19 RSGTs

 

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Hello

I am a newbe. I read your ortical. I would like to get a set of 18" wheels I like the 9 spoke s-line wheels. I have a 2000 a6 2.7 with the HP-2 calipers. I have bbs 17 rc's on the car now. they have a et 43. Do you know where I can get some. I would like to se some pictures of your 18's. Please send pictures to kvr.audi.83@gmail.com. Thanks in advance for your help.

Ron

 

Having had my chip for the last 80k miles, I can tell you your mileage won't be impacted by the chip unless you take advantage of it. Your gas mileage will be bad if you floor the stock engine and it will be bad if you floor it chipped (you'll just get where you are going faster). Seriously, I have noticed no difference in gas mileage in daily/highway driving as long as I drive it conservatively. It's been consistently 23-24 mpg at 70-75 for the last 130k miles. The chip does kick in more aggressively than stock over 3500 rpm. Pay attention when they recommend staying away from 19" rims because of poor ride and tire damage. Unless you live where roads are pot hole free and there is never constructions, save yourself some grief and buy 18s.

 

just bought the same car...looking for wheels too. found a few sites with nice wheels so far

 

Ok guys, I just purchased a low milage '02 S6 Avant. I am looking to go the other direction, I want to move to 16" wheels. I am looking to set myself up with a set of winter tires/wheels. There are slim and none options for an all-season tire for the factory 17" wheel. ...and slim left town. The previous owner who is a friend of mine, said the thing sucked in even the smallest amount of snow/slush with those wheel/tires. That kind of sucks since the quattro was one of the reasons I wanted the car besides the 340hp 4.2... The '98 A6 he had worked fine in the snow he said though...

Any ideas if a set of factory A6 16" wheels will clear the calipers on the front? That looks like my only concern. I've seen several sets of '98-'00 A6 16x7" wheels on Ebay lately that weren't too pricey. Not the best looking wheels for that car, but they will look better than a telephone pole shaped dent in the front.

Also any offset concerns when going smaller? I wouldn't think there would be, but just when you assume, you know what happens....

 

Slim dint leave town... He just went over to your local Sears tire store:
http://www.falkentire.com/Tires/Pass.../ZIEX-ZE-912-2

Available in 17" sizes perfect to fit up to an A8!!!

Falken are, imho, the best compromise between ride/handling/cost in the HPAS/UHPAS (High-Performance All-Season/Ultra-High-Performance All-Season) gummi. If you do go with teh Falkens, I recommend (based on over 10 years of driving Falken almost exclusively, when I can find them) that you start with about 5psi ABOVE factory recommend (NOT *TIRE* recommended, FACTORY, as in Manufacturer of your CAR, recommended), and adjust up/down from there to find YOUR preferred handling characteristics. When I drove an Opel Calibra Turbo, back in Germany, +10psi above factory was best. Me in my A8 prefer +6psi. You should drive a *known* course (home to work, for instance), a day or two, same time each time; and change/adjust the psi and drive it again. Dry weather, of course. IMO, at the factory settings, Falkens are a little bit squirrley in *spirited* driving. Set up correctly, their grip is easily the match of tires costing twice as much. Their breakaway characteristics tend towards steady, linear loss of grip. Easily "catchable." Even in the wet, ONCE you set them up for YOUR car/driving style.

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