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RS6 21" Inch wheels how bad?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:47 pm
by MGRS6
Hey all, I currently own a Rs6 with the oem 20 inch wheels. Thinking of buying the 21" Performance Rims as my summer set.
How bad are they? The 20" are forged. The 21" are not forged?
I read a couple of posts about those rims on the forum, but I really like the way they look.
Thanks for the help guys.
Greetings
Marc from Vienna, Austria;)
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Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:02 am
by MikeFish
I've only heard of one instance of any issues with the Performance wheels.
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:46 am
by Bit_evl
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:19 am
by Scotty C
I had three of the 21” x 9.5J ‘5-twin-spoke’ design wheels buckle (no idea how) but aside from the above post, not heard of any problems with the performance wheels either...
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:54 pm
by Markp
Scotty C wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:19 am
I had three of the 21” x 9.5J ‘5-twin-spoke’ design wheels buckle (no idea how) but aside from the above post, not heard of any problems with the performance wheels either...
Aye but that one had 3 out 4 wheels buckled
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:37 pm
by MikeFish
Markp wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:54 pm
Scotty C wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:19 am
I had three of the 21” x 9.5J ‘5-twin-spoke’ design wheels buckle (no idea how) but aside from the above post, not heard of any problems with the performance wheels either...
Aye but that one had 3 out 4 wheels buckled
Yes but didn't he have lots of other issues too? Warped discs causing wobble.
Not heard of any other issues, but lots with the normal 21s.
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:49 pm
by Markp
MikeFish wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:37 pm
Markp wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:54 pm
Scotty C wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:19 am
I had three of the 21” x 9.5J ‘5-twin-spoke’ design wheels buckle (no idea how) but aside from the above post, not heard of any problems with the performance wheels either...
Aye but that one had 3 out 4 wheels buckled
Yes but didn't he have lots of other issues too? Warped discs causing wobble.
Not heard of any other issues, but lots with the normal 21s.
Indeed, I think he did but Audi wrote off 3 of the wheels so suggests an issue irrespective of brakes / other cause of wobble.
Re: RS6 21
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:12 am
by Bit_evl
If he is me ?
The wobble appeared prior to the brake issue. Wobble occurring with road speed and not braking.
Initially the impact of the wobble on the steering was small but clear.
The brakes then borked. They replaced the front steel discs.
On return the wobble continued to increase until it was unmanagable at 50mph.
In truth I was amazed they even returned the car after the brake replacement as when I took it back in to demo the fault the tech agreed even before we left the roundabout.
3 wheels buckled.
They did not replace them saying that Audi had only approved them to try and repair them first.
A local outsourced (Reading) company is used to do this for them. It was good but still had a tremor on return.
Not impressed with this and a couple of other things so sold the car.