[V8] winter ponderings

Thu Jan 3 09:53:24 PST 2008

The wheels are probably worth about $35 or so each to a recycler.  The are
not good cosmetically, and need to be refinished, as do all of the others
that have lived any time in "the rust belt".  It seems to be a limitation to
the finish quality used on these when they were new.  

I don't want to buy some wheels from China, so refinishing these isn't all
that out of it....but then again, they could become part of a growing set. I
also have to older VW wheels...one allow and one steel...that came off an
ex-gf's car when it was totaled for her by a foolish woman in a SUV on the
cell phone, but that's a whole 'nother story.

My son's doing pretty well. The SAAB is long gone in favor of a company
Chevy SUV or some sort.  Not a bad car that Chebbie, but when I rode with
him in it, I though that it rode about as well as my 1992 Ford 4X4 shorty,
and that made me wonder why anyone would spend REAL dollars for something
that was only different from a 1992 Ford 4X4 shorty in the number of
cupholders that it had.  The other vehicle that they have is a Honda van,
and he told me that the replacement (and his wife is INSISTING on a
replacement), is nearly $35000.  

I can't imagine spending $35,000 on anything that didn't pay cash dividends.

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Wainwright [mailto:ron_01056 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:29 PM
To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] winter ponderings

On the wife's ol 96 A6qa I put my ol fuchs from a Urq
Mit Winter tires on & they looked nice. Perfect Winter
rim..strong LW, plentifull...a great option.
 Summer we had the Mid 90's A4 sport rims..16x7 I
think. There just sitting in my shead...with about 5
other sets of rims/tires.

 Chris @ force5 prolly has something in deceant shape.
 Or a google search would prolly give you a rim
refinisher close to you.

 &....how's your Saab owning son doing Roger? he still
chugging away with that car?

 Ron

--- Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Well, we are having a real Maine winter here, so I
> am frozen in place and
> not even Quattro can get me moving very well.
> 
> Times like these I think about all the car stuff
> that I haven't done, and
> this morning, instead of taking the plow truck out
> to clean up the roadways
> leading to the house, I have been think about the
> five slot, Audi wheels
> that came off my wife's 100CS.
> 
> They are pretty grungy.  Too many Maine winters, and
> one of them needs to be
> resealed somehow as it has a tiny pinhole leak.  I
> have been pondering
> having them refinished.
> 
> It makes a certain amount of sense, actually,
> refinishing them.  They would
> be VERY expensive to replace....I have NO idea how
> much Audi would want,
> assuming that they are even available from
> Audi...but something north of
> $600 wouldn't surprise me. And that's for each.
> 
> I know that I can buy them from one or another of
> the restoration services
> for around $250 plus the cost of shipping, which is
> probably $30 a wheel or
> so.  
> 
> It is possible to have them restored, for $125-150
> each, plus shipping, or I
> might end up hand carrying them to one of the places
> in southern New England
> to get that done.
> 
> The only reason for even going through this is
> because we have made a
> decision to keep the car indefinitely, so an extra
> set of wheels isn't a bad
> idea...maybe I'll even break down at some point and
> buy a set of winter
> tires.  
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has gone to the expense of
> having Audi OEM wheels
> restored?   Two years or so ago, I bought a set of
> Fuchs wheels and nearly
> new Dunlop tires from a lister...they were terrific,
> wheels were near new in
> appearance and the tires had the best part of wear
> left.  I have gone
> through the tires and have new tires on the Fuchs
> wheels now, but every time
> I walk through the garage I see the OEM wheels, and
> think I ought to do
> something with them aside from making them boat
> anchors....
> 
> Roger
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