17s

[leespeza 0]

hi all looking to put 17s on my golf mk3 vr6 some guys have told me it slows the car down is this true

[VR6Nat 9]

Not massively, but yeah... i run 17s in the summer and 15s in winter, and it does seem to get going quicker on the 15s , the ideal size for the mk3 is 16s really... looks good and performs and handles well... but i wouldnt be too put off 17s.

(saying that if i could have got my wheels in 16s i would have done that and for sure my next set will be 16s too)

[M44 DUB 2]

Recently fitted a set of S3 17" wheels to my VR and i now find it slow as fook!! Especially pulling away and trying to pick up speed. Defo prefer the 15s. Need to get my hubs re-drilled for my polished 16s

[CALICO 130]

what tyre size are you running

[Dragon Dave 1]

I run 17's on mine, I haven't tried any other sizes, now I read this I think I want to try some 16's.

What is the ideal tyre size for 8j x 16?

[leespeza 0]

ive got standard bbs rims at the moment 15s not sure what to do now

[matty.vrt 120]

ive had 15's 16's and 17's and i like the 17's best they feel less twitchy than the others and more tyre availability than the 16's

[M44 DUB 2]

running 205s on the front and 215s on the rear.

[Lukey. 381]

i agree with the 17s being less twitchy and they also improved the ride overall on my car even with 205/40 as opposed to 205/50 on the 15s.

My 17s are much lighter than my 15s so the gearing deficit doesnt really affect the overall performance, bigger diam but less weight

[matty.vrt 120]

I need some lightwieght 17's bbs are tank but look very nice.the only lightweight alloys i like are o.z ultraleggra but they are pricy.

[mike 6]

its only really pulling off you notice the differnece you cant wheel spin on 17s, but the drive is the same

[matty.vrt 120]

lol my car does nothing but spin i no what you mean tho n/a and 17's = no spin

[mike 6]

lol how much power are you putting out matty?

iv put 17's on all 3 of my mk3 golfs, had 3 sets on this one, imo any other size looks too small / big

[leespeza 0]

thanks for the comments so if you get lightweight 17s it wont affect the speed

[matty.vrt 120]

lol how much power are you putting out matty?

570bhp or 460whp which ever takes ya fancy lol

[spadam 7]

lol how much power are you putting out matty?

570bhp or 460whp which ever takes ya fancy lol

lol not to much then:O

Have you got a build thread be instresting to have a read on what youve done etc.

[matty.vrt 120]

no sorry to lazy basically ive fitted a garrett gt3582r and turned the boost up to 1.6 bar lol ,going to put the engine in the rear soon and make it mid engined rwd so i will get plenty of pics of that build.

[spadam 7]

What internals are you using and what gearbox you running. Can imagine that its a handfull to drive lol

[binliner 0]

iv put 17's on all 3 of my mk3 golfs' date=' had 3 sets on this one, imo any other size looks too small / big

[/quote']

I've had several different 15, 16 & 17 on various VR6s and I much preferred it on 16x8 D90s in terms of the drive... looks is a bit trickier as I've had some nice 17s but I think the right 16s suit a mk3 better than anything

[matty.vrt 120]

standard internals and gearbox , having a 3.0 forged motor built at the moment and a r32 box thats been treated to a wavetrack diff and shot peened gears.