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And, here's a little extra surprise I found on the garage floor after the wheels were back on! What does the "FE" stand for? "Freakin Extra" lol. So now I also have a wheel that's out of balance.
I believe “Fe” is the element chart defined as Lead.
Early production 2018's had the S logo on the rears as well, but that changed sometime last year. Same on the S4's. Your pictures are normal for current production.
Thanks for the link. I would have sworn the front and back calipers were the same. The car is relatively new, but I've washed it twice and didn't notice.
You are not going to have a car with the same calipers in the front and the rear.
The fronts are 6 piston fixed calipers, and the rear are single piston sliding calipers. Your car without the "S" cap over the rear caliper is correct.
..... here's a little extra surprise I found on the garage floor after the wheels were back on! What does the "FE" stand for? "Freakin Extra" lol. So now I also have a wheel that's out of balance.
Fe stick on wheel weights 5+10g, S-FE-001A
Material Fe(iron)
Weight Size (5+10g)×4
Surface Treatment Dacromet coated
Tape available with blue,Norton and 3M sticker
Thickness 3.8mm
Type stick on
I went out and popped the tires off to get a better look. (Just what I wanted to do on a sub-freezing Sunday morning!).
And, here's a little extra surprise I found on the garage floor after the wheels were back on! What does the "FE" stand for? "Freakin Extra" lol. So now I also have a wheel that's out of balance.
Wheel weights? Looks like you might need to have your wheels rebalanced
Also, those aren’t Audi factory wheel weights that you found. So either a wheel was rebalanced at some point, or they are from a different car. See attached photo I just took of my RS 5 wheel for the zinc wheel weights used by the factory.
Also, those aren’t Audi factory wheel weights that you found. So either a wheel was rebalanced at some point, or they are from a different car. See attached photo I just took of my RS 5 wheel for the zinc wheel weights used by the factory.
I bought the set of four 18" Audi wheels from the dealer here in CT. So the weights aren't factory, but dealership installed.
I'll get the wheel rebalanced if I can feel a difference when driving.
02-10-2019, 08:26 AM
lol. So now I also have a wheel that's out of balance.
