mk1 wheels

im thinking of buying some wheels of a friend black centres polished deep dish 7j 15 h2 et 42 will they stick out or in not sure how et works

This diagram will explain offset. Genuine VW wheels for mk1's are ET35 or ET38. The lower the number the more the outer rim will stick out (positive offset) and the higher the number the more the inner rim will stick in (negative offset). I've heard it said that you can generally go
-/+ 5 on the offset without any problems on Mk1's so that would suggest extremes of ET31 or ET42 but remember that's in theory and of course the wheel width and ride height both come into play.

People go much further that the +/- 5 which you stated without any problems.

welsh-mk1 said

People go much further that the +/- 5 which you stated without any problems.

 I know they do but often the compromise is spacers, arch modifications, stretched or wrong size tyres or rock hard suspension to stop scrubbing.

i have mine at et 16 on the front and et 11 on the rear ard they're fine

JayClipperCabrio said

i have mine at et 16 on the front and et 11 on the rear ard they're fine

Blimey, what width are the rims ?  8O  Any mod's to accomodate them ?

wheels are 6j but are only 13'' so not like the 15's that most people put on so dont have any issues at all and look really wide fitting some new suspension in the next week or so with a 40mm drop but checked it and tested on a mates car with my wheels and my spacers on and still no scrubbing issues so its all good!

will try a wheel tommorow if they stick in to far and rub inner arches can i not just get some wheel spacers?and if so how much and where from? sorry about all the questions but i just dont know|

Spacers you can get from ebay, venom motorsport (i think) etc etc.  Not hard to find.

vagas said

im thinking of buying some wheels of a friend black centres polished deep dish 7j 15 h2 et 42 will they stick out or in not sure how et works

et of 42 is quite far out, so you may have some issues of the wheels catching suspension especially if running low coilovers!!

I had Ronal turbo's 7j ET 23 with 195 tyresand when the coiles were wound down they rubbed on the springs, solution fitted 5mm spacers thus giving clearance of ET18.. didnt stick out past the arches!!