alloys help needed!

shortishort · Post by **shortishort** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:39 pm

my mate wants to sell his alloys but offered them to me b4 they went onto ebay...unfortunately he knows nothing and in unsure if theyre alrite they are 16" in diameter 6.5J wide with an offset of 42. im pretty sure dat would fit a mk4 right?
in addition the tyre width is 205, aspect ratio is 55 and load index of 91 das wat im unsure about will they rub? are there any other tyres dat would fit fine and allow me to lower without rubbing? fanxxxxxxxxxxxx

monkeyalan · Post by **monkeyalan** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:21 pm

the wheels size is fine but the tyres are wayyyyy out!

check the pcd of the wheel is 4 x 100 ( or see if they actually fit)

you need 195/40/16 tyres - not cheap Â£ 55 -70.

shortishort · Post by **shortishort** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:25 pm

what brand tyres are they? cant i get them cheaper? what other tyres would fit, what am i looking for?

monkeyalan · Post by **monkeyalan** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:54 pm

use this to calculate what size you need

http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html

the original tyre size is whats on your car now but just use 185/55/14

and you can check tyre prices and sizes here

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/start.html

you could use 205/40/16 which are cheaper but you may have rubbing problems.

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:38 pm

www.blackcircles.com are good too. just got 4 195/50/15 goodyear eagle f1s fitted for 193 quid. bargain!

R1CH · Post by **R1CH** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:50 pm

they need to be 4x100 and have to have a similar sized centre bore (not critical as spigot rings can sort this,,as long as they aint smaller)