Re: A-8 rims

[John & Liesl Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 08:23 PM 12/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave Head wrote:
>> 
>> Got my 'new to me' 16" A-8 rims tonight. Whoa, are they sweet! One little
>> nick mark from the weight. They even included brand new center caps.
>> 
>>  I'll probly go with D40/M2 205/50ZR-16s, as Tire Rack has 'em on sale for
>> 86.00 ea. Alternative would be the Comp TA VR4s.
>
>Dave, on our cars the correct Plus One upgrade would be to a 205/55/16.
>
>> With the 37mm offset I
>> think I'd be neg cambering my butt off to get 215s in there.
>
>Yes. Or flare fenders.
>I am afraid you'd have to do it anyhow. I did it for my 205/55/16 on
>16x7.5" MOMO Ferrari with ET=37 coz they were rubbing rear fenders.
>
>-- 
>Igor Kessel
>'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
>'98 A4TQ -- FINALLY!
>Philadelphia, PA
>USA
>
You don't have to flare the fenders with the A8 wheels.  These wheels are
only 7" wide, NOT 7.5" wide like most aftermarket wheels.  They fit, just
barely, without any modifications to the rear body work.  I've BTDT before
I offered these wheels to the list for sale.  The fit is so close, however,
that if you want to run 215mm wide tires, you'll have to go with
significant negative camber.

BTW, you're right about the 205/55/16 size being the correct plus one tire
size for the 5k/200tq cars.

Merry Christmas!