (ass ) springs later today Brett and I (another plug
for Brett....buy guage faces...everyone)   will install Bilsteins and
H+R's....with the stock rims and tires and boge and hor combo it was
fine it brought the car down to a nice level but with the addition of
the wheels the ride height has been a litle too low and i have been
rubbing the front wheel wells ..even the rear very rarely....basically
because the springs quit they suck ass (once agian)....anyway with a
good set of shocks and springs the car will be fine I have no rubbing
over the entire turning radius of the car...and for the offset call me
stupid i bought from tire rack and they have all of the info in the
computer and guarantee the fit...so I never asked....and lastly I
remember that when I was on the phone with tire rack he gave me the
impression that only certian brands of 16x7.5,s were guaranted to fit
so good luck and by the way the biggest size tire they would allow was
205.45.16....well with 45's at least and it all looks great
later
--- "Bonnie E. Muscavitz" <funcar@lr.net> wrote:
> Doesn't putting bigger wheels on throw off the
> offset??
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 12:48 AM
> Subject: Wheel sizes
> 
> 
> >I am contemplating purchasing a new set of wheels
> within the next month or
> >so and I originally I was only considering 15"
> wheels but after seeing a
> >few different Roc's on the net with 16's, I was
> quite impressed with how
> >it looked. So now I am considering 16's as well.  I
> was talking to Brett
> >about how he liked his 16's and his opinions but
> now I have a few
> >questions for anyone else who could give any input.
>  One of the wheels I
> >really like comes in a size 16x 7.5, will I have a
> problem with this?  I
> >don't really want to worry about clearnace
> problems.  Also what is the
> >optimal offset that i should look for?  Any other
> advice pertaining to
> >this topic,(that i know has been covered numerous
> times, but what topic
> >hasn't) would be appreciated greatly.
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Rich Deede
> >University Of Delaware (Communications)
> >1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
> >1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Michael Leach
87 16v
Rochester,NY
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