[V8] Tire size for 17x8 rims

Wed May 30 22:40:12 EDT 2007

LMAO!  yeah yeah, funny thing is well, i moved.  and those damn cars still
sit up in WA.  other funny thing is i have 3 4000s.  well did until march
when i hauled one to the dump and chopped all the good parts off the other
one.  the final one?  well, i am not parting anymore.  it is the biotch car.
i built it back up and am driving it when in the great NW.  funny thing...u
would be surprised how many people still email me about parts.  The MBZ is
now such a classic that in the NW, I have amassed more parts then just about
any private person i have met.  so i don't think i will ever quit parting
108 chassis cars.  I just keep buying more of them!  Okay, so i think maybe
i will give the 4000 parting sig a rest...naw to lazy to change it.  ANYONE
WANT TO BUY A PRESTINE B7???  OOOO, i see a new sig line!

Shayne

PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
SELLING:  PRISTINE B7q 2.0t FSI

> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
> To: quattro + 5 or 8 = fun <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Tire size for 17x8 rims
> 
> Shayne, I got a question :-)
>  I've been around a long while rite..& I know you have
> been around for a long while as well, & for as long as
> I can remember I've seen in your sign you parting out
> the MB & that 4k...you done parting those cars out? HE
> he ;-)
> 
> Ron
> 
> --- quattro + 5 or 8 = fun <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> i don't have much time to go out and get the details
>> at the moment (on the
>> wheels), but i have 18X8.5 rims (speedlines) with
>> 255/40/18 AND the car is
>> lowered with H/R, bilstein suspension.  I have a 5
>> MM spacer in the rear and
>> a 10 MM in the front.  when i have more time, i will
>> check the ET.
>> 
>> 
>> Shayne
>> 
>> 
>> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/30/07, Ingo Rautenberg
>> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, I have run 235/45 17's and they read 0.7%
>> or thereabouts too
>>>> slow.  The 255/40 17's will read about 0.5% too
>> fast and 225/45 17's
>>>> about 0.7% too fast.  All negligible differences
>> in rolling diameter.
>>>> Those 255's should (IMO) be run on 8.5" diameter
>> rims.  Otherwise on
>>>> 8" wide rims  I'd stick with 225 or 235 rubber.
>> I've run offsets of
>>>> between ET35 and ET 15 without rubbing issues --
>> OK, maybe fender
>>>> liner at the ET15 limit ;-D
>>>> 
>>>> Pics with 235/45 x 17 tires on 17 x 8 Compomotive
>> ET30 MO wheels:
>>>> 
>>>> I believe these were with 15mm spacers = ET 15 on
>> the 200q20v (same
>>>> suspension/track)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/ingor/image/42096174/original
>>>> 
>>>> Same with the V8 (except without spacers)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/ingor/image/42096175/original
>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Someone will have to refresh my memory on the
>> stock
>>>>> tire size because i've been running
>> 225/50r15(smaller)
>>>>> for a while now and will soon be upgrading to a
>> 17x8
>>>>> rim. According to sources online, the stock tire
>> size
>>>>> is a 215/60r15 which means a 255/40r17 would be
>> close
>>>>> to stock rolling radius. I think Ron W. has ran
>> 255's
>>>>> on his V8 and I was curious as to see how it
>>>>> interfere's with a stock suspension or lowered
>>>>> suspension as well as different links to
>> pictures.
>>>>> I'll post pictures of the wheel and tire combo
>> as soon
>>>>> as i purchase the tires and get them installed.
>> While
>>>>> i'm in there and after replaceing tires I want
>> to get
>>>>> an alignment so I might as well replace tie rod
>> ends
>>>>> and whatever else I haven't replaced yet on the
>> front
>>>>> suspension. Thanks folks.
>>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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