urq wheel offsets

[Tom Nas]

Steve Marinello <smarinello at newpark.com> wrote:

>Can someone out there refresh my memory on the offset for the 8" urq wheels
>on the '85 cars?  My '85 had those stolen while they were being repainted
>and I've got 16" Moda M1's with +36 offset right now and was wondering about
>the original wheels.
>
>Also, I seem to remember Phil saying that 215/50 -15's were never OEM on the
>urq's, but my grey market LHD UK car is stickered with exactly that size
>denoted as stock and it had 8" wheels.  Seems to me that 215's are pretty
>stretched on an 8" wheel.  I was looking at the 215/50-16 g-Force T/A kdw's
>using the urS4 8" wheels and found that the max recommended width is 7.5".

Sorry, can't help you with the offset question, but the 20v Urq tested in 
the current issue of Audi Driver has 8x15 wheels with 215/50R 15 tyres.

Regards, Tom