DimitriT
Member
Hi Folks,
luvin my 2015 here.
Since I live in cold climate I am looking at swapping wheels and tires to get winter tires.
I used to ride a 1999 Passat and had a set of 15 inch rims (from an even older Audi A4.. yea I'm old) which have studded snow tires. The tires are in super shape and almost the same diameter as the factory tires.
Bolt pattern and rim offset is good too.
With the Passat I had to use longer lug bolts and I still have those. They are M14x1.5x27 bolts.
These bolts go about 21mm past the rim and into the hub. This means that about 6mm of the threaded portion of the bolt was in the rim. On the Passat this was deeper than the stock but the hub allowed the bolt to pass through so it didn't bottom out. I know I should have gotten shorter bolts.
So my question is this: is 21mm too deep for the Golf? Does anyone know the factory depth of the engaged portion of the lug bolts? Is there risk of bottoming out or does the hub allow the bolt to pass through?
Your help is much appreciated.
A new set of lug bolts is money I would rather not spend unless I need to.
luvin my 2015 here.
Since I live in cold climate I am looking at swapping wheels and tires to get winter tires.
I used to ride a 1999 Passat and had a set of 15 inch rims (from an even older Audi A4.. yea I'm old) which have studded snow tires. The tires are in super shape and almost the same diameter as the factory tires.
Bolt pattern and rim offset is good too.
With the Passat I had to use longer lug bolts and I still have those. They are M14x1.5x27 bolts.
These bolts go about 21mm past the rim and into the hub. This means that about 6mm of the threaded portion of the bolt was in the rim. On the Passat this was deeper than the stock but the hub allowed the bolt to pass through so it didn't bottom out. I know I should have gotten shorter bolts.
So my question is this: is 21mm too deep for the Golf? Does anyone know the factory depth of the engaged portion of the lug bolts? Is there risk of bottoming out or does the hub allow the bolt to pass through?
Your help is much appreciated.
A new set of lug bolts is money I would rather not spend unless I need to.
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