freewheel
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2003
- Location
- off course ... in the upper midwest
- TDI
- '15 Golf Hatch SEL (wife's); '15 GSW SEL (me)
Here's my story. I sold my 2011 JSW TDI back to VW last spring and - after driving a Toyota for a few months - I ended up getting a 2015 GSW TDI late in the summer. (I’m very happy to be back in a TDI again.) Over in the shed, I still have a set of Bioline wheels (6.5 x 16, ET +50) with snow tires (205/55) that I used on the Jetta, and I did a “test fit” of the Biolines onto the Golf yesterday. Everything seems to fit fine - at least for now, but here’s my concern. The clearance between the outboard side of the front calipers and the inboard surface of the wheel spokes is minimal … maybe 4 or 5 mm at the narrowest point. I’m worried that when it comes time for new brake pads, the outboard side of the caliper will move out just far enough towards the inner surface of the spokes for the wheel to no longer fit.
Am I “overthinking” this? Has anyone been using 6.5 x 16, ET +50 wheels (Bioline, Sedona, etc.) on their 2015 Golfs without any issues? VW will happily sell me 6.5 x 16 Corvara wheels with a +42 offset that they say “fit” on a 2015 GSW. I’m not interested. (And I’m not interested in spacers to move the spokes farther away from the calipers.)
Anyway, if you have any input on this I’d appreciate it. Thanks.
Am I “overthinking” this? Has anyone been using 6.5 x 16, ET +50 wheels (Bioline, Sedona, etc.) on their 2015 Golfs without any issues? VW will happily sell me 6.5 x 16 Corvara wheels with a +42 offset that they say “fit” on a 2015 GSW. I’m not interested. (And I’m not interested in spacers to move the spokes farther away from the calipers.)
Anyway, if you have any input on this I’d appreciate it. Thanks.