yeah they will poke but run 165's up front and 185/45's out back and the treads will tuck in nicely! wont really poke much.
i could get really low on 15x8.5's et 10 on the rear of a mk1 with 185's for refrence
so they will sit 5mm plus a little more in than what i had so unless there going on a small polo etc you should have no problems at all with 185's. but if you dont like strech then your gonna have alot of tyre sticking out