Strange Ronals

[Jouko Haapanen]

Tom,

What a memory I have - 12 years ago my mother had these wheels on her 1989
Audi 80 2.0E in Finland.  They were a dealer installed item but did look
good with the protruding lip.  The offset kind of filled the fenderwell
better...

Similarly, I had a set of 4x100 15x7 R8's with a a nice protruding lip
around 1991 - fine for GTI, but lo and behold, the Corrado caliper was too
big to make them work with my snowtires.  Hence they ended up on the wife's
Jetta...

Jouko Haapanen
St. George ON
Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Nas" <tnas at euronet.nl>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: Strange Ronals


> Hi all,
>
> Just got back from a 200 km round trip to buy a set of wheels. Now that
> might sound a little excessive, considering that I've got two cars and had
> four sets of wheels already... but I couldn't resist buying these. They're
> 4x108, 14x6 16-spoke... ET35!
> While the stock 4kq 14x6 ET45 wheels have the lip almost flush with the
> spokes (the spokes even sticking out slightly), these have a lip of 3/4"
> that protrudes beyond the spokes.
> The previous owner had the wheels on his '88 80, so I know they'll fit.
> They came with two GoodYear Eagle NCT2s in decent shape, and two 'round,
> black, holds air' with little tread remaining. All are straight, with
> original paint and only minimal damage (from balancing weights, not from
> kerb hits).
>
> Now the killer: these wheels, complete with bolts and 'Ronal' silver
centre
> caps, cost me Dfl 200- $80!
>
> Has anyone ever seen these before? I've seen wider-lipped R8s on VWs
> before, but never on Audis. The 'Ronal' centre caps to me seem to indicate
> that these were aftermarket (dealer fit?) wheels, the guy I bought them
> from said that they came on his one previous owner car.
>
> They'll look excellent on my 80... I've got a pic available for those
among
> you who are interested.
>
> Tom
>