Ok, here is the reason most of us do this.

Vw's are Slow, and handle like shit, wich is why i dont care at all about performance, i like to look dope rollin' down the road. I get a TON of compliments on the wheels all day long, even though they poke out about 25mm or 1"

and to those who "know" offsets, id like to see someone here run 9's all around on a civic, im going to make that my next project car, a clean civic with 9.5" TH lines all around, pulled and rolled fenders, slammed, poked, and stretched