Re: Wheels

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Wolff <quattro200@earthlink.net> wrote:

>They do exist. (Might not be common.) I Found some 15x7 R-8's with 108
>bolt pattern 42mm offset for $120 the set. One needs straightening so
>figure another $65. Still a good deal IMO.

That's the exact type of wheel I have on my car. I've only seen one other
car with these wheels, I think they're pretty rare. They have the full
centre caps, no Audi logo- I think that's been lost in the respray.

>P.S. I finally figured out that you measure diagonally from bolt center
>to bolt center to get the bolt pattern. When I got the wheels I knew
>they looked like 108's, but when I measured them after the purchase I
>came up short since I was measuring adjacent holes. I was bummed out.
>Recently I tried test fitting them to the 4k fwd which at this point I
>had thought they should fit (100mm) and the holes were too far apart.
>Hooray, that means they fit the Q.

Thanks for the tip. I'd tried the same as you did before, and it came out
wrong, too.

Tom

 _______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
 1987 Audi 90q 2.3E, Tizianrot metallic, 167,000km

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