Winter wheels & tyres ?
Winter wheels & tyres ?
Any recommendations?? Thinking 18’s and winter tyres
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I think the 19s are borderline too small so personally I'd avoid 18 but each to their own.
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The reason I’m thinking 18’s is down to the state of the roads and it will allow a little more tyre. On the 19’s and lowered it feels like the struts are coming up through the car on every pothole. Only for the winter though
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I follow that logic on my S8 - 20s in summer, 18s in winter.
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will 2018 S3 black edition wheels in 18inch fit my 2016 RS3 looks quite tight on the radial for the callipers ???
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FWIW I just put Conti WinterContacts on my RS4. Fantastic.
I stuck same size and it all seems fine. The tread is grippier and more cushion than the summer tyres. Pot holes are pot holes and are around year round
I stuck same size and it all seems fine. The tread is grippier and more cushion than the summer tyres. Pot holes are pot holes and are around year round
Current:
- Audi B8 RS4 - Panther Black
- VW High Up! TSI - Red with Black Roof
Previous:
- BMW R56 Mini JCW - Black with Red Roof
- Peugeot 306 1.6 GLX - British Racing Green
- Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus - Sky Blue
- Audi B8 RS4 - Panther Black
- VW High Up! TSI - Red with Black Roof
Previous:
- BMW R56 Mini JCW - Black with Red Roof
- Peugeot 306 1.6 GLX - British Racing Green
- Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus - Sky Blue
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Well the wheels arrived today. Tomorrow will be the test if they clear the callipers
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Bugger . As you can see I can confirm 18’s off an S3 don’t fit. A costly test
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Stop messing around and get another set of 19s. Why spoil the look of the car for 6 months of the year.
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Mike it’s not so much the look it’s the ride quality. Every bump or pot hole feels like the suspension is coming up through the car. It’s lowered but only with H&R. I like the look and agree 19’s are what the car needs and with 10mm spacers all round it looks and sits perfect
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It's not that bad! Better than your old RS6.
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Pot holes don’t disappear in summer...skirs6 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:09 pmMike it’s not so much the look it’s the ride quality. Every bump or pot hole feels like the suspension is coming up through the car. It’s lowered but only with H&R. I like the look and agree 19’s are what the car needs and with 10mm spacers all round it looks and sits perfect
Current:
- Audi B8 RS4 - Panther Black
- VW High Up! TSI - Red with Black Roof
Previous:
- BMW R56 Mini JCW - Black with Red Roof
- Peugeot 306 1.6 GLX - British Racing Green
- Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus - Sky Blue
- Audi B8 RS4 - Panther Black
- VW High Up! TSI - Red with Black Roof
Previous:
- BMW R56 Mini JCW - Black with Red Roof
- Peugeot 306 1.6 GLX - British Racing Green
- Ford Fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus - Sky Blue
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I've just seen the wheels in the for sale thread. They look really good in that colour. Where are they catching? Hard to tell in the photos. I think it looks like the diameter is too small rather than the spokes catching the caliper. If so, wouldn't a spacer help by bringing them out a bit or is the barrel flat all the way through the wheel?
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Mike the car is already on 10mm spacers it touches on the radial and the spokes. A larger spacerwould sort that problem but the calliper would still touch on the radial
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