Anyone seen them - B7 RS4 Replica wheels in Black/Grey?

[mattsimis]

Part of my long term B5 S4 plan, have the car, cant find the wheels!

Well, found a US site making them for BMW and Audi, very pricey per-wheel tho! http://www.modbargains.com/product.asp? ... StyleWheel



Matt

[mattsimis]

Found another US site doing them (cheaper but clearly not as good - Id still go for them if shipping was reasonable..):
http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread ... d=31958823

[MarkB]

Second link didn't work for me...

I looked at importing some of the onyx black RS4 reps in 8.5 x 19 and it would have cost ~ £660 to my door. Not too bad for a cool wheel but I was worried about warranty issues and replacements if needed in the future...

[maxxximus]

Stating the obvious but surely buying standard reps and having them professionally painted would be best way forward. Probably cost an extra £40/wheel. One of the guys from MRC has his noggy saloon with titanium RS4s.

Looks well smart.

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[MarkB]

That was my thinking in the end. The Velocity ones are nicer, they have a more sculptured shape, but as said it would be safer/easier to just buy in the UK and get them painted

[mattsimis]

The second link doesnt work as it looks like Fourtitude Forums are down, they were far simplier looking than the Velocity ones which look fantastic. The £660 to your door.. was that per wheel!?


Matt

[MarkB]

No a set of 4

[MarkB]

I'm really tempted by these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-RS4-STYLE-AL ... dZViewItem but I'm not sure 245's will clear on a B5

They are about £150 less than any others listed. I could ask if they will do them with 235's I suppose...

[mattsimis]

Yeah, saw that too. Notice his pics of the wheel look gunmetal, but the car pic is hyper silver. He claims they arent gunmetal tho. But still, right price anyhow.
19" looks huge in that car pic!


Matt

[MarkB]

There's something not quite right about that picture. Notice it's a geniune RS4 as well.

[fil]

There's something not quite right about that picture. Notice it's a geniune RS4 as well.

yep looked odd to me? i smell a photoshop!

[mattsimis]

The Modbargain guys can supply the RS4 reps in their rather excellent paint jobs for $699 plus $200 shipping via Fedex, compared to the dodgy listings on eBay UK, thats a fantastic price I will very well take them up on. Now to determine is 19"x8.5" ET38 wheels will fit the B5 S4..

Ignore the muck wagon badge!


Matt

[MarkB]

Thats about the same price as direct from Volocity

[maxxximus]

Be interested to know what duty you'd pay on these.

Keep us informed Matt if you do the deal.

[MarkB]

I was told when I posted a little while ago about importing from the States that I can expect about a 25% uplift in the price by the time all duty is paid. There has also been talk of getting them to write something like waranty replacement on the box to avoid duty but I haven't heard how well that works.

I too will be interested to hear how you get on.