Type-44 16" wheel fitment.(A4/A8 wheels on type44, revisited)

[Larry C Leung]

Makes rotating tough though, unless you have access to your own tire
mounting equipment. Personally, I'd go for spacers.

LL - NY w/ enough clearance not to worry (actually was under the car
today, it's really about 3/16 inch, not credit car thickness!)

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:43:15 EDT JordanVw at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 8/3/01 2:06:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>l.leung at juno.com 
>writes:
>
>
>> am currently running 205/55-16's (Kumho 712's which seem a bit 
>larger
>> in all dimensions for their size than some other tires) on 16 x 7 ET 
>45
>> mm A4 rims. In front I have credit card thickness clearance between 
>the
>> 
>
>thats why i am running the A8 et38mm wheels up front, and A4 et45mm 
>wheels on 
>the rear..no clearance probs whatsoever..  no mods, no spacers.  just 
>bolt 
>-on.    w/ the stock 205-5516 tires from the A4. I had the A4 wheels 
>up 
>front, and while they DO work, i just wasnt comfortable with how close 
>they 
>were to the tie rod end.  it did work, for the record.     btw, these 
>are the 
>16" 5spoke alloys.  email for pics.  and yes, the A8 was offered w/ 
>the 16" 
>silver 5 spoke, identical to the A4 one, except the offset is 
>different.  
>Most A8's came with the 17" polished wheels, so the 16" A8 silver 
>painted 
>wheels are tough to find.     
>  the car these are mounted on is a '86 5kT, by the way.. 
>chris
>'86 5kT