[s-cars] Quick Tyre Fitment Question

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

With all due respect for Lee's comments... acceptable width for snow tires is debatable.  I've never run a snow tire narrower than a 225 on any of my 4 door Audis.  All have done superbly in the snow.  On my S4 (C4) I run 235/45/17's with excellent results.
 
I'm not south of the Mason-Dixon either... I live at about 9000 feet in the Rocky Mtns.  We just got through a fairly decent storm... dumping over 2 feet at my home.  I am still "Audi-ing" around just fine in my 225/45/17 equipped 200 20v.
 
However, I don't think you'll want to use a 225/55/16.  I think you'll find them too tall.  Better stick to a 225/50/16.
 
Hope everyone is having a great holiday.
 
Dave
 
-----Original Message-----
From: lee at wheelman.com
To: iain.atkinson at tesco.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Quick Tyre Fitment Question





Ian,

Unless you're south of the Mason-Dixon line, those tires will be 
too wide for any real snow. You want a 205 or 215 max width for 
the C4 Audi. And that width tire will be too narrow for the 16x8 
wheel...I know, I mounted a 205 on that wheel and it just didn't 
work.

You need a different set of wheels...

Lee
On Mon Dec 25 13:26:46 PST 2006, iain.atkinson at tesco.net wrote:

> Finally tracked down a decently priced set of winter wheels, they 
> are 8j x 16 et 40 for the urs6, i can also get a hold of some 
> winter rubber which would be 225/55/16 is this size of tyre gonna 
> be ok on these rims and will i be altering the speedo much???
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Iain
> 
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