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Old 06-10-2003, 04:00 PM
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Default Wheel & Tire Sizes? and/or potholes...

I currently have 16" stock wheels on my car,and am looking at migrating up to the rs4 style wheel. Though I can't decide on the 17" or the 18", then what about tire size. I'd say about 1/4 of my driving is in the city[Philly,NYC,Boston, high pothole cities] thus I want a good sidewall. And the tires I'm looking at currently are the Continental ContiExtremContact[as I don't want to bother w/ snow tires]. What sizes do you recommend?

thanks in advance,
clarke

p.s. on a side note, does anyone have a suggestion on where to get the new armrests[as described on audipages.com] Finding a A8 in a scrap yard isn't the easiest.<ul><li><a href="http://registry.audiworld.com/audiworld/registry/details.asp?car=7948">mycar</a></li></ul>
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I have 18's but with those driving conditions, stick to 17"
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Default Re: I have 18's but with those driving conditions, stick to 17"

BTW, I live in boston Area and lost few tires last winter@!! One thing I bought is tire/rim protection. Pays off with the 1st tire!!

look at this site:

http://www.theautoclub.com/plans/tire_and_wheel.jsp

good luck

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Default Re: I have 18's but with those driving conditions, stick to 17"

do you have 17s or 18s?

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also how many tires did you lose?
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