17" wheel/tire size for C4

Tony Hoffman tfh400036 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 16 15:20:17 EDT 2005


>> What's the list wisdom on 17" wheels and tires for a C4 wagon? I
>> tried moving a set of 245/45 16 tires on 16x8 S4 wheels to my
>> wife's A6 and while this combo worked fine on my urS6, they rubbed
>> the steering knuckle on the A6.
>
>C4 is the S6 (C3 is the 5k/100/200)...I think you mean C5?
>
>Does tire rack have decent fitment data for your car? I know they 
>have garbage for the 200q20v, they think virtually nothing fits it, 
>which isn't true...
 
While they are the same challis, the wheels are set different. The S4 has a wider track and wider fender flares. This allows for wider tires. 
 
As for the fittement, I don't have any help for you there.
 
Tony Hoffman

		
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