S3 Wheels 19/18s

Post by **monkeyboy** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:45 pm

any owners out there with 19inch wheels on their S3??
or any suggestions on other designs apart from the new RS designs

pics would be great or names of any recommended suppliers u guys/gals have used

Post by **monkeyboy** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:21 pm

blimey [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
31 views and not one reply.....guess not people have changed the alloys on their S3s on this forum

Post by **wazza** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:30 pm

I believe Chelsea Mick had 19s before the 18" RS wheels.
See Mick's Gallery [img]images/graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

Post by **ChelseaMick** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:13 pm

He He....Thanks Paul

Lloyd.
I did have 19" wheels on my S3. They were Ace130 19x8.5" with 215/35 Tyres on. At the time I also had H&R -30mm lowering springs on standard shocks.

Now this is only my opinion but I wouldn't recommend 19's to anyone for the S3. The ride was totally bone shattering. I could feel every bump and pothole on the road. It was so hard. As you can see from the above piccie it did look good but it wasn't at all practical on the road. Changed the 19's for the 18's with 225/40 tyres and added Koni's. This made the ride a lot more acceptable.

This is only my opinion based on my experience. There might be someone out there with 19's that will tell a different story...

Post by **monkeyboy** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:38 pm

Hi Paul...no...i hear waht your saying, i too had a set of 19s on my bmw that i had before the evo....and the car definatly handled better on the 18s...i was more interested to se how they looked......so where can i get a good price on some 18s...i know amd sell the imitations...are they a good price and are the imitations any good?

Post by **ChelseaMick** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:42 am

Lloyd
Rochford Tyres do 18's and 19's replicas. They also advertise on EBay with special prices sometimes. I got my 18's from them. The only thing is the centre caps they supply with the alloys are chromed [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img] so I brought some OEM ones from Audi and had to slightly modify them to fit, but nothing too hard to do...

Click Here for a piccie of my S3 with the 18" RS4 replicas on...

Post by **Bushy** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:34 am

I believe AmD do a reasonably priced set?

http://www.auto-amd.co.uk

Post by **Bushy** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:37 am

just been browsing and some are here

Post by **monkeyboy** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:09 am

thanks all, i may come back and ask more questions if i have trouble fitting orginal centre caps...how much did audi charge you for them???? 50 or 60 quid i bet??

The ones from Rochford seem much cheaper than AMD i guess they must all be the same. both have the F1 goodyears on.

Post by **Hopsta** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:12 am

Its cheaper for you to source your own tyres I found [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

The centre caps are £16.50 each IIRC from Audi.

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