Expert help needed on wheel fitment

[wilson2k6]

quote: The front wheels are 7 1/2 J x 18 ET 50 and are fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport 225/40/ZR 18​

The rear wheels are 9J x 18 ET 52 and are fitted with 265/35/ZR 18

These came off a porsche 5x130

i have a VW golf mk4 5x100 and know that i can get pcd adaptorts from venom sport that will conver 5/100 to 5/130 and correct centre bore etc but im a little confused with the offset business can anyone tell me if there is going to be a problem with a 25mm pcd adaptor and these wheels??!!

 

[wilson2k6]

I have posted it on clio sport becuase the guys on mkv's vw forum never reply to any threads of mine

 

[drhowser]

what offset does the golf run?

 

[wilson2k6]

et 35

 

[Da]

The fronts will sit 15mm further out and the rears 17mm further out than standard.

 

[Fred@BTM]

other way round daz, lower number = the further they stick out

 

[drhowser]

so, assuming the wheels clear the arches ok. you can use spacers if you need to move them out a bit. just remember you'll need longer bolts too!

 

[C.slicker]

As Daz + Fred said but...

Won't the PCD converters act as massive spacers? I think they will both sit very far out of the arches and I would have thought you'd certainly need your arches rolled.

Sam

 

[wilson2k6]

so theres no way of doing it without getting my arches rolled ?

 

[drhowser]

^ i've just realised that too! with 25mm pcd converters the fronts should be 10mm out and the rears should be 8mm out.

 

[drhowser]

you might get away with that, you need to measure the clearance as it is now. might be worth taking the car to a decent garage and asking too?

 

[wilson2k6]

cheers for the advice, theres these real nice porsche bbs wheels i want on ebay at the moment and they finish tomoro :dapprove: so i dunno what im going to do!!!

 

[drhowser]

i know a lot of people use the porsche wheels on vw's, try calling jabbasport, awesome gti, c&r or prabably venom themselves. there will be someone at one of them with the answer, and in my experience they are all very helpfull.