They should fit. Have the tire store test fit one of the fronts. Turn the wheel lock to lock to make sure you have no rubbing. The dots on the tires should line up with the valve stems. This puts the heavy spot in the tire with the light spot on the wheel. Sort of a pre-balance. it cuts down on the wheel weights used.

 

gotcha, they ordered them to test fit on thursday I will update!

 

I'm rolling on 265/65/17's with General Grabbers AT2's and have no problems with clearance.

 

got a picture?

 

I'll post some for you in a couple of hours. Shots are on my camera at home. Definitely makes the Touareg look less like a station wagon and more like a truck.

 

thanks!

 

I've done about 50,000km now on my 265/65R17 Bridgestone Dueller's (RevO). No issues. Plenty pics in my gallery.

 

I and several others roll on 265/70/R17 BFG AT KO, Goodyear Triple-Treds and Nitto tires, both T1 and T2 models. The only concern would be Touaregs with diesel intercoolers.

Pix - see my sig.

 

The only concern would be Touaregs with diesel intercoolers.

I don't have an issue on mine with the IC vents. Yeti also doesn't have an issue on his V6TDI but he's running 245/70R17's which have the same diameter as the 265/65's.

 

Sorry for the delay - internet problems last night.

Here are the pics.
MobileMe Gallery

 

thanks for the input, should have mine on tomorrow I will post pictures once I have them.

 

I'm confused, why wouldn't the 265/65x17 work with those vents when it's been discussed about 100x that the next size up, 265/65x18 just barely work with the slightest buz against those vents on full turn?

So, of course the smaller tire would work right? It's cool that the v6 tdi has smaller brakes than the v10 tdi so you can use 17" rims now and have more tire choices or at least a little cheaper sometimes.

 

Here are my 265/65/17 Nitto Terragrapplers.

 

^ in my opinion that size is the largest that "looks" proportional. The ones I had were cool, tough, etc but obviously "over-sized" . Yours look the best.

 

Nice Pics - new tires look sharp!

 

thanks guys.