Picked up a 2004 GPW last month

Stock:





Lowered with new wheels ( Eibach Prokits and 17x7.5 Enkie RPF1 fronts and 17x9 in rear)





Now here's my question, I went with the 17x9's in the rear and I'm not sure if I like the look. Its a little to aggressive for my taste and a little mismatch with the 17x7.5 in the front so would the 17x8 with the same offset come in much more or would they still stick out? Its seems that almost everyone goes with the 17x9 in the rear so i'm not sure if there are many pics of those with 17x8's in the back. I'll do a search right after this but if anyone has pics please post them up.

 

settle with 17 x 8.5

i think that is the least wide you could run in the rear...

 

usually people run 8's up front and 9s in the rear...plus it looks better with the 9s because you can see the concaveness and tell the wheels are staggered...plus with the set up you have now, you have the same 1.5 inch OEM stagger...

 

leave it alone....it looks perfect

 

yeah the staggered look is amazing, i dunno why u would want to take that away. keep it as is

 

how about a nice rear shot?

Looks good

Nice m3 also

 

the car looks HOT. if it was upto me, i would change the fronts to 17x8 to match the aggressiveness of the rear. nonetheless,

 

everything but those fogs

 

the fogs kind of kills the look

 

Hey cousin!

Car looks great(personally i'd lower it more and go 17x9 in the front ) I told you most people run the 17x9 in the rear. I dont think i've ever seen someone with a smaller width in the rear so good luck finding a pic of one. either way, when you driving down to So Cal with it so we can roll Top Down