17" wheel/tire size for C4

[Lee Levitt]

Brett, I really do mean C4.

I'm looking for BTDT comments for people that have run 17" wheels 
on a C4 A6. Not an S4 or S6, which has a different front 
suspension and provide more clearance, but a genuine C4 A6 (or 
100CSQ) wagon.

Thanks,

Lee



On Sun Oct 16 09:44:55 PDT 2005, Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> 
wrote:

> 
> On Oct 16, 2005, at 1:11 AM, Lee Levitt wrote:
> 
>> 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...
> 
> Brett
> -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
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