I’m about to ditch my Jetta II for a new VR6 Jetta IV. I have some
14" snow tires that I would like to use on my new car. Will a 14" rim
fit over the caliper and rotor? I have my doubts…. Thanks.
Brian
July 29, 2010
Smallest ]wheel size that will fit a Jetta IV
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I have an A2 Golf, and an A4 Golf, and I know for sure the wheels would
never fit just due to the hole pattern. My old golf has 4 lugs, and the new
one has 5…. that and my Golf came with the 13" steel wheels… new one has
nice 15" alloys tho, looks very sharp.
The Jetta’s of that era were 4 wheel nuts as well. (at least the guy who
parks his 1992 Jetta Wolfsburg with 14" rims beside me at work has 4 nuts)
"Brian" <bgwer…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I’m about to ditch my Jetta II for a new VR6 Jetta IV. I have some
> 14" snow tires that I would like to use on my new car. Will a 14" rim
> fit over the caliper and rotor? I have my doubts…. Thanks.
> Brian
Comment by admin — July 29, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
Hey Rob,
Thanks for the info. My concern is wheel diameter, not the lug
pattern. I’m sure it won’t be too difficult to find some 14" rims
with the proper offset and lug pattern. I just want to know if the
14" diameter will fit around the caliper and rotor. Thanks again.
Brian
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"Rob Guenther" <robguent…@sympatico.ca> wrote in message <news:xNGMa.7932$Ec2.597951@news20.bellglobal.com>…
> I have an A2 Golf, and an A4 Golf, and I know for sure the wheels would
> never fit just due to the hole pattern. My old golf has 4 lugs, and the new
> one has 5…. that and my Golf came with the 13" steel wheels… new one has
> nice 15" alloys tho, looks very sharp.
> The Jetta’s of that era were 4 wheel nuts as well. (at least the guy who
> parks his 1992 Jetta Wolfsburg with 14" rims beside me at work has 4 nuts)
> "Brian" <bgwer…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:afa3cd59.0307020756.7ab24cfa@posting.google.com…
> > I’m about to ditch my Jetta II for a new VR6 Jetta IV. I have some
> > 14" snow tires that I would like to use on my new car. Will a 14" rim
> > fit over the caliper and rotor? I have my doubts…. Thanks.
> > Brian
Comment by admin — July 29, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
bgwer…@hotmail.com (Brian) wrote in message <news:afa3cd59.0307030400.289f093@posting.google.com>…
> Hey Rob,
> Thanks for the info. My concern is wheel diameter, not the lug
> pattern. I’m sure it won’t be too difficult to find some 14" rims
> with the proper offset and lug pattern. I just want to know if the
> 14" diameter will fit around the caliper and rotor. Thanks again.
> Brian
I think that you might be able to get a 14" rim on a 2.0 MkIV, but I’d
bet at least $20 that a 14" rim won’t work on a stock VR6 of any
variety. The 10.1" brakes from a Jetta GLi or MkIII will fit under a
14" rim but not a 13" rim, and 11" G60 Corrado brakes will only fit
under 15" or bigger rims (and even then, some 15" rims don’t quite
fit). Since I’m 95% sure that the VR6s (Raddo, MkIII, and MkIV)
wouldn’t use smaller brakes than the G60, 14" rims and tires aren’t
going to work.
Comment by admin — July 29, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
…and following up to my own message because I found the info after I
posted it,
I think that MkIV TDIs and 2.0s have 11.0" rotors and VR6/1.8ts have
11.3" rotors (well, at least that’s what this VWVortex thread
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=912043 suggests). And a 14"
rim won’t (generally speaking) fit over an 11" rotor.
Comment by admin — July 29, 2010 @ 12:43 pm