195/45 vs 195/50 tyres?

[anto]

thinking of ordering my ats cups soon and i want to know if the extra 5mm makes that much difference,i know it equates to 10mm in radius but does it really help stop the scrubbing?i'm gonna put a set of coilovers on the polo and drop it a fair bit

[polo-sib]

The scrubbing i found a bastard on the 50's at full lock on the front wheels, plus they knock the speedo out, part from that 50's are great but 45's IMO look better.

[polo_dude]

Yup, go with 45's, even though I still scrub with them.

[crodgers]

Id say go with 45s too mate! I recently put a set of 195/50/15s on the polo and now im looking to lower it but im thinkin its gonna scrub on a full lock etc. Im regrettin that i didnt go for the 45s!

[NOZ]

the 195/50's I had didn't look so balloony which was a good factor. The speedo goes out a tad but once your upto speed you get better speed at the top end. Furthermore at the height I decked my car, it filled up the arch gap so tight I couldn't fit my twinky finger in the gap lol. So it has its good points.

Now I run 195/45 cos the 50's used to scrub like a b*itch against the inner arch once I hit bumps anywhere. It keeps the speedo accurate too. The only dow point is the top end speed and the fact can see inner arch now

[iggy350]

i got the 45's and no scrubbing plus they jus look so much cooler than the 50's lol

[Tim_GTi]

195/45s all day mate. 195/50s should NEVER be considered for the polo, they're way too big and look poop. They're for mark2 golfs...

[anto]

thanks for the advice everybody,guess it's 45s for me then

[Andy1.6]

I had 50s on the bmw e30s I had before I was lowerd and it scrubed! and they were 14s