[V8] Wheel Fitment

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Fri Aug 10 17:22:36 EDT 2007


IMO though, that's only cosmetic.  I would be less concerned with the
appearance than I would with the added weight, etc. from the spacers.

Ed

On 8/10/07, Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The only obvious issue would be the 45mm offset of the
> A6 rims. To bring them back out you'd need 10mm
> spacers & longer bolts.
>
>  Ron
>
> --- Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > With G60's then I'd say you're good to go.  When it
> > comes time to do
> > tires you can get 215/55-16's to get rid of the
> > speedo error (and
> > regain a minor amount of ground clearance).
> >
> > The offset should not present any issues.  I've had
> > 17x9 et35 with
> > 255/40-17's on my H&R sprung '93 without any
> > clearance issues.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > On 8/10/07, rudedog714 at alaska.net
> > <rudedog714 at alaska.net> wrote:
> > > I probably should have mentioned it before that my
> > brakes are the G60's so I wouldn't think clearance
> > there would be a problem. The A6 wheels are from a
> > 1999 A6 Quattro. I know my speedo will be a touch
> > optimistic but as long as the different offset
> > doesn't matter I can live with that. Thanks, William
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