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Hoping someone will know the correct measurements need to buy some wheels.Know the pcd is 100 and centre bore is i think 57mm but needing to know the best offset for front and rear.
fronts will be 7><14 and rears 8><14 with standard arches know the rear et will be a smaller number as theres more space there but does anyone know the best size ???
Tyre choice iam going for is 195 50 14 if i can find any any help appreciated thanks folks.

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It is a difficult one to answer as it depends on your suspension height and travel too.

7x14 on the front is not too big at all and I would say ET 30 ish would be fine.
For the rears though 8 inches is quite wide, though with the 195's stretched on, you could probably get away with a similar offset of around ET 30.

My wheels are either ET 33 or 32 but are only 6 inch wide. The rears are nowhere near rubbing as the arches give quite a bit of clearance, though I think the fronts would be on the limit if it was any lower!

It's a tough call though and the best bet is to hope someone reads this post with a similar set up!!!

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is this for your polo mate? there aint as much clearance at rear on polo as golf, might be a bit of a beast actually im sure theres some law/rule thing about wheels sticking past your arches, i would try some different ones first before you commit yourself to buying any, dont really understand the et thing just from past experience i know wheels that didnt rub on a mk1 did rub on a polo, theres loads you can try here if thats any use,
paul

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tHANKS LADS SO CONFUSING AND DONT WANNA ORDER AND BUY BRAND NEW WHEELS TO FIND THEY DONT FIT oops caps.
Yes its a golf,polos a matchbox car deffo wont fit that.
Prob comes from sump so low but useable at mo but gap between arch n tyre tooo BIG dry sump not an option so up the profile of tyre up to 50 from 45 and a smaller et on rear to fill arch more here look n see what i mean.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kevin.yeoman/WebGalleries/GTIFestival2005/GTI%20Festival%202005%20006.html

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See what you mean about the wheels -  think it might look way better if it was lowered more…

This is interesting - did you speak to the owner?

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