18inch sport lines don't fit

[Staff 2]

Hi,

I bought a set of 18" Sportline wheels and winter tyres about 6 months ago and tried to fit them today and discovered a problem!!. My Cali is a 2010 180 4Motion and find that the wheels are hitting the brake calipers.

The wheels came off of a 2009 Caravelle and I assumed that they would fit OK, my mistake!!!

Can anyone suggest a solution?

 

[Staff 2]

Hi, I tried to order some of these for my 2010 facelift, I was then called back by the dealer and told they will not fit! I assume this is the reason why?

I am still on the look out for an alternative.

 

[Staff 2]

This is not much help but I'm sure I have read somewhere that they will fit the 140 but not the 180 due to the larger brakes on the 180.

 

[Staff 2]

Jules you are quite right, that is exactly what the dealer told me, I knew i forgot to add something.

 

[Staff 2]

face lift have bigger break callipers .

 

[Staff 2]

Does anyone know what other options for us with Facelift's who want 18"?

 

[Staff 2]

the new sport-line wheel will fit 18inch just ask vw tech for you

 

[Staff 2]

I have an option to pick up a set of second hand 18" sportlines (pre-facelift version) for my 2011 facelift 140 model. Will they fit? from what I can tell reading this they should, right?

 

[Staff 2]

Also, can anyone tell me if 18" tyres are more expensive on average than the 16" 'standard' tyres the Cali comes with

 

[Staff 2]

At guess I would say 18s would be more expensive than 16s due to the extra materials required & 16s are probably a more common size. (supply & demand)
But you could always check on some of the tyre websites.

 

[Staff 2]

Oct 25, 2011, 8:14am, Blakey wrote:
I have an option to pick up a set of second hand 18" sportlines (pre-facelift version) for my 2011 facelift 140 model. Will they fit? from what I can tell reading this they should, right?

Hi Blakey, yes they fit the facelift 140 fine......the facelift 180 now has larger brake calipers than the pre facelift

 

[Staff 2]

Hello all,

The only wheels you can fit to a facelift 180ps are the New Sportline 18"alloys. These come in a matt black colour(which look really good) or silver. They are priced £154.17+vat each.
No other alloy from any other T5 will fit.

Hope this helps guys

 

[fred]

does the original poster (I can't see who it is) want to sell me the sportlines and tyres?

 

[calikev]

Fred the original poster was sleepyjoe I think you will have to wait until he moves over to this forum
And ask him if he still has them
I hope this helps.

 

[sleepyjoe]

Fitted Eibach spacers and now problem resolved.