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Alloys
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:04 pm
by chunky79
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
RE: Alloys
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:10 am
by BlingBling
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.
RE: Alloys
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:35 am
by philipwalker
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
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:39 am
by chunky79
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
Re: RE: Alloys
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:32 pm
by elise135
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..
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:45 am
by chunky79
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
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:14 am
by philipwalker
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:38 pm
by chunky79
Phillip cheers for the reply
Does this mean that the wheel sticksfurther out away fromthe car?
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:31 pm
by philipwalker
Yep, the lower the et number the more they will stick out.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:55 pm
by P_G
19" Sportec Monos
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:25 am
by chunky79
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
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:23 pm
by chunky79
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:34 am
by elise135
heels look ace.. will probably go with 19" for the summer..
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:56 am
by chunky79
I really thought hard about getting 19's but just didn't want to make the ride too harsh.
Dunc
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:56 pm
by wolf02
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 ?
