HELP NO CHANCE OF RIMS FITTING!!

mk3 golf 1.6 8v jus got some ET 42 lenso shu 17s, they appear to foul on the suspension and no chance of them fitting when i lower the jack???? whats wrong!

 

do u need spacers?

 

i dont know if they need spacers cause if i do wud it not be extremly close to the outer lip?? there only 17s ffs i can fit them on my corsa!!

 

it might be to do wioth the width of them

 

205/40/17 there not that big!

 

Too wide and wrong offset.

 

Wrong - they aint too wide - plenty MK3's run 205 tyres.

However the offset if wrong, golfs should be et35, so you will need at least a 7mm spacer.

How about puttin them on and doin a wee bit of measuring etc to actually see what you need to do. Its not rocket science!!

 

Being close to the lip is surely not a problem, so long as they don't touch. It's nothing to do with them being 17's, and the fact they fit on a corsa is nothing to be proud of!!

 

well these are ET 42

heres some pics

 

no what im saying is iv fitted 17s to a corsa much easier than this not these rims themself!

 

yeah, loloks like you need spacers, if its too close then it sounds a bit dodgy tho

 

Thats cos you are fitting Vauxhall offset (et42) wheels on a VW (et35)

GET THE RIGHT OFFSET AND THEY'LL GO ON!!!!!!

 

They look like multi-fitment wheels too,so the off set may not be right.you need to space them out a bit.

 

correct coilovers would help in gaining some room also.

 

Actually, coilovers ouwl make the problem worse, as the coilover body is thicker than the regular shock body and would reduce clearance further

 

As Andy says, its simple stuff. If I were you, I'd change the wheels while you were at it.

Moving.............

 

nice axle stand

have you checked that the centre bore is correct for a vw. i know vauxhalls are close, but its quite critical as vw's are hubcentric (the wheel nuts share the load with the hub/centre bore). check thats correct or you could theoretially have the wheel nuts snap.

if thats ok, then get some spacers, but they need to be designed for the car if they're over 3mm (the whole hubcentric thing again).

 

noooooooo iv a set of kahn RSS rims ET 45 for the corsa they were easy to fit!!! the lenso's are ET42-43 and i dont think a few mm is going to make any difference to them!

 

sorry im not making myself clear here i own a corsa too and when i was fitting the KAHN 17s to it it was a easier job than fitting the LENSOS 17s to the golf i have not tried to put the wheels onto each car or vice versa

 

also when i bought the wheels i was told a 42 offset would be better than a 35 offset as they would foul on the outer arch