[V8] wheels?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Roger,

I know the original C4 chassis 100's use the 5x112 bolt pattern and I  
believe the original offset is 40 or 45 on a 7" rim versus 7.5 width  
on the V8.  They're both 15" diameter wheels.  But I defer to others...

Ingo

On Apr 29, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Roger M. Woodbury 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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