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Hi Guys, I've looked into getting a set of 3sdm 0.5 for my polo moda as they now do them in 16". I rang rimstyle and they said they would be too wide and 'would sit 20mm out of my arches' if I were the get them. I believe they come in widths of 8 & 9.
What do you make of this? How wide do you think I could go or how wide have you gone?
Thanks!

Hii

I'm Only New To The Forum And Haven't Actually Got My Polo Yet

But I Do Believe 8 Wide Is Sorta your Max
(This Is Only A Rough Idea From Searching Online)

But I'm Sure You Will Find The Answer On Here

Michael

You can run 8" wide rim, just depends on the offset of the wheel though! I'm running 17" 7.5J x ET45. I've now fitted 20mm spacers to the rear which brings the front face of the rim level with the rear arch. I don't have any problems with the fronts catching at all. You could always run a little stretch on the tyres to to ensure the tread is under the arches which is all that is required to be road legal Obviously your not aloud to run a silly amount of stretch, but I can't imagine you would need to. Hope that helps you mate.

NMavs wrote:You can run 8" wide rim, just depends on the offset of the wheel though! I'm running 17" 7.5J x ET45. I've now fitted 20mm spacers to the rear which brings the front face of the rim level with the rear arch. I don't have any problems with the fronts catching at all. You could always run a little stretch on the tyres to to ensure the tread is under the arches which is all that is required to be road legal Obviously your not aloud to run a silly amount of stretch, but I can't imagine you would need to. Hope that helps you mate.

The offset is ET25, i'm such a newbie to things like this. How do you think that will affect it? thanks man!

Polomic wrote:Hii
I'm Only New To The Forum And Haven't Actually Got My Polo Yet
But I Do Believe 8 Wide Is Sorta your Max
(This Is Only A Rough Idea From Searching Online)
But I'm Sure You Will Find The Answer On Here
Michael

What are you getting?

Not true, you can run 9J wheels on a 6R but you need the right offset, this guys running 9J ET38 wheels with 225/35 on the rear

what sort of offset do i need?

Scotty93 wrote:Not true, you can run 9J wheels on a 6R but you need the right offset, this guys running 9J ET38 wheels with 225/35 on the rear

I need more of this!

im running 8.5j's or the rear with et 55 and 35mm spacers so et25 with a 215 tyre and it just legal could do with abit more stretch/smaller spacers

bambaaaa wrote:im running 8.5j's or the rear with et 55 and 35mm spacers so et25 with a 215 tyre and it just legal could do with abit more stretch/smaller spacers

Thanks dude! Do you ever get any rubbing?

with how low i have it i do get a bit but little bit of camber and it will be fine

massive help dude! cheers!