Re: wheel offset questions

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@shell.netacc.net>]

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> ok, im about to get the original wheels for the rieger, well, a new set of
> them at least. i want to be sure about all this offset crap before i put in
> my order, since they will be making the wheels to my specs.
> 
> 1. what is the exact spec (incl offset) for oem original scirocco 16v
> wheels? all i know is 14x6 and theres a 'j' in there somewhere.
> 2. what the heck does the 'j' mean exactly, does it correspond to a specific
> distance offset? i think i've heard of 'jj' some time back as well.
> 3. if all this 'j' stuff has noting to do with the offset distance, then
> what is the exact offset???
> 
> thanks for whatever info you guys can provide, im off to dig around the .org
> site, may be something in the tire size page thingy.
> al
> 
> Allyn Malventano, ET1(SS), USN

I'm pretty sure the offset of the original rims was 38mm.  There's a tire
and rim calculator tool on scirocco.org that might help you here.  Click on
the tire icon off the front page.

later!

==Brett


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