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No worries...and what about the tyres?

This looks great. Can I ask what are the wheel and tyre specs?

I'd say black wheels have been overdone completely, especially on white cars. Go for Silver 8)

And what do you think was overdone completely for years before people began putting black wheels on white cars?...Silver!

If the opening question applies only to white cars, take a good look at all ...

darrenpolo wrote:I've put the ten mm on now and no rubbing?!

Ok fair enough but can I pose this question...have you really 'driven' the car spiritedly through some tight dipping sweepers??

I'm sorry to inform you, but with those 35mm springs on the front with a 10mm spacer you are going to be rubbing big time on cornering.

Deako wrote:H&R 35/55 with 15mm front and 8mm rear spacers. Need to order new wheels to clear the brakes without spacers.

Out of curiosity, did you use bolt on hub-centric spacers or did you have enough hub to get the job done with standard 8 & 15mm spacers?

mashmarriner wrote:Aye. Anew that tbh a dunno why the **** a said nut. I used to have nuts on my old ford ka that's probs why lol

Ha!...easy mistake to make...its second nature to say nut I guess.

Its called a lug bolt not a nut and they're M14 x 1.5...28mm

Cheers for the help guys, I'm confused now, some people say 18" and 8" width with an offset of 35 will fit with 35/55mm springs and some say it will rub, does anyone have a definitive answer? :?

definitive answer: yes they will rub...a lot

mine are 18x8 ET35, 225/35 and 25/40 H&Rs and the front ...

I'm not convinced its soley relative to the ABS at all. I've changed my GTI wheels to 18inch and have always reset the button however last week my tyres were well down on the 38psi I had in them...6 psi to be precise and I had no warning the pressures had dropped.

Previously with the 17inch wheels ...

SAMBA VAN MAN wrote:So what ET do you reakon to get with these Schmidt wheels?

You need to be looking at ET35-38 for an 8 inch rim.

I've matched the Exor rim directly to the 18 inch rim/35 series tyre from my original photo.

Quite honestly...in my opinion they don't suit the 6r.

Those gti stockies painted gloss black would look much better in matte black due to the numerous matte black inserts on the exterior of the car...much more complimentary to the overall look.