Rim Sizes

[sam.bird3]

I thought i had a fantastic deal today.
A friend of mine has a Mk6 Golf, she has the 18" RS6 Alloys on it, The MOT test centre told her that her wheels are too big for her car and could be a problem for her.

She knows i want the RS6 wheels on my car so asked if i wanted to do a straight swap for my standard 16 Inch rims.
Of course i jumped at the chance (to save myself £500 :D ) i went round this afternoon to swap them over but the Nuts didn't line up!!!!!!!! Gutted!!!!:zx11::zx11:
on inspection my rims are 7J (2001 A4 1.8T) and hers 8J, I thought that the Golf and A4 had the same Hubs, Are mine correct? i thought mine should have been 8J too.

[rhencullen1989]

Hi, the 7J and 8J means the width of the rim in inches i.e 7 inches wide and 8 inches wide, the offset is more important as this will determine the amount the wheel sticks in / out from the arches.

The PCD (pitch circle diameter) is whats causing you a problem, the Audi A4 use a 5 stud pattern on (i think) 112mm PCD. I assume the golf must be on a 110 pcd, some one will probably clarify this. Audi A3 rims will fit but check the offset as they run narrower tyres (225 instead of the A4 235).

[sam.bird3]

Ahhhhh,

Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Its a shame, i'm gutted i really thought i had the deal of the century!!

[Zeb]

Why don't you buy a set of wheel spacers? That should do the trick.


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[dan.taylor.1]

Zeb you would have to buy like 25-30mm spacers which also change the stud pattern as the a4's have 5x112.5mm pcd and golf's/old a3's are 5x100 iirc. the offset is about the same on most vag stuff so you would have a silly offset with 25mm spacers on those rs6 style 18's.

Dan