18” Tyre recommendations

[ehuplad]

Ours might be on the same shipment then as mine is due around June time

Currently have a provisional build of week 16, waiting for a confirmed date

 

[T6Andy]

What's the minimum load rating for a T32 204 dsg shuttle? I pick mines up on Thursday and I want to fit 18" Ronal Aer0 R50 wheels, there appears to be 2 different ET sizes (whatever that means) ET 45 and ET50.....so unsure what Tyres I should be going for?

 

[Dino]

Hope this helps. Get this bit wrong and things are going to rub,or stick out too far.

 

[T6 Dave's Dad]

@Andrew Todd I don't know about tyres but wheels are load rated at 860kg for the T32.

 

[Dino]

ET 35 on the front and ET45 on the rear. 18 inch

 

[T6Andy]

Hi Dino, So are you saying the maximum I can go on the front is ET35? And the max on rear is ET 45?

 

[Dino]

Hi Andrew. I honestly can't tell you. It's all new to me. I only found out when buying my wheels and the People at Rimstyle told me. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

 

[Chopman]

The older 18" VW sportline wheels I've looked at are Et53mm and the newer ones are ET50mm.

However, you may need to rethink the Ronal AR50 as I don't think they are rated high enough for a T32.
VW T5 T6 Ronal R50 Aero 18 Inch Alloy Wheels Load Rated - Black Polished

 

[T6Andy]

Thanks for that info Chopman.....I put my van into two other websites and they showed these as options. Really liked them on a Transporter I seen on google images too. At this rate I am going to play safe with a set of the new sportlines in Matt Black/silver.

 

[DaveyB]

What's the minimum load rating for a T32 204 dsg shuttle? I pick mines up on Thursday and I want to fit 18" Ronal Aer0 R50 wheels, there appears to be 2 different ET sizes (whatever that means) ET 45 and ET50.....so unsure what Tyres I should be going for?

Minimum load rating on the tyres for a T32 are 103's. I have 18" sport lines which are 255/45/R18 - 103Y. The 103 is the load rating and equates to 875kg. For a T32 both the tyre and the alloy must be a minimum rating of 860kg each.

 

[T6Andy]

 

[RattyMcClelland]

Offset depends on wheel width. We need to know both. From experience you can run pretty much any offset you like on the t5/6. I had 17x10 et19 on the rear and 17x8.5 et13 on the front on my old t5. Quite low. No issues.

 

[SkyMonster]

Im going for a set of T6 Sportline wheels 18" 8J ET50
- is there any recommendation on tyres.

 

[DaveyB]

I have Goodyear eagle's on the front and conti's on the rear, both are 255/45/18Y (103 as it's a T32).

 

[SkyMonster]

I believe i need a 235/50 18 fpor a T30?

 

[DaveyB]

My T6 rolled out of VW dealer on 18" Sportlines. These were the tyres on it.
Equally this is the card that comes with the wheels.


If you have the T30 you won't need 103 weight rated tyres.

 

[Northern Monkey]

Yup 255/45/18 on mine running the conti's, @DaveyB how are you finding the eagles? was thinking of going down that route when the time comes to fit new ones.

 

[Pauly]

VW list two tyre sizes for our vehicles dependant on weight class
235/50 R18
or for a T32 255/45 R18

VW list one tyre size for the sportline wheels which is 255/45 R18 so it slightly depends on what VW document you are reading at the time

 

[DaveyB]

Much prefer the Goodyear Eagle F1 asymmetric's to the Conti's @Roca.

The conti's were on the back when I bought it and haven't needed to replace them yet. Have just replaced the front like for like.

Had Conti's on my Octavia VRS and hated them, they did not hold the road at all, and with it being a response car that's butt clenching time! Although sometimes it made roundabouts a lot more fun. Destroyed them in a shade over 5000 miles they were so bad. As soon as I need to get them off the van they'll be gone.

Equally the tyre bloke said he'd pick the Eagle's every time over the Conti's.

 

[Northern Monkey]

Cheers @DaveyB yeah I had eagles on my last car, the conti's to be fair are ok.