17" S4 Wheels on Type 44

[auditude at cox.net]

Hey Tony,

Congratulations and thanks for letting us know.  I've suspected they'd fit and be a decent upgrade on the flat-fendered Type 44's, but don't recall it ever being confirmed.

Do you plan to put up some pics somewhere?  I'd like to see how it looks.

Ken

Tony Tuzzolino tonytuzz at earthlink.net wrote:

FYI, I did it, I just installed current S4 Avus wheels (17x7.5 ET45) on my =
'89 200 tq with no clearance problems.  I did use a 215/45-17 tire, which l=
eaves about 3mm clearance to the steering arms, and maybe a little more on =
the rear fenders on full compression.
I'm going to recheck the steering arms and tires in a while to see if they =
are touching when the tire deforms.  I've got H&R spacers if I need to use =
them.

The 215 makes sense for this car also because the rolling circumference is =
near dead even with the 205/60-15 that came on it originally.

The car looks and handles really great, especially with the euro S2 steerin=
g wheel (Thanks QRS and Jimmy P.) I can't wait to get the Koni/H&R combo on=
 it....

Tony