6" Ronals and Fuchs: wheel design

[Andrew Buc]

On Thursday, November 25, 2004, at 02:04 PM, Mark J. Besso wrote:

> I think we tend to associate a particular wheel design with the 
> vehicle we first saw them on....or at least the vehicle we've seen 
> them on most often. The Ronal wheel is something I always associate 
> with the Type 43 Turbo since that's what I first saw them on.  I know 
> that the 14" version came on nearly every 4KQ, but I still thought of 
> them as 5Kt wheels.

I think of them as 4K wheels, because when I got interested in Audis, I 
decided that the 4kq was the Audi for me, and I didn't pay attention to 
the wheels on 5K's. I haven't seen many 4kq's with aftermarket wheels, 
but  to my eye, none of the aftermarket wheels I've seen looked as good 
as the stock Ronals! So I say if it ain't broke/warped/scuffed/chipped, 
don't fix it! Of course, esthetic matters are always subjective. To me, 
huge rims with 30- or 40-series tires just don't look right, but I grew 
up when all cars had 80-series tires.