Audi wheels on a golf

[PH5121]

Hello all, I'm a newbie on this section of the forum, but have a question I would appreciate some help with. I have just got some new 18 wheels on my 2003 A4 and was going to give my old 18 wheels to my brother in law for his Mk4 Golf. He tells me they won't fit, does any one know if the stud positions are different between the A4 and Golf? In my naivity I assumed they were the same, as you see Golfs with Audi wheels.

Paul

[goochie]

Audi A4 and Golf are on different platforms.

The Audi wheels you see on Golfs will either be copies of Audi designs of from a TT/A3.

The hole pattern and the offset are different so there is no way they're going to fit.

[PH5121]

Thanks for that advice, much appreciated.

[pearsyla]

I had an audi s3 and whilst I was getting the rs4 alloys from it refurbished I put my golf r32 alloys on it.They fitted fine. So does that mean the stud pattern and offset is different from a3 to a4?

[goochie]

Audi A4 and Audi A3 wheels are not generally interchangable.

Note that the platform name has nothing to do with the Audi model name.

VAG "A4" platform -
Golf
Audi A3
VW Beetle
Audi TT
Octavia
Seat Leon
Toledo
Jetta

VAG "B4" platform -
Audi A4
Skoda Superb
VW Passat

With the newer vehicles, such as the MK5 Golf and MK2 Octavia the number of the platform increases. So, the Octavia 2 and Golf 5 are both on the "A5" platform whilst the New Passat and latest A4 are on the "B5" platform. The groups of vehicles on each platform will stay the same and parts such as wheels and engines (or parts of) are generally interchangable within a group.

There are some exceptions like the Fabia VRS which, is on a smaller platform to the Octavia yet Octavia wheel will fit. The R32 and S3 may be another two that buck the system.

Edited by goochie on Thursday 22 February 08:42

[The_Gza]

I've got Audi S3 wheels on my MkIV Golf - fitted no problem at all. Unless the S3 ran a different offset to the rest of the (previous) A3 range, I'm assuming that the latest shape A3 changed to 5 x 112 pcd, which I think is the same as the MkV Golf. MkIV Golfs are 5 x 100 pcd so newer A4 and MkV Golf alloys won't fit a MkIV.

[goochie]

The_Gza said:

I'm assuming that the latest shape A3 changed to 5 x 112 pcd, which I think is the same as the MkV Golf. MkIV Golfs are 5 x 100 pcd so newer A4 and MkV Golf alloys won't fit a MkIV.

That is correct.

[monkeyhanger]

PH5121 said:

Hello all, I'm a newbie on this section of the forum, but have a question I would appreciate some help with. I have just got some new 18 wheels on my 2003 A4 and was going to give my old 18 wheels to my brother in law for his Mk4 Golf. He tells me they won't fit, does any one know if the stud positions are different between the A4 and Golf? In my naivity I assumed they were the same, as you see Golfs with Audi wheels.

Mr Gooch is correct

I can confirm that your Golf wheels will NOT fit the A4. I sold a set of TT alloys (trackday wheels) to a friend a couple of years back which he planned to put on his wife's A4....neither of us realised at the time that they wouldn't fit