[s-cars] S8 wheels -

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

For everyone's enjoyment, the 2003 S8 came with
celebration-type 9 spoke 18's with 255 rubber.  Do not
know width or offset, but I'm sure it's out there.
--- TM <t44tq at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Doug-
> I don't understand your post.
>
> The wheels on the ebay listing you mention are 18"
> RS-4 "type"
> wheels, 9-spoke. S8 Avus are 18x8" ET48 6-spoke with
> the trademark
> Avus styling. Perry's old car had what appeared to
> be A6 2.7T
> centercaps.
>
> Without knowing the Pearl S4 you mention, I can say
> with 95% certainty
> that those are not real RS-4 wheels, which would be
> 18x8" ET20 or
> thereabouts
> and would stick way out of your wheelwells. They
> would also not be the
> Audi "Celebration" package wheels on the 2001.5 A4
> as those are 17x7.5
> ET40,
> IIRC.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Landaeta
> [mailto:landaeta1 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:12 AM
> To: TM; bobs6 at msn.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] S8 wheels -
>
>
> Wild! I thought my car was Pearl? "those are
> definitely 18" S8 Avus
> wheels" - Great, I love 'em (in the Summer) They're
> on the back deck in
> clear plastic bags so I can see them before I drive
> the Ronal 5 spokes
> with the snows. Got the 16"original Avus but they
> are very pitted,
> probably car washes or bad maintenance - any hope
> for them?
>
> Makes sense if Perry Eyges sold his wheels on Ebay
> and Henry Cha bought
> them and put them on his (now my S4) sometime prior
> to November 2002.
> This baby's mine now:
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1873284280
>
> While we're at it - anybody seen my Emerald/Ecru
> 95.5 Avant around Ohio?
> One of Bobby Rahal's Race Engineers bought it, funny
> Team Rahal's
> dealerships don't include Audi, I wonder what David
> Letterman drives?
>
> Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TM [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:30 PM
> To: landaeta1 at comcast.net; bobs6 at msn.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] S8 wheels
>
>
> That's Perry Eyges' old Europa Blue S6 Avant-
> those are definitely 18" S8 Avus wheels, although
> with a different center cap than stock.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Landaeta
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:02 PM
> To: bobs6 at msn.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] S8 wheels
>
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> --
> These are probably not S8 wheels, but they are 18"
> AUdi repros of some
> sort. Stock ride height.
>
> Doug
> 94 S4
> --
> [ AudiS4.jpg of type image/jpeg deleted ]
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