Wanted - Alloys

[Tomson]

Guys,

Seeing as i am about to replace the tyres on the RS4, I wondered whether anyone wants to sell me there alloys with decent or half decent tyres on..

New F1's were going to cost about £680.00 - so looking to pay around that much or more depending on alloy and whether I am throwing in my virtually mint RS4 hard rims...

Anyone, Bushy, JR your MTMs ?



Tomson

[johneroberts]

Got 2 MTM rims that you can have for that price
One repainted and one scuffed but cost £420 each new
but £500 you can have them, oh and one has a fairly new Sport Contact II on.
Cheers
jr

[Tomson]

2 wheels on my wagon and I'm still rolling on ?

[TarmacTerrorist]

Those RS6 wheels at £1000 in the forsale section would be my first choice, think you will need a set of 15mm spacers to clear suspenison arms on the 4 though. Always liked them on Tims old car, would look even better on black.

[Tomson]

Indeed, looked at them, what are the conti 2's like ? and where is a good place to get spacers ?

Anyone ?

Tom

[DaveP]

Maybe AMD are worth a call regarding the spacers...saw some there last week when I got my suspension done...

[TarmacTerrorist]

Never tried the conti's but JR runs them and rates them, Think they retail between £220-250 so theres a grand there already. Wheel spacers......... various different types but i would suggest you go for the one's that bolt onto the hub then the wheels bolt onto the spacers like Tim had on his. Would seriously not recommend the type that free float between wheel and hub with extended bolts. Imagine AMD or QST etc for the spacers and bolts to suit, expect no change out of £200 for the full set of proper jobbies mind.

[kiwi_mtm]

Would seriously not recommend the type that free float between wheel and hub with extended bolts.

You have me thinking... Why do you say this ??

[Tomson]

Right I rang up about the RS6 rims, they are replicas and he will throw in some 15mm MTM spacers for a grand. However, Rochford tyres sell 19" RS4 and RS6 replicas with tyres for £995.00 on eBay - I have emailed them to try and find out what tyres the package includes......

This got me thinking, is'nt there some issues about the wheels needing to be a certain strength. Are the audi replica range strong enough - who makes them?

This then got me thinking about the many many wheel packages around at many shops, wheelmania etc - some packages are about £1500 or so, If I sell my hard rims I could buy a completely differnet style rim.

What offset, rim size etc is correct for the RS4.....

Thanks,

Tomson.

P.S. Have decided to cut this thread to the RS4 section..

[TarmacTerrorist]

Kiwi - I had set of these spacers on my car not so long ago, shortly after fitting I thought that the front discs had become warped, when removing the front wheels to check it out I found it was actually the locating ring for the wheel that had sheared off the spacer, presumably under load from braking. It may just of been the make of spacer I had was not upto the job, but I bought them from Movit last year when we visited, so not quite sure what happend there?? Would have thought the spacers which bolt onto the hub before the wheel is then bolted on are much more suited to our heavy cars. The sportec rims do it the other way round by bolting the spacers onto the wheel itself, which is another alternative to the free floaters.

[kiwi_mtm]

Kiwi - I had set of these spacers on my car not so long ago, shortly after fitting I thought that the front discs had become warped, when removing the front wheels to check it out I found it was actually the locating ring for the wheel that had sheared off the spacer, presumably under load from braking. It may just of been the make of spacer I had was not upto the job, but I bought them from Movit last year when we visited, so not quite sure what happend there?? Would have thought the spacers which bolt onto the hub before the wheel is then bolted on are much more suited to our heavy cars. The sportec rims do it the other way round by bolting the spacers onto the wheel itself, which is another alternative to the free floaters.

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...interesting

[johneroberts]

"The sportec rims do it the other way round by bolting the spacers onto the wheel itself, which is another alternative to the free floaters."


The Sportec are offset spacers and need to be bolted on to the wheel inorder the wheel can be used on a RS4, you try and put it on without them...... no way.
Cant see how you could bolt them on without weakening the wheel.
Cheers
jr