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

[Paul Dooley]

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Doug,

I just bought the ECS Stage 3 from the last GP (thanks Cody).  I was
going to go with the Stage 2 because I run OEM 16" wheels in the winter
on my 95 S6.  Tom and Brian at ECS said I could go with the Stage 3 and
they would clear the 16" OEM.  So I did and I had ECS do the
installation.  I still left my snow tires on until they were installed
last weekend.  Well, they clear - no problems.  Even with the weights on
the inside of the wheel.  So on my S6, the 322mm 993TT 2 piece rotors
fit under the OEM 16" wheels without any spacers.

And they look so good and what GREAT pedal feel.  I also did the SS
lines on the rear.  My 1st major mod to my S6.  The next will be the
suspension as soon as my wallet recovers :-0

Paul Dooley
95 S6 with shiny Big Reds



Taka,

Please elaborate on the 16" - did you mean very few *aftermarket* wheels

will clear ...
I'm planning ECS Stage2 under the OEM 16"

Doug Landaeta
94 S4


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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

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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



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