Show us your 17s

@Paynewright. Any chance of a pic of one of the wheels a bit closer in please. I ask as I'm thinking about Wildpeaks for my Devonports (albeit still silver) now that their original tyres are finally starting to wear down but it's a toss up between them and Agilis CCs) That said, I'll be posting separately about what the new tyres might do to the speedo - having looked at a couple of those on-line 'wheel size calculators', I'm a bit confused!).
Will do in daylight. I did about 180 miles on them yesterday and really pleased with them. The speedo was about 1mph over at 60 so reading 61 and doing 60. There is a VCDS setting to change that can bring it down ie speedo reading > actual speed. There have been posts on the topic.
 
Close up pics…the rears are a bit inset. Not a fan of spacers so hey ho!

@Ayjay are they what you need?
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The wheels look great in that colour with those tyres. I’d like to get my Devonports done like that. I have Michelin Agilis Cross Climates on the front and will put them on the back when those tyres are due change. I have spacers on my wheels fitted by Steve at @CRS Performance, who also did the suspension.
 
Aftermarket 17's solves that issue with the wheel being tucked away, I'm not running any spacers. The tyre just clears the Caravelle door trims with the doors open so I couldn't run any spacers if I wanted.

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Aftermarket 17's solves that issue with the wheel being tucked away, I'm not running any spacers. The tyre just clears the Caravelle door trims with the doors open so I couldn't run any spacers if I wanted.

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I do find that despite mud guards the ‘spaced out’ wheels throw more dirt up the side of my white van.
 
I do find that despite mud guards the ‘spaced out’ wheels throw more dirt up the side of my white van.
They help a bit but there van still gets covered. They probably help more with stones getting flicked up.

@Ayjay VCDS alteration on a T6 is easy, obviously 245/65R17 is a fair bit bigger than my original 235/55R17 so used VCDS to change it and my speedo now reads about 1mph over at 60mph.
 
Nice. Your rears looked to be sitting a little better than I expected compared to where the fronts are.
 
@Paynewright. Thanks for that - they look good. As I said, I think I'm going to have to put a post on here asking opinions about tyre sizes once I've got my head around it all and consulted a couple of calculator sites again. Currently, my instinct is to stick with Agilis CCs as they come in the same size as my current OEM Devonport tyres (215/60/17 107/109T) but are also expensive. More research and / or advice might change my mind though. Thanks again,
 
If youre comfortable with the price then I dont think you'll get a better tyre than the CC's. Their only other downside is that they aren't particularly chunky looking. If that's not an issue either, then it's a no brainer.
 
What pressures are people running with 17” Wildpeaks?

Also, they seem to be all terrain AND winter (3 peak) tyres - are they OK running all year round? (Bit late now they’re on but hoping to run them all year!)
 
What pressures are people running with 17” Wildpeaks?

Also, they seem to be all terrain AND winter (3 peak) tyres - are they OK running all year round? (Bit late now they’re on but hoping to run them all year!)
Not the same winter tyre, but I bought a set of wheels with Devanti Wintoura+ tyres on. Intending to run them until the tyres were done and replace with all seasons.
3 years and approx 30k miles, running all year round, and there is still about 5mm on each tyre so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
 
What pressures are people running with 17” Wildpeaks?

Also, they seem to be all terrain AND winter (3 peak) tyres - are they OK running all year round? (Bit late now they’re on but hoping to run them all year!)
38 psi on my LWB Kombi, unloaded. Although with the marked 40 psi maximum that's probably where I'd leave it unless I needed a bit more traction off road.
They're are marketed as a jack of all trades and the 3 peak marking should guarantee a certain level of winter performance. I'm not sure about the compound but, the tread pattern isn't like a typical snow tyre with multiple zig zag sipes and grooves. I assume that these would increase wear in summer conditions.
I've had mine for just over a year now and they don't appear to have worn much. Their performance in all conditions has been fine but, to be fair, I haven't really tested their limits.
You'll be fine.
 
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