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Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:56 pm**

Wots the best size wheel 4 my polo without having to lower the suspension and the best size wheel with lowering, a alloy shop told me 18's would fit without rubbing please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:03 pm**

what's your engine size and what kind of suspension do you have ?

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 pm**

1.2S 70 n its got standard suspension.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:52 pm**

the thing is, all polo's sit high up, so regardless if you have a 15 inch wheel or a 17 inch wheel its going to look high,

lowering the car is not expensive or the end of the world, if anything its a good thing

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:58 pm**

dont go bigger than 17" i had 18" and they were too big !

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:15 pm**

y was they 2 big? ie did they rub ect ect, so wot size wud b best wot size tyres wud i need aswell how wide can you go without rubing or catching.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:22 pm**

realistically a 17 inch wheel sits and looks best on the car for the size of the platform and arch size

and your tires should be 205x40x17

my wheels are 7.5j in width, and id recommend going no wider than an 8j wheel

and if you dont want issues with rubbing, you need a wheel as close to the stock offset as possible which is et 38, anything from et 40 - et 35 whould be ok,

my old wheels were still only a 7.5j wheel x 17 inch, but an et 32 offset and rubbed on the outsides of the arch on bumps and caught the inside arch on full lock, so just shows what difference 6mm makes

heres a pic of my wheels fitted to my lowered gti

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:25 pm**

the 18" were ok not too much issues with rubbing but looked too big and handles crap! 17" best by far!!