[s-cars] wider wheels - opinion

[Trevor Frank]

So I already have bigger brakes and more HP, custom rear adjustable coil
overs and soon adjustable fronts also.  I was just out at Thunderhill
raceway and found that I would really like more tire.  I am also signed
up to run the One Lap this year which would require me to run a min of
140 tire wear rated tires, no hoosiers, no slicks.  I am thinking that I
may just go with a set of SSR's and stick with 255's, expecially if I
could just run a set of used slicks for track day's.  Since this isn't
the case I was interested if anyone has put on larger tires.  I know it
is possible but I would be interested in anyone's experience to this
end.  I want to stick with 17's because I have heard there is a real
problem with pinch flats and rim damage on one lap.

So far I have had a hard time finding one piece 17X9's, Fiske, HRE and
Kinesis will all give me a discount but they are all still approx
800-500 a wheel.  They are also 19-20lb where the SSR's are 16-17lb.

-----Original Message-----
From: Linus Toy [mailto:linust at mindspring.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:11 PM
To: Ken Ng; s-car-list at audifans.com
Cc: lee at wheelman.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] wider wheels - opinion


At 09:57 AM 1/14/2003 , Ken Ng wrote:
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>For the money the best wheels for the UrS4/6 are the 5
>spoke forged alloy ronal rims that were an option on
>the early S4 and standard on the 95S6. They weigh

agree, note, though, that these wheels were standard in '92, and became
optional on the later cars.  there were also no-cost optional 15" wheels
for all-weather rubber that some may consider "standard"

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>Personally, i would consider such large wide tires
>cosmetic modifications and do not add to driving
>pleasure or performance. The same money could be put

on this, I (and I'm sure many others) disagree.  larger wheels/tires can
add significantly to driving performance, pleasure being a very
subjective quality.  and what's wrong with a nice looking set of wheels?

>into a big brake kit or suspension upgrade instead.

for most big-brake kits, you won't get stock wheels back on, so one must
come with the other.  That said #1, I agree brakes should be one of the
first performance mods you consider, then wheels & tires.  That said #2,
993tt big-reds on RS2 brake brackets over ur-S8 (euro)/A8L rotors
(323x30) fit under the urS4/6 5-spoke forged wheel using a 5mm spacer.

--Linus
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