Alloys

Post by **chunky79** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:04 pm

I'm looking to change my alloys soon and was wondering if there are any people on here running none standard alloys?
If yes, what are they and do you have any pic's?
Thinking of getting either R8 or RS4 rep's.
Is there anyone running bigger than 18' and does it make much difference to the ride?

Cheers

Dunc

Post by **BlingBling** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:10 am

Why not try and get some Gallardo reps. They look amazing. As nice as the RS4/R8's look they are a bit, erm, common when it comes to A4/S4 replicas.

Post by **philipwalker** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:35 am

19" is OK just dont buy heavy ones as it will spoil the ride.
253/35x19 on the tyre side is fine.
A pic of my old S4 on BBS LM`s

Post by **chunky79** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:39 am

I like the look of the gallardo's but the wife really isn't keen on them plus they seem to be the wheels of the moment.
I agree that the RS4 rep's are pretty much now on every A4 you see but haven't seen one with the R8 alloys on.
I think that any 19" rep's are going to be on the heavy side so think that will rule them out.
I've seen a couple of nice BBS alloy's, CX-R and Air II cy but will be way out of my budget with goodyears on.

Dunc

Post by **elise135** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:32 pm

BlingBling wrote:Why not try and get some Gallardo reps. They look amazing. As nice as the RS4/R8's look they are a bit, erm, common when it comes to A4/S4 replicas.

Stunning..

Post by **chunky79** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:45 am

Has anyone run alloys with the offset being ET35 in stead of the original ET45?
I went and looked at some alloy's and the guy told me i could run ET35 with no problem on the S4?

Dunc

Post by **philipwalker** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:14 am

chunky79 wrote:Has anyone run alloys with the offset being ET35 in stead of the original ET45?
I went and looked at some alloy's and the guy told me i could run ET35 with no problem on the S4?

Dunc

Correct, so long as the wheel size is 8.5x18 or 8.5x19 any wider and you may have some clearence issues on the front.

I fitted the 8.5x19 BBS LM`s to my old B6. They were ET32 fitted with 235/35x19 tyres. Nice and light fitted with no issues.

Post by **chunky79** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:38 pm

Phillip cheers for the reply

Does this mean that the wheel sticksfurther out away fromthe car?

Post by **philipwalker** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:31 pm

Yep, the lower the et number the more they will stick out.

Post by **P_G** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:55 pm

19" Sportec Monos

Post by **chunky79** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:25 am

Got me some R8 rep's with goodyear f1's on friday. 18'' ET33.
Will get pic's up when i can.
Cheers for all the replies!

Dunc

Post by **chunky79** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:23 pm

BEFORE

AFTER

Post by **elise135** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:34 am

heels look ace.. will probably go with 19" for the summer..

Post by **chunky79** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:56 am

I really thought hard about getting 19's but just didn't want to make the ride too harsh.

Dunc

Post by **wolf02** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:56 pm

Hi all,

Im looking to get either the R8 Reps like Chunky79 or these ...

http://www.alloywheels.com/product.asp? ... &PT_ID=147

However when I spoke to the guys there they reckon that the TSW Demon's in the link above wont fit.
I thought this was a little strange as the specs are the same as the Avus 8jx18 - ET45 - 235/40zr18's that are standard on this car.
The guy there says these ones wont fit over the callipers on the S4 when I checked with him.
How can you know for definate if they will fit or not ?

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