[V8] winter ponderings

Thu Jan 3 10:38:15 PST 2008

I agree.....Chinese rims have no rite to be an Audi.
 But as you mentioned....the OE 100's rims aren't
worth much. Prolly go over the cost of 4 rims just to
refinish one at whoevers cost. It's a tough call.

 I'm sure you'll make the best decision.

 Ron

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

> 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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