[urq] US TRX Tire Source

[fdekat]

> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >Folks:
> >I bought some wheels earlier this year which with the help of the lists
> I have discovered are definitely metric or TRX sized.  They have the Audi
> 5 x 112 bolt pattern with the rounded bolt seat (not the cone) and have the
> 5 spoke star pattern that was used on the competition SQ.  Diameter is
> 390 mm and offset seems to be about 15 or slightly more than the SQ which
is
> 10 but much less than the Urq which tends to be in the 30s.
> >
> >Some have mentioned that Audis were fitted with TRX tires at some point
> but I have not seen any printed reference to this. When and which cars?  I
> had a non US M5 in the early 80s which had these Michelin exclusive
> tires but I never saw them offered on any of My Audis around this period.
> >
> >Michelin still make the tires which cost the same as SO3s landed in the
> US which I suppose is not all that bad as compared with say 60s size
> Ferrari GTO tires so I might get these wheels to fit with a 2 mm spacer up
> front.
> >But these are not SQ wheels.  They are very light though.
> >
> >Colin

On a Renault list, I saw that a message that  Coker Tires (in the US) has TRX
tires for sale. 

http://www.coker.com/default2.asp  

(Use the keyword search, and look for 'TRX'.)

As it usualy seems in the Audi world, supply & demand seems to make the
prices rather high... 

Regards,

 -= Frank de Kat =-