tires for scirocco

[mrgriffin]

so i got a new street car 16v scirocco. it has at 2" H&R static drop springs. i need to buy tires. anyone know factory size 195/65/14 or 195/55/14 will fit without scraping the fenders or should i go to 185 series? also any good tire sales or anyone trying to get rid of used tires in that size? i'm guessing grace would probably be the expert on this...

[gdh57]

I've got the H&R Sport springs on my street Scirocco, which lowers the front by 1.3" and the rear by 1.25". I can run the stock tire size no problem, but I thought stock size was 185/60/14. I can run 205 50 15's with stock wheel offset, but need a 5 mm spacer in the rear or they rub on the struts. The tire size converter on scirocco.org is a great resource to tell you what fits.

http://www.scirocco.org/tires/

I could not run 205/45/16 on my 16x7 K1 Koseis, they rubbed in the front every time I went over a bump and made nasty crunching sounds. Traded them for 15X(I think)6.5 K1's and had no problems ever since.

I've got a bunch of mounted tires on 4x100 wheels in a couple of different sizes if you feel like taking a road trip to South Jersey to try them on to see what fits.

Grace

[Rich Sweigart]

The hot tire size back in the day was 205-55-14 but, I usually hit the inner fender well on the Rocco in tight corners. Never had that problem with the Golf GT.

Rich Sweigart

[mrgriffin]

i'm running steelies. might be interested in buying a set of rims if any are up for sail!

[gdh57]

I'm not ready to give up any of my 4x100 wheels yet, but I did get a set of 15x7 K1 Kosei's from tirerack in 2011 for about $115 ea if you're looking for a relatively inexpensive lightweight wheel. I stuffed Goodyear 15x9.5 R250 slicks on them. I had Paul cut away a lot of the plastic stuff on the inner fenders, and they still rubbed, and then needed more cut.

But this is on the race car, I have far less ground clearance with it and am lowered more than 2".

I think you could use these with 205 50 15's, no problem, but the offset is still a bit off and you will end up needing spacers. I have all of the dimensions somewhere, if you are interested in going this route, let me know and I'll dig it out for you.