tire size help

[dannick12]

i drive a mkv gli and im gonna be running 17'' porsche twists 17x7 et35 fronts and 17x8.5 et55 rears with a 1.25'' adapters on all fours. Now my question is what tire should i run? i was thinking about a 205 40 17 but i really have no idea. Help is greatly appreciated.

here are the pictures on how they sit.


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[dannick12]

?? help please

[kartikeya]

205/40

[aar0n.]

Absolutely not 205/40/17. That's a MK3 sized tire, it looks like shit on MK4s and will look even worse on the bigger MK5s. 205/45/17 is what you want.

[dannick12]

okay well do u know where i can get some for cheap? i found some 205 40 17's federals for like 48 a tire.

[kartikeya]

Absolutely not 205/40/17. That's a MK3 sized tire, it looks like shit on MK4s and will look even worse on the bigger MK5s.

Lower it more.

[aar0n.]

Lower it more.

Doesn't work. You'll lay subframe and still have wheelgap and not fill the fenders. Plenty of MK4s that are bagged have this problem bc of baby tires

[dannick12]

considering that i have 225 45's on my classics right now i ithink im gonna go with a 205 40

[aar0n.]

Overall tire diameters

225/45/17: 25.0 inches
205/45/17: 24.3 inches
205/40/17: 23.5 inches

Go with 205/40s if you really want but expect your car to not sit right and eventually changing them

[dannick12]

omgzzz this is so hard lololol i think im gonna go with 195's in the front and 205's in the rear now im only thing is idk wether to go with 45's or 40's

[aar0n.]

45 series. I seriously do not understand why you're having so much trouble with this. I've laid out exactly why 40 series will not give you what you want yet you continue to try and justify 40 series for yourself. Good luck finding a 195/45/17 tire though, don't know how many companies make that for the US market

[Jesus Christ]

op i think you should listen to aaron, he knows what he is talking about.

40 series on mk4's look like baby tires so i cant imagine how bad a 17 with a 40 series size tire would look like on mk5...especially a jetta

[oloniccolo]

205/45/17 falken 512s. 399 free shippig on ebay.

[dannick12]

45 series. I seriously do not understand why you're having so much trouble with this. I've laid out exactly why 40 series will not give you what you want yet you continue to try and justify 40 series for yourself. Good luck finding a 195/45/17 tire though, don't know how many companies make that for the US market

i can get 195 45 17's yokohama s drives, im gonna go with 45's but wont 205's on a 7'' wheel look too square?

[dannick12]

ended up going with 205 40 17s there nankang ns1's and i got em for 260 which is good as fuhhhhh.

heres how they look