V50 15” wheels?

[thefishingplumber]

Hi everyone, I’m just new and bought my first ever Volvo!
A V50 SE LUX D2 1.6Edrive. First impressions are good quality but has hard act to follow. Audi A6 2005 old style ,pretty faultless but tired. I intend to have car at least 6 years and don’t like low profile tyres. Looking to fit factory 15” alloys and finding difficulties in locating them. Plenty available in Sweden!
Reasons for 15” , comfort, economy in mileage, and cost. I once had Audi A2 with low profile tyres, changed wheels to narrow and comfort was amazing and nearly 10mpg better.
Anyone out there any experience on15” or have any?
Cheers

Looks like there are 4 wheels all 6x15 et46 5x108 all O/E optional . C30 also
Isis Part no 30671508
Libra. Part no 30756286
Acrux Part no 8698214
Adaro Part no 8698213

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[hoks]

Hey,

At least in pre-facelift owners manual there is 15" option for 1.6d , have you checked yours? I think that if they will clear brakes, you can fit 15" wheels...

If it is a bit softer ride you are looking for maybe you can try out different tyres before buying a new set of wheels.

Where I live we have quite bad roads, and for summer I purchased a set of Sailun Attrezo Elite 215/60 R16 instead of standart 205/55 R16. They were a bit cheaper than premium brands and do wear a tiny bit quicker, but it evens out. And ride gets better, all the bumps dont seem so crashy and sharp. Grip is good, honestly cant really tell a difference from previous set of Continentals and they only marginally fall short of my favourite Pirelly efficient grip performance tyres I had on a prevous car. Only drawback is that speedo lies a bit, but bang for the buck, smoother ride and a "meaty-er" look is worth it. Read somewhere that one guy even fitted a set of 205/65 R16 tyres on his v50 without any rubbing. Assume they are even softer.

[Welton]

Perhaps you could source a set of 15" black steel wheels and have them painted silver?

[rowdy]

Originally Posted by hoks

Hey,

At least in pre-facelift owners manual there is 15" option for 1.6d , have you checked yours? I think that if they will clear brakes, you can fit 15" wheels...

If it is a bit softer ride you are looking for maybe you can try out different tyres before buying a new set of wheels.

Where I live we have quite bad roads, and for summer I purchased a set of Sailun Attrezo Elite 215/60 R16 instead of standart 205/55 R16. They were a bit cheaper than premium brands and do wear a tiny bit quicker, but it evens out. And ride gets better, all the bumps dont seem so crashy and sharp. Grip is good, honestly cant really tell a difference from previous set of Continentals and they only marginally fall short of my favourite Pirelly efficient grip performance tyres I had on a prevous car. Only drawback is that speedo lies a bit, but bang for the buck, smoother ride and a "meaty-er" look is worth it. Read somewhere that one guy even fitted a set of 205/65 R16 tyres on his v50 without any rubbing. Assume they are even softer.

Better to go smaller diameter wheel with bigger profile tyre, than upping the profile on original size tyres, as cause Speedo problems, possible traction control and the like as the cars are programmed to the rolling radius of the wheel/tyre combo.

A 205/65 profile tyre probably doesn't have much bigger sidewall than a 215/60 tyre, as the number after the / is a percentage of the width, so your sidewall is 60% 215mm and the higher profile 65 is the percentage of 205mm, so not a lot in it.

Edit to add, MK2 ford focus wheels would fit as same platform, possibly easier to find 15" wheels.

[thefishingplumber]

I’m looking to buy or swap for any of the 15” wheels in above post. Set of 4.
Have got 17” acrux gunmetal coloured wheels and good tyres on car, will need repainted but very decent.
That is Acrux. Adaro. Libra and Isis, All Oe optional wheels. Libra fitted to c30 drivE.?