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S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:45 pm
by monkeyboy
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
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:21 pm
by monkeyboy
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
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:30 pm
by wazza
I believe Chelsea Mick had 19s before the 18" RS wheels.
See
Mick's Gallery [img]images/graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:13 pm
by ChelseaMick
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...
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:38 pm
by monkeyboy
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?
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:42 am
by ChelseaMick
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...
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:34 am
by Bushy
I believe AmD do a reasonably priced set?
http://www.auto-amd.co.uk
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:37 am
by Bushy
just been browsing and some are
here
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:09 am
by monkeyboy
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.
Re: S3 Wheels 19/18s
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:12 am
by Hopsta
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.
