[BiturboS4] 16' wheels?

[Adam Schwartz]

Yup,
I run Dunlop Wintersport M2's on my stock rims too,
225/45R17. Last winter, I actually tried to get
stuck... without doing anything TOOO insane.. Never
happened. Went out driving in a blizzard one night.
There was almost a foot. What fun!

-Adam


--- S Stiles <stiles_s at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Another option, for those of you who drive in enough
> snow to warrant a
> narrow tread width, is 205/50-17. It's a bit of a
> stretch for our stock
> rims, but should be fine.
>
> FWIW, we ran Dunlop Wintersport M2s on our S4 in
> 225/45-17 last winter &
> loved them.
>
> Scott.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Nicholas Mistry" <nick at mistry.com>
> >To: <BiturboS4 at audifans.com>
> >Subject: Re: [BiturboS4] 16' wheels?
> >Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:58:41 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >I highly recommend gonig with 16's in the
> wintertime.  Depending on
> >where you live, road conditions can drastically
> diminish when wintertime
> >hits.  I know this from expeience.   In boston the
> roads turn to swiss
> >cheeze after the first snowfall!  Having that extra
> ..5" of rubber all
> >the way around will save you from trashing your
> tire when you hit an
> >unseen pothole.
> >
> >As for rim selection, i went with the 16x7" AT
> Italia S5 rims.  And i
> >picked a tire size that kept the OD as close to the
> stock diameter as
> >possible.  (i dont remember off the top of my head
> what size, but i can
> >look it up.  I liked this tire / wheel size for
> several reasons.
> >
> >1. It looks close to the Stock S4 rims, but
> cheaper.
> >
> >2. 7" vs 7.5", I feel that narrower tread width
> gives better performance
> >when driving in 2" -> 1 foot of snow.  I can forgo
> the performance
> >goodness for a few months of the year to be sure
> that i get to/from home
> >safely.
> >
> >3. as mentioned above.. i feel the 1/2" of extra
> rubber makes all the
> >difference when driving on the swiss cheese streets
> of boston.
> >
> >4.  Cheaper Cheaper  Cheaper..  Its winter, not
> planning on setting any
> >land speed records during these months.  Also, I
> plan on burning the $$
> >when springtime olls around.  A set of new 18x7.5
> or 18x8's RS4 or S8
> >rims, and better performance tires ( any advice
> anyone? )
> >
> >5.  If i do manage to dent these rims a bit due to
> a pothole, or
> >accidentially sliding into a curb, i dont really
> care.  They are not my
> >spiffy summer rims.  Besides i only use them for 4
> months out of the
> >year.
> >
> >6.  Having the rims + tires, I can swap out the
> summer set for the
> >winter set myself w/o lugging them to NTB or
> another tire shop every
> >year.
> >
> >Also, on a side note, what do people think of the
> stopping performance
> >of the Pilot Alpins when driving on Slippery or
> Icey roads?   Anyone
> >have an opinion about the Arctic Alpin's vs. the
> Pilot Alpins, breaking
> >or otherwise, but related to winter driving and not
> speed / handling?
> >
> >The only thing that i find dissapointing about the
> S4 is its breaking
> >performance when on slippery / icey roads.  The
> first winter, I drove a
> >while on the stock 17's and would go sliding down
> the hill in front of
> >my house..  Even w/ two feet pushing firmly on the
> pedal.  And never had
> >a problem w/ it in my '86 5000-CSt.  Once I
> switched to the winter tires
> >i had better overall traction and better braking
> but not as good as i
> >expected.  The hill is @ a 20-30% grade.  I am
> wondering if i should
> >have gone w/ the artic alpin's instead.   HMmmm...
> >
> >-N
> >
> >
> > > Thinking about winter tires, will 16 inch wheels
> fit a 2000 S4?
> > >  My current set of summer tires (Nankang?) has a
> slow leak
> > > in the left front that Discount Tire claims is
> too worn to fix -
> > > although it wasn't too worn to balance 6 weeks
> earlier...
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm deciding whether to get 17" winter
> tires on the
> > > existing wheels or try and find some other
> wheels and put the
> > > winter tires on those - and for winter tires it
> seems smaller
> > > wheels and higher sidewalls would be an
> advantage.  That's
> > > what I did with my 2001 A4 Avant with the sport
> package -
> > > I bought a set of 15" A4 replicas and put the
> winter tires on
> > > those.  Sure makes it much easier to switch back
> and forth.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > > 00 S4 Sedan 6sp
> > > 01 A4 Avant 5sp
> > > 87 Porsche 928 S4 5sp (the "other" S4)
> > >
> > >
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