[s-cars] AVUS Wheels

[Taka Mizutani]

Dave et al.:

While the S4tt wheels have a little too high of an offset to look nice
visually, they will most definitely clear the brakes. These wheels w/o
spacers will clear UFO brakes as well as BIRA S2UFO with plenty of space to
spare. Big Reds and other brakes will be no problem at all.

With 7.5" wide wheels, the widest tire you can run within tire spec is a
235/45R17. 235/40 is out of spec. 225/45R17 is the correct size in terms of
rolling diameter.

Makes for a good snow wheel with BIG brakes- 205/50R17 work fine and plenty
of clearance so you don't have to worry about gravel scraping the caliper or
other such issues.

Taka


On 2/17/06, Dave Ellis <UrS4 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> 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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