Re: A4 Wheels

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

And I run a set of A8 wheels on our '87 5ktq wagon too.  However, the
wheels Tire Rack and Discount Tire are selling have a 35mm offset, not a
37mm offset.

"What?" you say, "Why that's only two mm we're talking about here.  2mm
CAN'T cause them to rub!"

To which I reply, "Heck, they rub at 37mm if everything is not just right."

When the tires were new AND it was the middle of winter (30-40 deg. F),
they didn't rub.  Come spring and the tires are still mostly new, the
rubbing began under very hard cornering.  So slight was the rubbing
however, that when the wheel was removed I couldn't even see the marks on
the inner liner.  Clearance with a 37mm offset is that tight...

Again, the tires retailers are wrong.

HTH.



At 06:08 PM 12/15/98 -0800, Tony Lum wrote:
>At 05:46 PM 12/15/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>These are the 35mm offset wheels.  Tire Rack assured me that this is
correct 
>>for
>>the type-44's.  I don't own one, so I was not aware of this.  I do know of 
>>several
>>44 owners that have mounted stock A4 wheels with no problems.  Do you
know the
>>offset of the stock A4 wheels?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chris
>>
>I'm running these wheels on my 5kcstq.  I got them as take offs from the
>A8. They're ET37.
>
>HTH,
>
>-Tony
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>Tony Lum                                  1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro
>Berkeley, California, U.S.A.                1985 4000CS Quattro
>Audi Owner/Driver/Mechanic by Necessity ;^)   1980 5000S Sedan
>QCUSA Member #6885                            1987.5 Coupe GT
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>
Best Regards,

John Karasaki