How the hell did you manage that - were all 5 within tolerance?Sounds about right Dhali, i posted on 19Oct that i had 5 new wheels and they arrived Friday
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I had 1 that was fine (spare never been used) 3 were 3mm and 1 was 4mm so i was told.
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I had the same problem but with a split on the inside of a soft alloy, not on the kerb side. it was sent to audi uk but no joy, which I was less than happy with, I just feel that they will try any excuse not to honour the guarantee, which shows audi uk in a bad light... also the fact that all dealers don't seem to be aware of the soft alloy situation... seems like they are trying to dodge the issue...
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Did you get the wheel returned to you that you sent to Audi CS\warranty?mattrs4 wrote:I had the same problem but with a split on the inside of a soft alloy, not on the kerb side. it was sent to audi uk but no joy, which I was less than happy with, I just feel that they will try any excuse not to honour the guarantee, which shows audi uk in a bad light... also the fact that all dealers don't seem to be aware of the soft alloy situation... seems like they are trying to dodge the issue...
I've just had 5 brand 'hard' compound alloys provided via warranty to replace the soft wheels provided with the car, of which one cracked and another slighly bent.
I was advised during my discussions with Audi UK CS, that you can upgrade to the hard wheels at any time, irrespect of the condition of your soft wheels.
My dealer was useless at 'dealing' or even knowing\understanding the issues around the RS4 wheels.
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just replaced the front tyres yesterday on the RS the chap said I should have a look at this rim on the balance machine, it looked like Fred Flintstones but it balances up perfectly so I was wondering after speaking to Top Bear that Audi will replace the rims under warranty.
I wonder if Audi would change to the S5 rims and we would pay the difference in the coast of the 2 sets of rims. We would like to have the S5 blade style rims fitted BUT they have a 24mm off set so 12m each side extending the track..... would this be a problem?
We also like the B7 RS4 rims but I didnt have time to find out what ofset they are. Do they just go straight on or is there any other changes to be made?
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I wonder if Audi would change to the S5 rims and we would pay the difference in the coast of the 2 sets of rims. We would like to have the S5 blade style rims fitted BUT they have a 24mm off set so 12m each side extending the track..... would this be a problem?
We also like the B7 RS4 rims but I didnt have time to find out what ofset they are. Do they just go straight on or is there any other changes to be made?
cheers
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just brousing ebay and found this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-RS4-18in-ORI ... dZViewItem
just wondering why the seller says its an original RS4 rim "off an S3"
is this ok for the B5 RS4?
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-RS4-18in-ORI ... dZViewItem
just wondering why the seller says its an original RS4 rim "off an S3"
is this ok for the B5 RS4?
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Insist they replace all your wheels based on safety of mixing compound wheels on a car which is clearly sensitive to this.bneaves wrote:Dealer phoned me today to confirm they would replace my 3 buckled wheels with 4 new hard alloys. They said Audi UK were no longer offering soft alloys, they say it was a "good will" gesture though (For who!!)
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The whole point in these soft wheels is, according to the manufacturer, to protect the structure of the car. The lifetime guarantee merely offsets the inconvenience caused by this design flaw. If Audi want to force a set of hard wheels on you (ie remove this structural protection) then I trust the lifetime guarantee now applies to the car itself?
That's certainly one way of looking at it, however I'd bet that Audi CS would counter that one by insisting that the original soft wheel design is 'too soft' and not designed to bend as easy as they do, and the newer 'harder' design wheels provides the optimal balance of wheel deformation and vehicle structure protection.SimonC wrote:The whole point in these soft wheels is, according to the manufacturer, to protect the structure of the car. The lifetime guarantee merely offsets the inconvenience caused by this design flaw. If Audi want to force a set of hard wheels on you (ie remove this structural protection) then I trust the lifetime guarantee now applies to the car itself?
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As far as i understand from the original Audi UK conferance day (video in download section) as well as Audi. The wheels were only there to prevent tyre damage and not chassis. In its time it was one of the first cars to run such low profile tyres in "mainstream" production. The idea of the wheels as the fact it would bear the brunt of an impact and buckle, rather than the tyre. The reason being a buckled wheel is still safe to drive you home (and in my case many hundreds of miles!) rather than a tyre which will deflate and strand you, also with no spare.
The impression i got from Audi was the fact many of their cars now run these low profile tyres and are not having a problem, so they think they were just overly cautious. Hence they would rather you fitted hard compund tyres to your car and save them some money......
TopBear,
in reply to your original post, they are replacing all 4 wheels with hard cmpound, it is just 3 that seem to be buckled.
The impression i got from Audi was the fact many of their cars now run these low profile tyres and are not having a problem, so they think they were just overly cautious. Hence they would rather you fitted hard compund tyres to your car and save them some money......
TopBear,
in reply to your original post, they are replacing all 4 wheels with hard cmpound, it is just 3 that seem to be buckled.
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