Re: Wheel interchangeability

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> If you decrease the offset from say 45mm to 37mm you probably also want 
> to increase the width of the wheel otherwise your car is going to handle 
> really bad, like very poor turn-in response.

Au contraire, mon cher ... up to a point, widening front track width will
actually improve the handling of many cars (my old '85 4k, for instance).
The low-riders you see with the wheels stuck 2/3s out of the fenders have
positive offset and the change is quite a bit more than just 8mm ... I've
found my 200q handles very well with a front track width 1" wider than in
the rear (of course, it's hard to isolate this from the 8x17 wheels, etc.)   

> All Audi wheels has positive offset between 45mm to 30mm some of the
> width varies according to the width.

Audi wheels have *negative* offset not positive ... that's why changing from
45mm offset to 30mm will push the wheel outwards and not inwards! 
 
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