Yea but this is from the 90s where this type of thing was normal before dub culture, the current vette is on 19s with 245/35 +2” on wheels and 30% less sidewall.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:36 ammax225 wrote:The cool thing about the giant challenger/charger etc is that that they can actually handle shit roads. The wheels and tires are much bigger than on normal cars.
Dads car is rolling on 245/45/20s. That’s as much side wall as a golf on 17s.
Even a can do the same if you don't lower the damn thing, hell 245/45/17 is the OEM front tire on a C5.
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Yep, I'm running 265/40/17 on the front of mine, it's really not bad for ride...the suspension is a bit tougher, but I have mine barely lowered so it's not bad overall.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:36 ammax225 wrote:The cool thing about the giant challenger/charger etc is that that they can actually handle shit roads. The wheels and tires are much bigger than on normal cars.
Dads car is rolling on 245/45/20s. That’s as much side wall as a golf on 17s.
Even a can do the same if you don't lower the damn thing, hell 245/45/17 is the OEM front tire on a C5.
I'll never go with bigger wheels ever.
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New cars have WAY too little sidewall IMO.max225 wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:40 amYea but this is from the 90s where this type of thing was normal before dub culture, the current vette is on 19s with 245/35 +2” on wheels and 30% less sidewall.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:36 am
Even a can do the same if you don't lower the damn thing, hell 245/45/17 is the OEM front tire on a C5.
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max225 wrote:265/30/20s reporting for duty
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
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If I wanted to and keep the car is go with the 255/18 front and 275/18 setup of the base car. It would take a bit away from handling that matters maybe 1% of the time and add to the other 99%.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:59 ammax225 wrote:265/30/20s reporting for duty
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
Since I DD this thing ...
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The base 18s look amazing toomax225 wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 11:05 amIf I wanted to and keep the car is go with the 255/18 front and 275/18 setup of the base car. It would take a bit away from handling that matters maybe 1% of the time and add to the other 99%.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:59 am
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
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troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:59 ammax225 wrote:265/30/20s reporting for duty
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
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You Ran 15s on your GTI year round? What wheels were you rocking?troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:59 ammax225 wrote:265/30/20s reporting for duty
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
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17s were on that. 15 is for miata/mr2/mazda2 type stuff with the 23" OD tires.Irish wrote:You Ran 15s on your GTI year round? What wheels were you rocking?troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 10:59 am
17s for me on big cars, 15s on little cars. No need for anything more.
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Gotchatroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 4:00 pm17s were on that. 15 is for miata/mr2/mazda2 type stuff with the 23" OD tires.Irish wrote:
You Ran 15s on your GTI year round? What wheels were you rocking?
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Forgot to mention. Last weekend I drove through southern Texas (Laredo on Sunday, Fredericksburg on Saturday). Laredo was about 100 degrees on average and the car had no heat soak whatsoever. Huge improvement over MK6.
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Are you rolling on Denvers Trudy?
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I got the Denver’s originally as a winter (all season tars) set by trading some older Thule roof racks specc’d for Fled’s old Fuckus (got them from him). I paid $225 for the racks and therefore paid $225 for a full set of good condition Denver’s with 9/32 tread all around.
Once I got the Denver’s I sold my OEM Dallas wheels because I don’t like directional/asymmetrical wheels). Some bro service tech from a local VW diller bought them for $850 for the set ( ) to put them on his mk5 GLI.
I bought a set of used (only 1,000 miles on wheels/tats) TR Motorsport wheels for $750. They were light AF and had summer meat on them. Put 3,000 miles on them (driving locally and to/from FL). I decided it wasn’t beneficial to have money tied up in another set of wheels especially since I was storing them in my apartment and had to lug them back and forth to swap the wheels at a friend’s garage.
So I’m rolling on some 17” Denver’s that work flawlessly. Aesthetically they look a bit out of place on 2.5 generations of Golf/GTI later, but I as I am net +$550 after 3 sets of wheel transactions.
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I am having fun exploring. Was fun to go through the Border Patrick checkpoint about 18 miles into Texas heading back from Laredo.
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Oh dude, I love Denvers. I had them on my MKV, and loved them. Put various grippy tires on them for track and autox and they worked great. When I sold the car and later bought my MKVI, it had Golf R wheels on it that the PO put on and while it looked neat, I kept looking for Denvers to replace them. I liked the comfort and piece of mind from the 17's, and the Denvers took a ton of abuse. I sold the car when I moved to Detroit and that was the end of my VW ownershit run.razr390 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 8:57 am
I got the Denver’s originally as a winter (all season tars) set by trading some older Thule roof racks specc’d for Fled’s old Fuckus (got them from him). I paid $225 for the racks and therefore paid $225 for a full set of good condition Denver’s with 9/32 tread all around.
Once I got the Denver’s I sold my OEM Dallas wheels because I don’t like directional/asymmetrical wheels). Some bro service tech from a local VW diller bought them for $850 for the set ( ) to put them on his mk5 GLI.
I bought a set of used (only 1,000 miles on wheels/tats) TR Motorsport wheels for $750. They were light AF and had summer meat on them. Put 3,000 miles on them (driving locally and to/from FL). I decided it wasn’t beneficial to have money tied up in another set of wheels especially since I was storing them in my apartment and had to lug them back and forth to swap the wheels at a friend’s garage.
So I’m rolling on some 17” Denver’s that work flawlessly. Aesthetically they look a bit out of place on 2.5 generations of Golf/GTI later, but I as I am net +$550 after 3 sets of wheel transactions.
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Yeah, they’ve been good to me so far. I want to get a better set of tars because the conti’s that are on them are very noisy due to the uneven wear and they are 2 of the same manufacture date tires (probably from a rotation) but the other two are different manufacture dates (which leads me to believe they were swapped out one at a time.)Detroit wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 9:08 amOh dude, I love Denvers. I had them on my MKV, and loved them. Put various grippy tires on them for track and autox and they worked great. When I sold the car and later bought my MKVI, it had Golf R wheels on it that the PO put on and while it looked neat, I kept looking for Denvers to replace them. I liked the comfort and piece of mind from the 17's, and the Denvers took a ton of abuse. I sold the car when I moved to Detroit and that was the end of my VW ownershit run.razr390 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 8:57 am
I got the Denver’s originally as a winter (all season tars) set by trading some older Thule roof racks specc’d for Fled’s old Fuckus (got them from him). I paid $225 for the racks and therefore paid $225 for a full set of good condition Denver’s with 9/32 tread all around.
Once I got the Denver’s I sold my OEM Dallas wheels because I don’t like directional/asymmetrical wheels). Some bro service tech from a local VW diller bought them for $850 for the set ( ) to put them on his mk5 GLI.
I bought a set of used (only 1,000 miles on wheels/tats) TR Motorsport wheels for $750. They were light AF and had summer meat on them. Put 3,000 miles on them (driving locally and to/from FL). I decided it wasn’t beneficial to have money tied up in another set of wheels especially since I was storing them in my apartment and had to lug them back and forth to swap the wheels at a friend’s garage.
So I’m rolling on some 17” Denver’s that work flawlessly. Aesthetically they look a bit out of place on 2.5 generations of Golf/GTI later, but I as I am net +$550 after 3 sets of wheel transactions.
They’re all the same make/model tar doe.
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I really dig the .5 lightsrazr390 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 1:57 am Forgot to mention. Last weekend I drove through southern Texas (Laredo on Sunday, Fredericksburg on Saturday). Laredo was about 100 degrees on average and the car had no heat soak whatsoever. Huge improvement over MK6.
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You’ll love the warranty toomax225 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 9:41 amI really dig the .5 lightsrazr390 wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 1:57 am Forgot to mention. Last weekend I drove through southern Texas (Laredo on Sunday, Fredericksburg on Saturday). Laredo was about 100 degrees on average and the car had no heat soak whatsoever. Huge improvement over MK6.
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