[s-cars] AVUS Wheels
Gabriel Caldwell
gabriel at ts.bc.ca
Fri Feb 17 13:50:06 EST 2006
They have no problem clearing the stock brakes or even big blacks for
that matter, but they do look sucked in. An 11mm spacer would bring
them back to the stock look.
I ended up getting rid of mine because buying spacers and longer bolts
is a lot of money to spend on cast 7.5" wide wheels.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dave Ellis
Sent: February 17, 2006 9:21 AM
To: AUDIJIM at aol.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; Audi5TurboTech at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] AVUS Wheels
AUDIJIM at aol.com wrote:
> What 17 inch AVUS wheels fit on an UrS4/S6? Will the 7.5 j X 17 et45
from a
> 2001 S4 fit correctly?
>
> Jim
ET45 is slightly too inboard, but will *probably* still clear the stock
brakes. A 7mm to 10mm spacer would help to make the wheel look properly
centered in the wheel well. An offset of ET35 to ET38 for a 7.5" wide
wheel is generally best. What width tires were you planning on running?
With the planned tire width I could let you know the optimum offset,
or see my post on Audiworld some time back regarding wheel offset for
the UrS4/S6:
http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/94585.phtml
Note that the offsets I listed in that Audiworld post are *ideal*
offsets for various width tires, balancing the need to maintain the
intended track of the car balanced with handling and aesthetics (filling
the wheel wells nicely). Other offsets will work o.k. in many cases
(for example when driving in really deep snow I run 205/60-15 ET40 snow
tires/wheels, which work well but sit a little too inboard aesthetically
speaking).
-Dave
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