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My city has terrible roads: Ideal Wheel/tire setup?

j255c

Drag Racing Champion
Location
New York
Car(s)
2018 Golf R Manual
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17s look and function great!
 

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Brian_

Go Kart Champion
Location
TX
Car(s)
MK7.5 R
Not sure I can wait until the next shipment of Apex 18x8.5 wheels arrive since the car needs tires now. Would rather not install the winter set since I am going to sell them soon.

Guessing a 245/35/19 tire would need the fender screw mod? This size tire is considerably more expensive than a 235/35/19.
I didn't have any rubbing without the fender screw mod on stock suspension with 245/35/19 G-MAX AS-05, but they never got pushed very hard on the street or saw autocross/HPDE loads. That's what my 200TW tires on 17s are for.

Also not sure what tires you're cross-shopping, but most I looked at were less than $10 difference between 235/35 and 245/35.
 

odessa.filez

Autocross Newbie
Location
Roswell, GA
Car(s)
2016 GSW 1.8tsi auto
Convert to drum brakes all around, run 15 inch wheels.
nah you can run 15s w/288mm rotors. Mk7 Golf base setup. Some have made.312mm work with 15s

and yes you're kidding :D
 

Dog Dad Wagon

Autocross Champion
Location
Go Birds
Car(s)
16 Touareg TDI
235/45 will fit fine on stock 18 rims?
Yeah. Depending on the tires you choose, it may be a tiny bit too wide for the barrel creating a slightly rhombus shaped sidewall, tapering inward towards the barrel. The performance decrease would be converse to the tradeoff in comfort. Aka pretty good for daily driving, if you're not overly performance obsessed.
 

bobloblawGTI

Autocross Champion
Location
DC
Car(s)
19 GTI SE 6MT
Yeah. Depending on the tires you choose, it may be a tiny bit too wide for the barrel creating a slightly rhombus shaped sidewall, tapering inward towards the barrel. The performance decrease would be converse to the tradeoff in comfort. Aka pretty good for daily driving, if you're not overly performance obsessed.
Yeah DC city driving is rough in the comfort department, so anything there will help even at the expense of performance. I'm sure Philly is similar ;)
 
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