Six inch rims on a Mk2?

[Jack64nm]

A friend of mine is planning to put 6 inch steel rims on his Mk2 and was asking about tyre sizes (thinking I had had wider rims on my car). He wants a lower profile as he has overdrive and a 3.59? diff. So my question is has anyone any experience of wider tyres on a Mk2? How wide and low can you go?

 

[Deleted member 8987]

5.5 is about it.
Modify the spats and you can go biger, but make sure you clear everything on the back side (caliper lines, ball joints, tie rod ends, that silly stuff).
I read up on it once, can't recall what you need to do.
Suffice it to say, my MK2 was making a funny rattle in the LF, found one of the caliper connector lines was just not quite flush against the caliper body and hitting the center section.

 

[AJAX50]

I've got 6" Minilites (Mags) on my Mk2 with 205 70 15 Avon CR6ZZ tyres. You need to put thinner spats on the back but otherwise no problems or modifictions needed.

 

[Jack64nm]

Thanks, that's just what I wanted to know!