VW Golf 7 Wheels & Tyres Guide PDF (Edition 12.2017)

Ensure optimal safety and performance with this definitive 2017 PDF guide for VW Golf (2017) and e-Golf (2017). Inside you’ll find:

• Factory-Approved Wheel & Tyre Combinations by tyre package, engine type, and model version

• Step-by-Step Installation & Removal Procedures for pressing tyres off rims, changing wheels, and disposing of sealant

• Detailed Load Tables & Type-Approval Charts outlining braked/unbraked trailer loads, drawbar limits, and snow-chain specifications

• Alignment & Maintenance Specifications including torque values, wheel rotation intervals, TPMS guidelines, and run-flat tyre care

Ideal for technicians and DIYers who demand Volkswagen-accurate wheel and tyre data.

Delivery:

Table of Contents

Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry

• General information

  • Instructions on how to use the guide

  • Tyre package definition

• Version key, D2

  • Explanation of version-key digits for tyre package

  • Example: interpreting the version key

• Wheels, tyres

  • Specified torques for wheel bolts

  • Vehicles with breakdown set

  • Pressing tyre off wheel rim

  • Removing tyres

  • Installing tyres

  • Changing wheels

  • Disposing of tyre sealant

• Wheel and tyre combinations depending on tyre packages

  • Type approval no. (K): e12007/460623*23

    • Appendix for certificate statement

    • Type approval model code

    • Options for changing to other wheel and tyre combinations

    • Type and size of snow chains

    • Tyre package 61 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 62 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 63 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 64 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 65 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 66 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 68 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 69 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 70 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 72 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 77 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 79 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre makes recommended by Volkswagen

    • Recommended temporary spare tyres and spare wheels

  • Type approval no. (K): e12007/460623*24

    • Appendix for certificate statement

    • Type approval model code

    • Options for changing to other wheel and tyre combinations

    • Type and size of snow chains

    • Tyre package 61 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 62 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 63 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 64 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 65 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 66 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 68 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 69 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 70 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 72 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 73 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 77 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 78 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 79 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre makes recommended by Volkswagen

    • Recommended temporary spare tyres and spare wheels

  • Type approval no. (K): e12007/460623*25

    • Appendix for certificate statement

    • Type approval model code

    • Options for changing to other wheel and tyre combinations

    • Type and size of snow chains

    • Tyre package 61 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 62 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 63 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 64 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 65 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 66 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 68 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 69 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 70 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 72 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 73 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 74 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 75 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 76 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 77 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 78 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 79 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 82 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 83 – Golf GTD (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre makes recommended by Volkswagen

    • Recommended temporary spare tyres and spare wheels

  • Type approval no. (K): e12007/460623*26

    • Appendix for certificate statement

    • Type approval model code

    • Options for changing to other wheel and tyre combinations

    • Type and size of snow chains

    • Tyre package 01 (e-Golf) (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 61 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 62 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 63 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 64 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 65 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 66 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 68 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 69 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 70 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 72 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 73 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 74 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 75 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 76 – Golf GTE (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 77 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 78 – Golf R (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre package 79 (list of engines → tyre sizes → wheel sizes → snow chains)

    • Tyre makes recommended by Volkswagen

    • Recommended temporary spare tyres and spare wheels

• Wheel allocation

  • Specified torques for wheel bolts (repeat of section 3.1)

  • Position of anti-theft wheel bolts for steel wheels

  • Fitting anti-theft wheel bolts using adapter set

  • Steel wheels (various part numbers, dimensions, offsets, loads)

    • 6 J × 15 offset 43

    • 6 J × 16 offset 48

    • 6 ½ J × 16 offset 46

    • 6 J × 17 offset 48 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 7 J × 17 offset 49 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 7 ½ J × 17 offset 49 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 7 ½ J × 18 offset 49 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 7 ½ J × 18 offset 51 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 7 ½ J × 19 offset 51 (plus winter-wheel specs)

    • 8 J × 19 offset 50 (R-model note)

  • Explanation of wheel-information fields (bolt pattern, bolt-hole count, etc.)

  • Winter wheels (various part numbers, dimensions, offsets, loads)

• Recommended summer tyres

  • Recommended summer tyres, worldwide except North America and China

    • Notes on recommended tyres

    • Explanations regarding world regions

    • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

  • Recommended summer tyres, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore

    • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

• Recommended all-season tyres

  • Recommended all-season tyres, worldwide except North America and China

    • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

  • Recommended all-season tyres, North America

    • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

• Recommended winter tyres, worldwide except North America and China

  • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

• Recommended winter tyres, North America

  • Tyre size → Manufacturer → Tread pattern → Comments (table)

• Storage instructions for wheels with mounted tyres

• Servicing/wheel rotation intervals

• Wheel alignment specifications

• Run-flat tyres (if fitted)

• Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS)

• Snow chains (types, sizes)

• Temporary spare wheel and tyre recommendations

• Operating conditions requiring short-term speed/weight restrictions

• Tyre repair kit (composition, limitations)