[A4] Should I replace all four tires? 1998 A4 2.8 Quattro

[Marc_Scirocco_Québec]

The tires with less wear should go on the front axle. Beside what Igor said
regarding braking and steering, this axle has more weight, so this is where
you will have more wear on your tires. This is one more reason why I always
put the best tires on the front axle. I get even wear between all four
tires.

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : a4-bounces+marc_scirocco=sympatico.ca at audifans.com
> [mailto:a4-bounces+marc_scirocco=sympatico.ca at audifans.com]De la part de
> Igor Kessel
> Envoyé : lundi 29 mars 2004 16:24
> À : Venkat Venkataratnam
> Cc : a4 at audifans.com
> Objet : Re: [A4] Should I replace all four tires? 1998 A4 2.8 Quattro
>
>
> Venkat Venkataratnam wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > 1998 A4 2.8 Quattro
> >
> > I had one of my front tires go flat last week and it got damaged too. I
> > intend replacing just two tires (a pair) rahter than all the
> four tires.
> > The rear tires look really good (less than 15000 miles).
> >
> > Some mechanics are telling me that I should replace all four
> tires since
> > it is a Quattro. Can't i just get away with replacing two particularly
> > when the other are very good. May be I will put the new tires on the
> > rear wheels and put the old ones on to the front.
> >
> > Any suggestions/advice will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Venkat,
> it's all urban tales. I've had every possible combinations of
> wheels/tyres in my quattros. At the moment (temporarily off course) my
> '97 S6 has some v-rated 225/50/16 Generals on the 16x7.5 Avus rims in
> the front and the w-rated 255/40/17 Sumitomo HTRZ-II on 17x8
> A!Avantgardes in the back.
>
> Three things are a "must-have":
> 1. all four tyres are to be of the same diametre, hence the need for a
> tyre dia calculator. Use the Miata one for example. Or stick with the
> OEM brand, model and size.
> 2. the two tyres on each one axle are to be of the same brand, make and
> model. You don't want to spin off the road in the rain due to the
> different tread pattern.
> 3. the best tyres always go on the front axle. Coz acceleration of a car
> is a distant third to its ability to brake and to turn.
>
> My wife's '98 A4 quattro also has seen quite a few different wheel/tyre
> combinations w/o any adverse effects.
>
> --
> Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros in the stable,
> the third one is in the works
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