[V8] replacing wheels

[Ed Kellock]

My _opinion_ on this is that 7.5 width should be the narrowest because that
was the narrowest width of any stock wheel that was put on the car by Audi.

Having said that, I've had some 7-inch wide wheels on a couple of times and
haven't noticed anything but cosmetics.

I would recommend narrowing your options to those that come in at least
7.5-inch widths.  This will not affect your tire choices as they relate to
the V8.

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Ellen O
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 6:12 AM
To: Tony and Lillie
Cc: <V8 at audifans.com>; <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] replacing wheels


Hey Tony:

I hearing some folks say 16X7 and others 16X7.5 - does the tire width matter
or can you go either way? The 16X7 offers more choices from what I've seen. 

Dee

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On Jun 3, 2011, at 7:49 AM, "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> The V8Q came with 17" Bolero wheels from the factory, just not over 
> here. We had 17's on our car when we bought it, and they caused no 
> issues. They were 17X8 with 35mm offset. However, I don't like the 
> tramlining of them, so I swapped for 16X7's with 225/50 16's.
> 
> Tony
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [V8] replacing wheels
>> 
>> 1. The Audi V8 Quattro was produced by the factory with only two 
>> wheel size variations throughout its model run.  The first was the 
>> 15" flat faced, "pie dish" wheel" which was most common in '90 and 
>> '91 model years, replaced by the BBS "Mesh" wheel.  The BBS wheels 
>> were offered for the V8 (and the 200 20Valve) in 16" size with the 
>> same width and same offset.  To my knowledge there were no other 
>> wheel variations either standard production or optional purchase 
>> offered by Audi for this car.
> 
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