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The ride on the polo is already on the stiff side, the 16's make it more so. If you don't have an issue with a stiff ride, then go ahead with the 16's. I didn't feel a big steering upgrade with the 16's. | |
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A friend has a set of OZ rims on his tsi which I have driven a reasonable bit, my feedback is based on his car vs mine on the stock wheel size. I believe borbet sells a range of rims in India which will fit the polo and are priced reasonably. | |
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You said you currently have a set of OEM 16" ? Where did you get those from and would you mid sharing the design? I am looking for designs from various brands like OZ, Sparco, MSW, Enkei, Momo, etc. Found some dealers but they have very limited/common designs. | |
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| ![]() Hi guys. I took delivery of VW polo gt TSI last weekend - 2017 model. It came with 16" 195/55 Goodyear assurance triple max 87H tyres. I haven't had personal experience using Goodyear tyres before but I read reviews about this particular tyre to be grippy and durable. I do see couple of threads in polo ownership forum where people have switched/thinking to switch Goodyear to yoko/continental mc5. Is it recommended to swap these tyres or can I stick with them? They have rating of threadwear -280, temperature - A, traction - A. Do they get very noisy and harsh in the longer run? |
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| ![]() Yes that is the setup I am running. I was recently shopping for tyres and comparing prices I will most probably go for another set of the same tyres even if the ride is harsh since in my opinion they are the most VFM tyres available for our cars. The previous owner as well reported no problems from these tyres also after being used for 5+ years especially in our road conditions there are absolutely no lumps or cracks what so ever on the tyres they do not even really need to be changed but will do it any way to be on the safer side. Also I feel the road noise is slightly higher with these yokos as compared to stock. |
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I believe the gti comes with the 16" profile while the tsi is 185/60/15 profile Either ways congrats on the car. | |
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My 2011 Polo 1.6 came with 185/60/R15 JK Vectras as stock and I hated them but I drove them up till 2016 and over 50k kms which was not a wise thing to do. I however did not realize how bad they were until I changed the tires to Continental MC5 in 205/55/R15. The entire ride experience was a heaven and hell difference - girp was better, ride was much much more smoother and tire noise; what tire noise? I have the Goodyear Eagle NCT 5 on my 2015 Jetta and I hate them too. My personal advice is to avoid Yokos and look at the Contis in 195/55/R16 and you will not regret it. Quote:
The 2017 Polo GT TSI now come with 16" rims in 195/55/R16 tires. Last edited by Epic : 2nd March 2017 at 16:33. | ||
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Thanks Rajesh. It's GT TSI, the 2017 model now comes with 16" alloy wheels (195/55/16). That's the only change in the new model compared to the 2016 model. Sriram | |
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| ![]() Today I enquired about VW Polo with a dealer in my city. I have been looking for a Trendline. It comes with a 14 rim steel wheel. So, I think of it with an add on of adding 15 VW alloys. The SA told me that in VW, a single piece alloy costs Rs. 20K. For a set of four, it comes to a whopping 80K! He was asking me to go for Highline itself. Is this true, or is he pushing the customer to Highline? I do know that the branded alloy would certainly cost more, but can it be by four times more? Vip. |
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