17" wheel/tire size for C4

[LL - NY]

Ya know, I figured Lee would know what he was talking about.

If I have time, I will try to fit my 17x 8s ET 35 with 235/45-17's on
my friend's 100CSQA, but I'd venture a guess they'll rub. The stock
offset on the C4 non UrS cars is 45, and in the case of Lee's later
car, 16 x 7 ET45 with 205/55-16's. Lee, what kind of clearance do
you have with the 16's from the steering knuckle. It may help in
figuring what would happen. One other thing, have you considered
spacers?

LL - NY

On 10/16/05, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> > http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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