Richard Solomon

Lots of good news, a little not-so-good.

Good: Local tire guys vouched for straightness of my <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/411791.phtml">repaired</a> S6 Avus rim.

Good: S6 Avus (17"x8") with ContiExtremeContact in 235/45-17 fits beautifully in spare well:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/525/s6_avus_in_sedan_trunk.jpg">

Not so good: the plastic-headed wheel retaining bolt doesn't fit. a) The threaded bolt is a bit too short to reach the well socket. b) Even if it reached, the whole assemblage sticks up so much the trunk "floor" won't close.

Thus my question: do A6s with different wheel combos from the factory get a different retaining bolt? My car came with the non-sport 2.7T 5-spoke 16" (16x7) wheels, and a 4B0-803-899-AG bolt which looks like:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/525/a6_27t_nonsport_sparetireretainingbolt_pn_4b0-803-899-ag.jpg">

Could folks with other wheel combos check and see if they have the same 4B0-803-899-AG part?

TIA!

RSC

Mine looks the same but says - 4B5-803-899

Richard Solomon

By "the same" do you mean same approximate measurements/proportions?

Thanks! I'm guessing there's no "right" animal, since Audi obviously never put S6 Avus wheels in a trunk wheel well (at least in the US) I keep hoping though....

RSC

Same meaning similar shape &amp; size. The threaded part is about 3 inches long.

Richard Solomon

Cool, thanks!

Richard Solomon

Thanks a bunch!

MP4.2+6.0

On a 2000 4.2 with 8 x 17's (both pieplates and 5 spoke) with 35 mm offset and 255/40 tires, mine is also 4B0803899. There is NO letter suffix. Different than the picture, on the knurled side you would grab onto, that's the very end of it--I see one more piece/spacer in your picture. Likewise on the threaded end, mine doesn't have the eight pointed star wheel thing--basically your picture has four principal black plastic parts plus the threaded bolt. Mine has only two plus the bolt.

Different approach--you can disassemble these and change the bolt built into it to the right length. Less than $2 at a hardware or auto store that stocks metric bolts. I've replaced it on a C4 2.8 when I changed wheels.

DLow

And I can fit the 17" S4 Avus in, no problem...
From a '00 2.7t w/sport split spoke wheels (originally).

The whole thing snaps apart, and you might be able to get a longer bolt somewhere - it's just a hex-head bolt inside the plastic!

Richard Solomon

Ok, I'll bite how's the dang thing come apart?

DLow

On mine, there are two small tabs which are un the underside of the **** - in yours they would be under the black plastic "cheese wheel"...

I'll try to get the p/n on mine...