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I am the proud owner of a vw polo 6n2 which at the moment has some 14" wheel caps on. i was considering putting some 17" rims on there. has anyone put 17" rims on and have they been ok. as in not scraping against the arches etc. please let me know

jon44 wrote:I am the proud owner of a vw polo 6n2 which at the moment has some 14" wheel caps on. i was considering putting some 17" rims on there. has anyone put 17" rims on and have they been ok. as in not scraping against the arches etc. please let me know

My 6n2 gti hasn't been lowered yet but has 17s on it and they are fine.....

I dont mean to offend any of my fellow polo members running 17's but on a personal been there done that view - i think the 6n2 model looks and handles alot better on either 16s or 15s and lowered.

If you do go the 17s route make sure your running 195's otherwise you'll need some arch work - actually you'll need arch work if your lowering it too

just my 2 pence worth

Rich

jon44 wrote:I am the proud owner of a vw polo 6n2 which at the moment has some 14" wheel caps on. i was considering putting some 17" rims on there. has anyone put 17" rims on and have they been ok. as in not scraping against the arches etc. please let me know

Jon44 = www.jon44w.com ?

I urge u to reconsider ur choices here. 16 is really the maximum size id stick on a polo. 14-15" is perfect id say.

also having anything bigger than 15s slows down the polo quite considerably and you can actually tell the difference

I will certainly be going for smaller lighter wheels when i replace mine... the person i bought the car off prefered the balance of the car with the original smaller wheels also...

Had 17s, scrubbing everyday even with archwork although car was lowered 55mm.

Still needed more serious slammage... got sick and now running on 13 inch steelies

Go for 17s if your gonna match it with serious arch work and slammage. Oh yeah and say goodbye to handling and taking corners at speed. Plus it will probably end up f*****g up your tracking.

But hey if your still loving the idea of 17s go for it

again, no offence to anyone running 17's....they look w**k of polos, there toooooooo BIG for the shape of the car..i think14's or 15's, but some 16 look cool too

but never 17's

I wouldnt say 17s look s**t coz they are so big, i thought my old wheels were sexual.

Personal taste of course.

thanks for the feedback. i think 17" has alot of negative feedback. you have all given me something to think about now. hmmm.. but i cant seem to find any good 4stud 16" alloys. any suggestions???

EBAY!!!

My old MK5 had 17" RS4's and was lowered 30mm all round.

I liked them - but with the GTI im sticking with the standard 15" wheels !#

Photo of the 17" -

What's wrong with 15" wheels?

It seems like you have taken them out of the equation.