If you can fit wide tires under your car then get wide wheels to mount em on. A VW is not a car that wide tires can fit under.

The biggest wheel I personally would put on an MkII VW is a 16x7.5".

 

im sure VW owners think some of the things honda boys do is gay as well :chuckles:

 

yeah..i'd have to go :thumbsdown: on this one.....

 

Let's put it this way: the only people who don't think the phat lip craze is gay are VW owners.

I'm not speaking as a Honda owner, I'm speaking as someone who likes most cars (including some VWs as long as I don't have to drive the damn things). Phat lips are for stupid trend whore VW owners. Don't be a trend whore.

 

nissan people do it too. namely 240sx people. i doubt id get 16 x 9's for daily driving. maybe for racing

 

whats the purpose of a 16x9 in the rear on a fwd?? nissans are rwd cars and stick the deep dish wide shit on the rear for traction and drift...

i think

 

Only trend whore 240SX people who showed up after the dR1fTa shit caught on run huge lips. To get the right sized 9" wide wheel, the offset does create a decent sized lip. Nothing like what people put on VWs though.

16x9s on a VW will not help you for racing. They are heavy and you can't fit a wide enough tire for them inside your fenders.

You want a nice regular 16x7" or 16x7.5" and a 205/45-16 tire. Any wider of a rim and all you'll be doing is stretching the tire which compromises its ability to stick to the road.

Here.

Get 16x7" BBS RX at $229 a pop.



And then for tires there's a couple choices depending on how sticky you want to go and how much you want to spend. In 205/45-16 you can get Yokohama AVS ES100 for $78 a pop.

If you want more stick there's the Pirelli PZero Nero at $118 each or the Goodyear F1 GS-D3 at $116.

All prices are from tirerack.com.

You'll have some wheels that suit the style of the VW without looking stupid or weighing too much, plus a correctly sized tire that is nice and sticky.

 

I think that looks pretty good. JMO.

 

i just like the look of a deep dished rim. i know the 9 inch wide rim is going to weigh more, but it looks good. just like i dont understand why people put +60 offset rims on their hondas with a sunken in look. ihate that look, but i guess some people like it. different strokes

 

For the MKII Jetta those would be pretty sweet. I have a friend that has the Mili Miglia version of those on his GTi and it works.

Edit: This was a comment on the first set of RH rims you posted.