[V8] wheels?

[Tim Hollister]

i thought the bolt pattern was the same? I have 2003 a4 wheels on my v8 with no problems.. they
are mostly 15" wheels as well. width might be a touch more on the v8 wheels but that wont hurt
anything. I do beleive the offset on a c4 is et35 or et38 where the v8 is et35 and the 2003 a4
wheels are et39. 

--- "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net> wrote:

> I think (but don't know) that the offset and bolt pattern is wrong.  Also, I
> don't particularly want to change tire sizes on this car.
> 
> Roger
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingo Rautenberg [mailto:i.rautenberg at waratap.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 10:05 AM
> To: Roger M. Woodbury
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] wheels?
> 
> Easy.  I think.  Don't know how well they fit (might stick out a bit  
> due to offset), but I'd go with a set of V8 wheels from Bruce at  
> Germanautoconnection.com.   Not much out there that looks as  good,  
> is strong and light and doesn't exude the too bling, bling look :~)
> 
> Ingo
> 
> On Apr 29, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
> 
> > Well, I know that this is the wrong list.  But it is the only Audi  
> > list that
> > I belong to and the only one that I want to belong to, so I'll post  
> > the
> > question here for your input.
> >
> > My wife's C4 needs front tie rods and over the next six months or  
> > so, will
> > need a bunch of other stuff underneath...front pads and rotors and  
> > tires by
> > fall.
> >
> > Last year we had a problem with the right front tire going soft  
> > continually.
> > Finally, I took the car to the wrench and we found that the right  
> > front
> > wheel ("reeeeimmmmmm" in innercity argot)was leaking through the  
> > casting.
> > The wrench applied some magic goop and the tire/wheel combination  
> > has been
> > fine ever since.
> >
> > But when we replace tires in the fall, the car will have to have  
> > the wheels
> > replaced.  They look pretty grotty now anyway, and one is  
> > suspect...sooner
> > or later the gloop will fail, and I won't put new tires on suspect  
> > wheels.
> >
> > So, the options are several.  One is to buy a set of decent used  
> > wheels, and
> > they are readily available.  The issue with doing that is often  
> > used wheels
> > come with one or another with some "issues"...curbing is most often  
> > the
> > cause.
> >
> > Secondly, I could send the wheels out and have them rebuilt and  
> > refinished.
> > I don't know how much it will cost to do this, but this is  
> > potentially a
> > viable way to "renew" the wheels and minimal cost, I would think.
> >
> > Thirdly, we could spring for new wheels entirely.  This is not really
> > acceptable, I don't think, because now we would have to get into  
> > one of
> > those thankless searches for a wheel that didn't make the car look  
> > like
> > something driven by a drug dealer.  My observation (probably jaded and
> > wrong) is that any replacement wheel that doesn't look like it  
> > should be on
> > something parked outside of a cheap New Orleans whore house, is very
> > expensive.
> >
> > Then, I suppose the fourth possible choice is to buy steel wheels  
> > and make
> > the next set of tires winter tires, planning on a different set for  
> > the
> > summer along with new wheels next year at this time.
> >
> > The car has around 106,000 miles on it now, and is nearly the perfect
> > vehicle for my wife, so we have no intention of replacing it.  We  
> > will plan
> > to have the body spruced up a bit...Maine isn't a tender place to  
> > have a
> > nice car like this...and keep the car well toward 200,000 miles.
> >
> > So, any comments or suggestions?  I wonder if anyone has done the  
> > same thing
> > on whatever car you might have done this.
> >
> > Roger
> >
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