Wheels, Tires

Wheels

Info

• General Wheel Info and Knowledge, (independent of make and model)

• Stock wheel bolt pattern is 5 x 112 mm (same as on Audi's). Bolt size is 15mm x 1.5 (M14 x 1.5): 15mm "major diameter", 1.5mm per thread).

• OEM GTI wheels: info (size, offset, tire size, weight, etc.) and pics

• vwvortex.com MkV wheels thread:
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III

• "Do Mercedes Benz 5 x 112 Wheels fit on a MKV?" [vwvortex]

• Horror story with Discounted Wheel Warehouse, http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse.com/ [vwvortex]

• Will 15" wheels fit MkV GTIs? [vwvortex]

• Claims that 16" wheel is the smallest that will fit over the MkV GTI's brakes:
  • http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3264196&postid=39001870#39001870
  • http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3264196&postid=39002938#39002938
  • http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3264196&postid=39003498#39003498
  • http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3264196&postid=39008553#39008553

• Running 235/40-17 tires on stock 17" wheels. [vwvortex]

Pics

• Pics of MkV GTI's with various wheels
• Pics of MkV GTI on 19" BBS LM [vwvortex], also here.
• Pics of MkV GTI with Neuspeed Sport springs and B7 RS4 18x8 wheels with Michelin PS2 [vwvortex], also here.

Various aftermarket wheel/tire fitments

• 2007 4-door MkV GTI with 18X8 et45, 235/40-18 [vwvortex]
  

• MkV GTI with 17" stock wheels and 245/45-17 [vwvortex]
  

• 17x7.5 et45 with 235/45-17 [vwvortex]
• Rabbit w/ 19x8 et50, 235/35-19 [vwvortex]
  

• DriverGear Orca 17" wheel: 17x7, 5x112 mm, 54 mm ET, part number: 1K0 601 025K [vwvortex]
  

• Votex wheels, front 18" 225/40, rear 18" 245/40[vwvortex]

• SPORTEC 18X8.5 ET 42 mm[vwvortex]
  

• HP Evos, 18x8 ET 35mm[vwvortex]

• Flik Lex 18x8 ET 35 mm, Hankook K100 225/40/18[vwvortex]

Tires

• General Tire Info and Knowledge, (independent of make and model)

• Adding Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) to an Audi A3 (plus info on doing the same to a MkV GTI). [vwvortex]

• "Service Training, Self-Study Program 861603, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems"