Cup Shape Explanations

WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.

There are two cup shapes: rounded and conical.

The spherical cap has a curved surface -arrow A- on the section of a sphere. This design was used for original rims.

Fig 1: Identifying Wheel Bolt Versions

Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

The conical spherical cap has a flat surface -arrow B- on the section of a sphere. This design is used partially on rims from the accessories program.

I - Wheel Bolt with Spherical Cap

II - Wheel Bolt with Cone-Shaped Spherical Cap

Vehicles with Tire Pressure Monitoring System

On vehicles with tire pressure monitoring system, the tire pressure must be resaved or adapted after each change from summer to winter tires or vice versa. Refer to Owner's Manual.

Permission Stipulations in Germany

Only when using winter tires is it permitted that the highest speed attainable by the vehicle lies above the highest speed of winter tires specified by the speed symbol.

In this case, an information label must be applied with the following content:

Attention, Winter Tires!
Maximum permissible speed...km/h (mph)

NOTE:

This information label must be in the driver's field of view!