[s-cars] yet another rim question...

[TM]

Maybe I should add to my post that I meant 17" or 18" wheels.

Very, very few 16" wheels will clear Stoptech ST-40, Porsche
996, 993tt, 996tt, Brembo 4- or 6-piston (except the Lotus-
based kits), which are the most common calipers. AP Racing
and Alcon have calipers that will clear but they're so pricey
that I haven't even considered them.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 9:56 PM
To: TM; thomas.pollock at amd.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] yet another rim question...


Taka writes:

> Also, if you have or plan on doing any brake upgrades, it would be
> prudent to select your wheels carefully- pretty much any wheel that
> will
fit a
> '00-'02 S4tt or a '00-'02 A6 2.7T/4.2 will work with big brakes as a
general rule (of
> course there are exceptions), but many wheels that fit A4s will not
> clear
big
> brakes.

The 5 spoke wheels off the 2.7T don't fit over BIRA System 3. You need a
5 mm spacer to clear, and that doesn't give much clearance...

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant