Newbie and advice please

[millie1]

Hello RS 246

I will be picking up my first Audi in just over a weeks time , RS4 B5 Misano Red, I have brought it from Nick J's and was really pleased with the service provided and deal that we were able to come to.

It has H&R coil overs and MTM upgarde to 420, she drove tight and I was surprised over different road surfaces just how good the coilovers were . I have for many years been an impreza driver and slowly moved away from my car being a daily driver. I have a 22B now and hopefully it will on the road by July to get to some shows, over the last 2 and half years I have been slowly working on the car along with the guys at the garage where it has been.

I have driven a volvo V70 for the last 4 years , its a great car in fact , slow yes but a good car . However I have always loved the B5 RS but never thought i would like estates , having the volvo I realise how practical an estate is and for me I have always thought the B5 to one of the best looking cars of the modern era.

Advice Please

I have no plans for bhp increase but the three potential mods are exhaust, perhaps only cat back , keeping standard down pipe , brake conversion and finally wheels.

The wheels on the car have been refurbished , acid dipped and powered coated so look like new and there is good 7 mm of traed across the tyers any idea what these may be worth ? i accept this is not a question I should ask but I have no idea of the value and possible market for them.

I have seen a wheel that I would like on the car , VMR V710 they come in 18" and 19" but I feel the 18's would better suit the ride and handling, wheel details being :-

18 x 8.5 PCD 5 x 112 or 5 x 120 offsets 35 / 45 or 20 / 35 respectively and finally 57.1 / 66.6 or 72.6

I am no expert on these things , what is the standard wheel ? I had thought about running a wheel spacer even on standard wheels to bring them out to the arch's , think this would be 10MM either side , would the above wheel need a bigger or smaller spacer ?

Brakes , on the test drive the brakes did feel good , they are fairly new , however I may have an option of getting my hands on a set of B7 RS4 / RS6 brakes . not sure which they are at this moment in time , are these worth having ?

Finally , exhaust advice , of course being a scooby fan the flat four is so distinctive and if possible I would like the exhaust note to have a bit more that what it appers to be standard. Any suggestions , I have listened to you tube clips but none seem that clear but i see a number of people have miltek systems.

I wouls apprecaite any advice / comments / opinions

Andy

[stumpyrs4]

Wheels are worth maybe £150 each max, and that's being generous. I'd suggest budget £100 each to be sure.

Maybe an extra £few hundred for the tyres depending on what they are.

PCD is 5x112PCD. OEM offset is ET20. Wheel is 18x8.5J.

VMR wheels are lovely, and I was considering them myself but the offsets were not good enough for my car. That said, I came across one in Germany at The Ring recently, which looked ace, but was in a BMW fitment, i.e. 5x120.






I used to run my OEM wheels with a 10mm spacer, but just for looks. You can accommodate a 15mm spacer on the rear, but not on the front.

The B7 RS4 and C5 RS6 brakes are essentially the same. The difference on the RS6 is just the strengthening brackets/offset. I have B7 RS4 calipers, with machined spigots, so I can also run RS6 discs as well as RS4 discs, although I now run VW Phaeton W12 discs. Only worth having IMO if you're intending on driving very hard or on track. The stock brakes are fine for every day fast road driving.

Milltek is popular. I had a Scorpion, but have also now changed to Milltek, purely as it was a great offer, along with bigger downpipes, for the Stage 3 tune I now run (510bhp). Having had both I think the Millie actually sounds nicer. The Scorpion was a little boomier/dronier.

HTH

[stumpyrs4]

Sorry forgot, bore is 57.1mm

[sonny]

For my sake Carl I hope you still have your car for Spa