[s-cars] How close is too close

[Tony Curran]

I use 215 snow tires in the winter.

Tony
96 S6

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From: tedebearp at yahoo.com [mailto:tedebearp at yahoo.com] 
Sent: April 23, 2009 11:25 PM
To: Tony Curran
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] How close is too close



Sounds ok.  If your wheel/suspension are deflecting 10mm, you have bigger
problems than tire rub.

Might be an issue with tire clearance in the snow, but I don't think it'll
hurt anything.

Tony Curran wrote:
> So installed new wheels today and as you may recall I selected a wheel 
> with a 42mm offset which is 5mm more  inboard than the stock 
> Streamlines. With 245 tires I can get my little pinky in the gap 
> (about 10mm) between tire and the strut to ball joint link.
>  
> Is this enough? Or do I need a 2 or 3 mm more?
>  
> TIA
>  
> Tony
> 96 S6 - with the new wheels & tires 
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