[V8] wheels?

Sat Apr 29 11:21:05 EDT 2006

I think original is 195/65-15?  So with the 7.5" width, I'd likely go  
205/65-15 or 215/60-15 :~)

Ingo

On Apr 29, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:

> 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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