Wheel and tyre combinations?

laurie18

Member
Sorry, I am sure this will be going over old ground for most so I will keep it as simple as possible.
I picked up an A2 with the 16" SE wheels and lower profile tyres, which I drove 100 miles home last week.
On the trip I hit a couple of pot holes and thought I had probably wrecked a tyre or possibly a wheel!
I would like to switch to 15" A3 Pepper pot wheels or other 15" (6" wide with ET38) Audi/VW alloys.
If I do, will I be OK with 175/60 tyres are fitted to the 15" A2 wheels?
I don't want to have to mess about with spacers or different bolts.
Thanks
laurie
 
Hi Laurie,

I run pepper pot wheels with 175/65 tyres for winter, don't rub or catch so id say 100% they will be ok. I use 20mm spacers but will be fine with out using standard bolts

Ross
 
Those 16" wheels are fine with taller and wider tyres. I have 195/50s on mine and they're quite comfortable.
 
Those 16" wheels are fine with taller and wider tyres. I have 195/50s on mine and they're quite comfortable.

Just checked the tyre sizes on my 16" wheels - 185/50/16. Compared to the 175/60 tyres on the 15s there looks to be a lot less tyre height.
Will probably go with 185/65 or 175/65 on A3 15s.
Thanks to all.
 
Remember aspect ratio is a PERCENTAGE of tyre WIDTH. So 185 50 the tyre height is 92.5mm and for the 175 60 the tyre height is 105mm.

Hope this helps.
 
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