15 or 16 in for winter wheels for 99 A4

[Grant Lenahan]

15".

You need to calculate the proper sizes for your car.
Or read it on the gas tank flap or rear door jamb.
If, for example, the 16" size was 205/55-15 (which it well may be),
the exact replacement 15" would be 195/65-15 (which was also the stock 
wheels on many C4 A6 quattros)

I assume you know how to calculate tire sizes, radius, and 
circumference.

Grant
On Oct 6, 2006, at 9:15 PM, FPL Inc wrote:

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> Hello all---
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> Up here in Anchorage lots of folks buy 4 extra wheels for winter tires,
> which I plan to do.
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> The 99 A4 I just bought has 16 IN wheels but the book says 15 or 16 are
> acceptable.
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> For STUDDED snow tires what would you all recommend--   15 or 16 IN ?? 
>  If
>  memory serves, narrower tires get more 'bite' in snow, altho I do not 
> know
> if the width of tires changes with wheel size.  The smaller tires will 
> be
> cheaper I presume-- but this is not my overriding factor
>
>  Thanks very much for the help---- Rick
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