[stew]

Hi there,

justa quick one!

I'm getting a 2001 golf gt tdi 115 soon and would like to put audi rs4 wheels on it

what issues to i need to know regarding this?

i fancy 18's but dont want to lower the car, never have people in the back only in passenger seat.

thanks alot.

Rich

 

[Andrew]

Hi and welcome to the forum,

AFAIK the actual Audi RS4 alloys will not fit onto a Golf but this is good news really because they are very expensive. You will need to buy RS4 replicas which look exactly the same as the real thing. These can be brought from company's such as Rochford Tyres as well as many others. They are available in 17 and 18 inch. These replica alloys will fit on with no problems. They will look fine without lowering the car if you really don't want to. Hope that helps a bit.

 

[stew]

Cheers mate!

So will 18's go on no problems?

Thanks

 

[Andrew]

Yeah 18's fit fine and so do 19's if you wanted to go even bigger, it would need lowering then though.

 

[stew]

what size and profile & width tyres would i need to prevent rubbing

thanks for your help Andrew

Rich

 

[Andrew]

The tyres you will need to keep the speedo accurate are 225/40/18.  These will cause you no problems with rubbing.

 

[stew]

thanks for you help mate!

 

[jase1]

why wont genuine RS4 wheels fit straight on???

cheers

 

[benambrose]

why wont genuine RS4 wheels fit straight on???

cheers

AFAIK they have a different PCD.I think they are 5/112 stud pattern whereas the golf MK4 has a 5/100.

 

[jase1]

only reason i ask is girlfriends dad has a TDI caddy and was offered some allegedly genuine RS4 wheels which seemed to go staright on, would these have been genuine or not?

cheers

 

[jase1]

anyone????

 

[jase1]

PLEASE REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!

what does all this PCD stuff mean??

 

[pitbulladams]

PLEASE REPLY!!!!!!!!!!!

what does all this PCD stuff mean??

PCD (pitch circle diameter)

Basically this is the diameter of a the circle made if you were to draw a circle through each wheel bolt

Mkiv are 5 x 100mm so they use 5 bolts and if you were to draw a circle running through each bolt the dia would be 100mm

Were as Audi are 5 x 112mm so without the use of PCD adapters the bolts will not line up..

Other thing to check is ET (offset) which tells you how far in or out of the arch the wheel will sit, you want around ET35. The lower the number the more the wheel will sit out of the arch.

Hope that helps

 

[jase1]

right that bit makes sense bit how come other audi wheels fit staright on, do they have diff PCD etc??

cheers

 

[pitbulladams]

Someone more in the know might have to correct me on this one but i think most Audi's are 5 x 112 now but some used to be 5 x 100

Sorry thats about all i know.

 

[brian_1.8T]

Someone more in the know might have to correct me on this one but i think most Audi's are 5 x 112 now but some used to be 5 x 100

Sorry thats about all i know.

TT's and old shape A3's are 5x100. New A3's and A4 - A8 are 5x112..

Monty's has a useful fitment guide here: http://www.montyswheelsandtyres.com/fitmentguide/index.asp

 

[HardeepG]

Genuine RS4 wheels which will fit are......

the 18inch ones from an audi TT, i believe 225bhp version, maybe called RSTT i think ones!!