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Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:41 am
by PumpkinPie
Has anyone driven Polos with both sizes of wheels to see how they compare for comfort? I'm considering adding the 16" Navarre alloys to my car order but comfort is my main concern, I don't want a hard ride and rattling trim. I had a test drive in a Polo with the 15" alloys and was really impressed with the quietness and smoothness of the ride. I read an article in What Car where they said that the Polo with 16" alloys is quieter than a Fiesta with 15" alloys.
Cheers!
Re: Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:57 am
by AJ_7
I have 17" Boavista alloys and recently I had a 1.2 S courtesy car for 3 days whilst my car was in for a VW product recall check on the Turbo.
The courtesy car had the 15" steel wheels and the ride comfort was almost the same for me!
Re: Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:08 am
by PumpkinPie
Thanks. Have you had any interior rattles on your car with those wheels? I always thought that 15" gave a smooth ride but I swapped from 16" to 15" on my Fiesta and it was still rock hard, I guess it just depends on the characteristics of the car.
Re: Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:29 am
by AJ_7
PumpkinPie wrote:Thanks. Have you had any interior rattles on your car with those wheels? I always thought that 15" gave a smooth ride but I swapped from 16" to 15" on my Fiesta and it was still rock hard, I guess it just depends on the characteristics of the car.
I haven't had any interior rattles at all, I do occasionally get a rattling fuel pipe in cold temperatures but that's an existing issue with Polo's that your dealer would sort out FOC
Re: Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:35 am
by Deako
Polo has to have 17". 15" or 16" look silly.
Re: Ride comfort difference between 15" and 16" alloys?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:37 am
by Lieto
i have 14 and i gotto say it looks quite Ok xD
I guess all of you guys are from UK so you have decent roads there. I got a friend in kiev who got golf gti with 17 wheels.. well he is "fixing" those 2-3 times a year (not sure whats the right english word for when you fix disks)