[V8] Tire size for 17x8 rims

Thu May 31 16:54:49 EDT 2007

Suggestion:  just buy MANY of the same thing!

Shayne

PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro

> From: Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 06:39:26 -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
> 
> Don't change the sig....I think it's YOU..know what I
> mean ;-)
> 
>  & I know all about "I just keep buying more of
> them!",
>  I just can't seem to stop picking up V8's to part.
>  I stoped doing a sig cause my fleet changes so often!
> 
>  Ron
>  
> --- quattro + 5 or 8 = fun <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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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>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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