Tyre/wheel advice

Scotty2011 · Jun 18, 2019

Just a question for anyone with better knowledge on wheels and tyres. My front 2 tyres are fairly worn, and needing replacing soon. The front tyres are 255’s however, I have 2 x 235’s that I took off my pre facelift which haven’t done many miles. Can I fit the 235 tyres on to my fronts which came new with 255’s? Thanks

Slowracer · Jun 18, 2019

Yes that will work and also you have the benefit of being able to rotate.

AudiNutta · Jun 18, 2019

Won’t the 8.5J wheels be too wide for 235? The stretch on that with the already stretched sidewall would be ridiculous.

Gnasher · Jun 18, 2019

235 should fit on an 8.5J wheel without looking/being too stretched, the wheel's only 12mm wider than the rear and most tyre manufacturers recommend a 235 for an 8.5J rim anyway. Different car (but still MQB) but I'm running 235/35 R 19 on 8.5J BBS rims on my golf.

Don't know what the effect would be on handling (over and above a square setup with the same sized wheels front and rear)

DW81 · Jun 19, 2019

Have 8.5j’s with 235 35 19 pzeros all round, no problems here

Scotty2011 · Jun 19, 2019

Thanks for the responses! Saves me forking out £££ when I have 2 perfectly good 235’s in my garage.

GW1 · Jun 28, 2019

Scotty2011, that’s the ticket, repurposing your other tyres, very environmentally friendly, just don’t mention your Co2 levels :whistle2:

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