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    10-06-2012 10:29 PM #1
    Hey everyone, i recently came across a great deal on some 20`wheels for my Passat, just wondering if ill be running into some trouble or if itll be relatively simple to get these on. The wheel specs are 20x8.5 et 25 in the front and 20x10 et 30 in the rear, ive seen some passats running 19x8.5 in the front so im not too worried there, more worried about the 10" wide wheel in the back, let me know what i need to do, thanks.

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    10-07-2012 11:38 AM #2
    you definitely gonna have a HARD ride

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    10-07-2012 11:46 AM #3
    Quote Originally Posted by snyper01 View Post
    you definitely gonna have a HARD ride
    This. Plus have in mind passats dont have that big of fender wells and cant accomidate super aggressive or super big wheels like jettas or gti's
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    10-07-2012 02:00 PM #4
    10 in the back should be fine but you may need spacers for clearance (you'll have to test fit to find out)

    here is 18x10 all around. you can read his specs
    http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...1#post78177538

    it should work

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    10-07-2012 07:03 PM #5
    In that thread he has a different offset, does anyone know how far the hub is from the inside of the fender? im pretty positive that i will have to roll my fenders. definitely in the front at least.

  6. 10-08-2012 04:11 PM #6
    10et46 is just about right,i had to remove shock cover (black plastic thing ) and was about 4mm of the shock so with et30 you'll 100% good,only size will b a problem as 10x20 will not look good.

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    10-09-2012 10:52 AM #7
    I plan on dropping the whole car down on a good set of fully adjustable coilovers, I'm a big fan of big wheels and love the stance with wide rear tires and just a bit of poke.

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