Snow tire fitment, quick question

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Style my friend, all is a matter of style !

I personally don't like the "black wheel without any hubcaps" look of
the steelies... or the cheap generic plastic hubcaps. But if you can
find OEM plastic hubcaps that fits the style of the A4, steelies are OK.


Look at what I've done to the Saab: OEM steelies 16" and OEM Saab winter
hubcaps. http://www3.sympatico.ca/laraa/autos/.


So maybe the solution for the OP is the 8Z0 604 147A hubcap on a 15x6
steel wheel. 

Or, if he needs 16" to clear the brakes, 4D0 601 025 16" steelies with
4D0 601 147 16" hubcaps. 

But wasn't his "quick question" about tires, not wheels? :-) There is
just no "quick question" when someone post about tires... 

LAR



> What about good old steelies for winter use? Why run nice alloys in
winter?
> 
> Dave
> 87 CGT 2.3
> 
> 
> On 11/1/06, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Fuchs, don't forget the Fuchs...
> >
> > Strong, forged, light weight, doesn't keep snow easily, plentiful,
maybe
> > not so cheap though...
> >
> > LAR
> >
> > > Maybe, but the BBS from the V8 are forged and very strong- the
cast
> > wheels
> > > don't have the
> > > strength of the BBS. If the OP has issues with bent wheels, the
BBS
> > are
> > > about the strongest relatively inexpensive wheels you can get for
the
> > A4.
> > >
> > > Taka
> > >
> > > On 11/1/06, Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Only problem with the BBS basketweave wheels as snow tires is
the
> > balance
> > > > issue that develops when you park after driving through deep
snow
> > and the
> > > > warm wheels turn the snow caught in the spokes into ice.   I run
the
> > V8
> > > > aero wheels mostly for winter.
> >
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