oz ultraleggera what a shock.......

Post by **MarkB** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:11 pm

CH's are best in my book, but on an B5 S4 I think 18's are perfect. All IMO of course

Post by **Soupie69uk** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:57 pm

I would just try and get a set of 18" CH's Zero.

I wonder how strong those OZ's are. My friends mum has 19" superleggera's on her TT and they buckle pretty easily. But that is a woman driver!!

Post by **bobbler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:09 am

They "buckle pretty easily"? What happened exactly? Did she have an accident and they buckled or just touched a kerb?
Would really like to know as I have a set coming next week.

Post by S4 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:48 am

The wheel passes TUV and a number of other impressive specs. I checked up and the wheel is heat treated and shot peened - not your typical cast wheel.

Oz a motorsport wheel...F1 and all.

but I have found you can mash most wheels up using sleeping policemen as ramps at about 70...

Darren

Post by **Schlafer** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:05 am

BRETTCOLLINS wrote:Yes I am looking into theses too

Let me know if u get them i'll take your old ones off you

Post by **bobbler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:58 am

S4 wrote:The wheel passes TUV and a number of other impressive specs.

Exactly the same as the BBS then from what Phil W was saying on the phone when I was speaking to him on Friday, as we where discussing the confusion from BBS telephone people regarding installing BBS wheels on an S5 due to a BHP limit.

I would still like to hear the circumstances of the buckling taking place from Soupie though.

Post by S4 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:11 am

do this search http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= ... kled&meta= it can happen to most. pot holes and rock hard coilovers on my Seat, done some avalini ... put a small square.... only tiny on the inside, could not feel it driving, and on the balance it was fine........

Darren

Post by **bobbler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:48 am

Ah.
No offence S4 but searching for the string "BBS+alloys+buckled" will return you exactly those results as people only tend to post onto forums when things go wrong, that's not most at all, that's those that have had issues. "BBS+alloys+bounced+off+kerb+with+no+damage+at all+amazing" as a search will net you precisely nothing.

Its the same as saying "Audi S4 Turbo Failure", you look for that, you will find exactly that.

Post by **ZeroK66** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:53 am

I dont mind the look of the OZ on my car... but yes as mentioned earlier, my car is slammed low and running 19's. Tough decision!!

Post by S4 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:55 am

no you are right, but just put any brand in Oz, or whatever, and you will get a view on how they were damaged, I don't understand you? you are right...who posts when nothing is wrong? not many

Post by **bobbler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:02 am

S4 wrote:no you are right, but just put any brand in Oz, or whatever, and you will get a view on how they were damaged, I don't understand you? you are right...who posts when nothing is wrong? not many

Ah I see, what I was wondering was the exact circumstances of Soupies friends mum in case it was something out of the ordinary as he seemed to be putting it forward as a reason for picking one brand over the other.
I know that wheels will buckle if you smash them into something, the same as any alloy will regardless of make or model. Its all a factor of how hard you hit them.

Post by **Soupie69uk** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:14 am

Just normal day to day driving, she looks after the car a lot. The roads about here are pretty rural so some are littered with potholes. It could be a case of her hitting a few of these plus having low 35 profile tyres.

I was speaking to her husband yesterday and they had 2 replaced when they bought the car from Audi and had to replace another one themselves. The wheels have also just been away to be refurbished and straightened.

All this is over the past 4 years. The wheels are the 19" versions and were pretty light for the size that they are. The 18" versions may be better as they will have a larger tyre fitted, I believe that OZ are great wheel makes but I would expect there would be a compromise for saving some weight.

Anyone looked at Speedline Turini's? They are similar and have chunkier spokes.

Post by **bobbler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:26 am

Cheers Soupie. I live in a very rural area too so good to know.

Post by **whisky180** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:12 pm

i've been running 18" superleggeras for 2 years now, managed to crack one when i hit a crater at high speed. but apart from that they have been fine

Post by **Peakz** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:26 pm

I looked at Speedline Tourini's but couldn't find any with the correct ET for our cars.

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