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Offsets and aftermarket wheels


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Hi all, I’m looking at changing to aftermarket wheels. I want to downsize to 16” to improve the ride, and I’m looking at the Cades Eros.

However they're ET35, compared to the originals which I believe are ET45. The 16s are the same width (7J), so I will have 10mm of negative offset.
Is anyone else running a similar setup? Does 10mm of negative offset affect how the car drives too much?

Thanks in advance!

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Ended up with the Borbet Y in a 38 offset.
Firstly the Cades Eros were no longer available in 5x100, so then I changed to the Calibre Vintage, and they got shipped to France by mistake.. and turned out to be the last set available until next year!
Never thought buying aftermarket wheels would be so hard 🙄
Will get some pictures soon...

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Not sure that all VWs are 5x100, but the older Golfs definitely are.

i was considering some of the 90s Golf GTi BBS alloys.. theyre ET42.

The CT is ET45, so near enough if the wheel is the same width (7J). 

If the VW wheel is 6.5J, I’d imagine the offset should be the other side of 45 if possible. 

Attached a picture (not great I’m afraid!) of the Borbet Y alloys on mine. 7J with a 35 offset, so quite a bit off but you can’t really notice the 10mm difference. 

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Thanks for the confirmation Paul. I have a set of 4 cheap 16” alloys with low mileage Yoko winter tyres currently in a local tyre hotel and decided to sell them if I can. So I thought I remembered something about VWs which might widen the market if needed!

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