wheels on yer 5k

[jim rose]

SORRY, Taka!

and thanx for the insight. others' experience really helps figger this out 
BEFORE i spend a couple grand on shiny new rollers that don't fit.

I am actually thhinking about runnning different offsets ont he front + 
back. One person (thanks, jeff!) is doing so on his 200, and says it works 
great. he also mentioned it countered understeer a bit (narrower track width 
up front), which wouldbe nice since that's become more of an issue since 
dropping the car (88 5k tq) 1.5" (H/R+bilstein sports in front, koni 
adjustables in back).

i dont want to go too wild on the fenders, because id like to avoid 
repainting if possible.

it's a drag (no pun) that the clearance problem is on oppostie sides of the 
wheel, front + rear. ah well...

Thanx again,

-jim


>From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
>To: "jim rose" <sf5ktq at hotmail.com>, <JordanVw at aol.com>
>CC: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: wheels on yer 5k
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:35:27 -0400
>
>Jim,
>Obviously, I'm not Chris, but unless you do some fender mods, you
>will not be able to stuff 17x8s on an '88 5k. I assume you're talking
>about a 5kt or tq?
>
>Offset is a big problem in the back- the rear fenderwells are pretty
>tight even w/ 215/55R16s on a 16x7 ET45, which is pretty far inward.
>That's even w/ Bilstein Sport shocks, which are pretty stiff.
>
>You will have to flare your fenders front and rear, like the '91 200q.
>Then you will have plenty of space and I'd recommend going with at least
>ET35 so as to avoid the steering knuckle clearance issues in the front,
>but I don't know if that would be enough once you go to an 8" wide wheel.
>I was effectively running ET40 on my 16x7s and had literally a few
>millimeters
>of space. The inch of width would not help things, that's for sure.
>
>Taka
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of jim rose
>Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:59 AM
>To: JordanVw at aol.com
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: wheels on yer 5k
>
>
>chris,
>
>saw your reply re the a4/a8 wheels. which exactly do you have (offset)? the
>45mm a4 or the 38 a8 wheel? i assume both are 16x7?
>
>i'm determined to stuff 17x8's under my 88 5k. and im tryin to do as much
>pre-purchase info as possible. any other info much appreciated.
>
>thanx,
>-jim
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