What wheel and tyre size for a Tiguan?

I nave a 59 plate Volkswagen Tiguan R Line TDI with 255/40 ZR 19 Y tyres which give me a very hard ride. I will need new tyres soon so want to get new wheels and tyres to improve the ride quality - can you recommend a better size alloy wheel and the tyre size to improve the ride please?

Asked on 5 February 2013 by ricbb

Answered by Honest John

16" wheels with 205/60 R16s, or whatever Volkswagen's 16" tyre size is for the Tiguan. 19" wheels with 40 profile tyres on a small SUV like this are ludicrous bling.

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