Fooked over with tires on rims. :(

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mizfit1.8t

Discussion Starter · Aug 4, 2002

Hey guyz.. ... what size tires do you have on there.. I bought 17 inch verdicts for my jetta and they came with 205/40/17 and till a couple months l8r .. people started telling me there to small for my car :/ .. so what would be ur size or the correct size for a jetta turbo 2002 on 17 inch konig verdicts. .

thx

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2DoorFury

· #2 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (mizfit1.8t)

I got screwed the same way, the right size is 205/45/17. Its no real big deal the tire will turn more which throws off the speed a little and milage a bit but its not lliek the cars goign to expolde. I would say unless you really want new tires wait for tose to wear out and the get the right size.

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SAPJetta

· #3 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (2DoorFury)

Just go to 225/45/17's. Don't need those little skinny tires anyhow.

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gtikiller

· #4 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (SAPJetta)

225/45/17 are stock vw 17s.look good and handle nice but
225/40/17 is best. (on audi TT) make the rim look bigger and more of a clean wall

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kptaylor

· #5 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (gtikiller)

Here's a tire size calculator that you can use to determine which tire size approximates the stock size so your speedo is still right:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

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GolfPro

· #6 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (gtikiller)

quote:[HR][/HR]225/45/17 are stock vw 17s.look good and handle nice but
225/40/17 is best. (on audi TT) make the rim look bigger and more of a clean wall[HR][/HR]

No thats wrong, Audi TT wheels come with 225/45/17. I have a set and have seen a lot of people with stock tires on the TT wheels and they all are 225/45/17.
I am pretty sure that 225/40/17 will mess up the speedometer. That size is smaller than stock.
Edit: That calculator says that if you stock size is 225/45/17 and you change to 225/40/17, then the non stock tire is 3.5% too fast, meaning that if your speedo says 60 MPH you are actually traveling 57.9 MPH

[Modified by PA_Jetta1.8T, 12:21 PM 8-4-2002]

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pal

· #7 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (PA_Jetta1.8T)

TT's come with 225/45 R17 tires ... I know 'cause I have them on my dub

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MRP2001GTi

· #8 · Aug 4, 2002

Re: Fooked over with tires on rims. (mizfit1.8t)

225/45/17 works great. I am running 205/45s right now and they are just to small. Going back to 225/45 next month (205s are bald already). I am running 245s on the rear!!

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