[V8] Thanks to Tom99 for all his help with my V8 speakers. Also: wheel/tire choice

Tue May 5 13:44:26 PDT 2009

Nominally speaking, neither 225 nor 235 45-17 are "correct" technically.
One is .19 inch less in diameter, the other is .17 more in diameter.

A 7.5 inch wide rim with a 35 offset retains the car's original
"orientation" irrespective of wheel diameter.  Dave said he didn't want to
track his car and wasn't going to drive particularly agressively.  Given
the rim width and the characteristics of the tire he chose, I think the
225 is the better choice.

To each their own.

I've played a lot of games with bigger is better and have often been
disappointed.  Never had a clue about it until I started swapping out
tires and wheels for winter and summer.  Going from a heavy 17x9 et35 rim
with 255/40-17 to 215/60-15 winter tires on stock wheels was a revelation
in the dynamic feel of the car based on only wheel and tire choice.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Ron Wainwright
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:03 PM
To: D Morralee
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Thanks to Tom99 for all his help with my V8 speakers

I agree, I did & still continue to do a bunch of recapping of the Bose
amps & the little bit of work involved is well worth the trouble! A
correctley working Bose system is fantastic!

 & I personally wouldn't have went with a 7.5 wide rim on a 17. But
keeping in the 7.5 width you could have went to the correct tire size
(235)..... got any pics you can share SD?

 Ron

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, D Morralee <superdaveski at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: D Morralee <superdaveski at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Thanks to Tom99 for all his help with my V8 speakers
> To: "toml99 at todomundo.com" <toml99 at todomundo.com>, "audi fan"
> <v8 at audifans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 8:18 AM
> Tom that is a fun Job replacing all the capacitors . I did
> this a few years ago and the results were great . It's
> nice keeping the old Bose system intact ... a little work
> and everything sounds like it should. It took me about 1.5
> hour per card to do the replacements of the Caps.
>
>
>
> On another note I pick up my new rims today for my 93 / 4.2
> . My car is Pearl White . The rims are Black, large webbing design in
> the center bit . The lip is polished metal . I didn't want to go
> blingy . 17 in Dia/ Et35 /  7.5 inch wide rim,  with a General Exclaim
> UHP tire 225/45-17
>
>
> Thanks so much to Ed & Ron for your help on selection
> process !
>
>
>
> cheers Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > From: toml99 at todomundo.com
> > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 20:50:01 -0700
> > Subject: [V8] Thanks to Tom99 for all his help with my
> V8 speakers
> >
> > Hey Bob, been waiting for your email.....glad to hear
> all was good.
> > And for any of you who covet his awsome sound......I
> bought way too
> > many capacitors as it was cheaper to buy them by the
> 100
> > (unfortunately I bought 100 of the 820mf instead of
> the 1000mf(went
> > off some old post without looking first).....so if
> anyone else needs
> > theirs done, my friend Jim charged $150 for all 4, and
> he's got the
> > big box of capacitors on his bench right now.......Bob
> send the
> > fronts/and just the amps for the rears, and shipping
> was about
> > $15.......Tom _______________________________________________
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