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Anyone with pics of ET35 offset wheels on a non-widebody A6?

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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Boston Driver put the thought in my head, and I'd like to see if anyone had any pics of how an ET35 wheel (18" specifically) looks on a narrow body A6. I have an 04 with the lower sport suspension...

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I have 35mm wheels on my narrow body, I really didnt like the way it looked, they seemed to far in. I added 15mm spacers. Here is a pic "without" the spacers.

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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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do you have a pic with the spacers? I was under the impression that the lower the offset, the farther the wheels stuck out. IE: 45 was shallow, 35 sticks out farther...??
 
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Originally Posted by motorwerks1
I have 35mm wheels on my narrow body, I really didnt like the way it looked, they seemed to far in. I added 15mm spacers. Here is a pic "without" the spacers.


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Originally Posted by jaymac
do you have a pic with the spacers? I was under the impression that the lower the offset, the farther the wheels stuck out. IE: 45 was shallow, 35 sticks out farther...??
Here are some pics of my A6 with 35 offset wheels.

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This tool will help, make sure you set the width to the same to do comparisons.



http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp
 

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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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I'm SO confused now!! I've been told this whole time that a lower offset number will make the wheel stick out further, although that calculator says otherwise!
So if my wheels are 45 now, what will I need to make them stick out further?
 
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From your pics, it looks like your 35's stick out further then my 45's???
 
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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35s will stick out further than 45s. 10mm further. Retry the calculator and make sure you set the widths to the same size.

set current wheels to 7 width and 45 offset
set new wheels to 7 width and 35 offset.
 
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OK, that's what I thought. But why the same width? The wheels I'm looking at are 8.5" wide.
 
Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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Just to show that 35s stick out further than 45s if all things are the same.
 



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