satan, gary glitter, ude hussein, idi amin, ayatollah khomeini to name but a few run 17's on their mk2's..........

you prob would need to cut or severley roll the arches to get the car looking any way low!

 

I had my arches/trim cut for 16's at about -40 drop once and it was a pig to drive. Not only that but on full lock youll do wreck on the wheel wells.

What wheels are you thinking about? 17's tend to be like marmite, love it or hate it and no inbetween.

 

 

QUOTE (conord @ Aug 19 2011, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>gary glitter

Neil likes him.

 

G-werks/Rotiform have MK2s and a mk1 caddy on 17'' NUE's Might be worth you're while checking the specs

 

Friend of mine had 17's on his mkii. A little arch rolling and that was all. It was on 17" OZ superleggara and it looked very well. The wheels didn't look too big at all.

 

i had 17s on a mk2 years ago with 40 mill of a drop on the springs and there was no issues atall,no arch work or anything needed,but i wouldnt put them on it now though,16s would be the biggest id go for.

 

I've driven a few mk2s on 17s yrs back and there were mostly a rigid extra bumpy noise bad handling drive, granted some looked the mutz nutz but personally I would take handling over looks...

Though depending on what your doing I can see a need for bigger wheel and maybe track widening with say a highly tuned 18t, vr6t etc but I reckon it be a lot more work that arch rolling to have a decent handling set up.. Unless its just straight line speed ie drag racing, as 17s feck up standard mk handling IMO

 

Pm marcy he has 17x8 comp mo's on his mk2

 

depends if you want a nice et. slow driving or solid shocks are needed

we had azevs on a jetta but cant find the pic

 

drove one on 17s before and i HATED it. too big. don't look too bad depending on wheel choice, 15's do look way better imho

 

i had 17's on a mk2 a few yrs ago, didnt do any arch mods with 40mm drop,

Looked well, but wouldn't do it again, car was rock solid..