Wheel upgrade....your advice please.

[brad]

Thanks Brad, but don't you think 16" still means more weight than what i currently have?

proabably if you go genuine VW OEM. Mine are a porky 20kg and I know if I spent some reasonable money ($2k tops) I could knock 5kg off that easily.

Maybe you should weigh your current rim/tyre combo as a baseline & compare with the bigger sizes?

If you look at the (limited) range on tirerack, 17x7.5 Enkei come in at 6.9kg but the lightest 15" rim they have is 7.7kg & the lightest 16" Sparco is 7.4kg. Of course if you buy based on looks & price then you might be looking at double those weights.

Buy a good lightweight rim & a lightweight tyre (there's about 1kg variation in a given size) and it will be win-win all the way.