silkyms3

Case for 20s.

Cale262

What size tire are you running on those wheels Bknewtype?...255/35?

Cale262

Just ordered Vorstiener VFF107s 19x8.5et45 with 255/35 MPSS. The wheels are supposed to be here today and then I'll coat them in Gtechniq C5, tires are at the tire shop waiting so hopefully I'll have them all ready and installed on Thursday...if all goes according to schedule and I'm hoping it happens as I have the car entered into a carshow (drivenshow.ca) in Edmonton with my GTI (GTI won "best in show" in the driven Calgary show) on Saturday, the car has to be dropped off on Friday. Crossing fingers...

Thanks for all the input!

Huey52

Yes, that is the case for 20". To my eye and sense of aesthetic proportion, and I know I'm in the senior minority, it borders on cartoonish (as in Disney-Pixar Cars).

I recently saw a Range Rover Evoque with 20" wheels and it similarly went too far imho.

But whatever You like is what you should get. Truly an eye of the beholder consideration, and seat of the pants too if bad local roads.

Cale262

I think the 20's look great and aren't too bad on most roads but I took the car on a 700km road trip yesterday and found the OEM 20's were quite rough over jointed concrete highways which are pretty common here, even with the mag-ride set to comfort it became very old quite quickly...so this time I'm choosing the 19's for comfort as this is also my daily driver. I don't think there will be much, if any lack of performance, maybe even a gain. I also prefer the "squared" sidewalls over the stretched tire look, the tires on these OEM wheels look like elastic bands...crossing my fingers that I made the right choice (very much on the fence), I'll find out soon enough.

Cale262

For the record...19x8.5ET45 Vorstiener wheels do not fit over the brakes! Now I have an extra set of wheels sitting in my garage...not what I want to pay to find out

Cale262

Well the 19"Vorstieners didn't work out...an expensive mistake. I'll reach out to them tomorrow to see if we can make a deal or they could help me out with some 20's, very disappointed ATM.

That didn't stop me from moving on though, the local tire shop I use has now become a Vorstiener dealer (I didn't know) so maybe they an help me out here...I just bought some Neuspeed wheels from them today, they called Neuspeed and confirmed this wheel, RSe102 would fit in a 19x9et40 but they were not 100% correct (much like Vorstiener) about the fitment but they were close as to fit over the front callipers these wheels still needed a 5mm and after looking at the rear with a tire on I think the rear could use a 10mm spacer as well to balance things out. I am very pleased with the look of the RSe102 wheels in gloss black on the car although they will become the winter wheels and my search will continue for a summer wheel setup.

I'll have to take some better pictures when time allows, these don't do it justice but you can get the idea.

audibmi

would 10mm spacers on the vorsteiner wheels cleared the front brakes or the spoke design does not allow?

Cale262

Its the spoke design that doesnt clear the callipers, the shop but a 20mm spacer on there and it cleared the brakes by maybe a sheet of paper but the wheel also poked out quite a bit and that wont work either.

Huey52

Yeah, that would effectively make them ET25. Far too much positive offset. ET33 is as far as I would go (and may with BBS SX 18" rims for Winter; 20" of same pictured on gray TTS above)

It never ceases to amaze me how narrow the spoke-front caliper gap is on my 19" OEM blade wheels!