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Yea, but I'm afraid of having issues with spacers and I want the car to look its best for those 4-5 months of the year, we have a long winter season. Also since most of the winter driving is done on pavement I prefer wider winter performance tires.
Correct me if I am wrong, but these mount 3mm NARROWER per wheel not wider?
This is all new stuff to me today, so forgive my newbieness but I believe offset is measured from the center of the rim to the mounting surface. A larger offset to OEM means a more recessed wheel.
The Cavos' are 32 offset.
Correct me if I am wrong, but these mount 3mm NARROWER per wheel not wider?
This is all new stuff to me today, so forgive my newbieness but I believe offset is measured from the center of the rim to the mounting surface. A larger offset to OEM means a more recessed wheel.
The Cavos' are 32 offset.
Yes, 35 is a narrower stance, thus wheels that are more sunken/recessed into the wells. I have the same difference in offset between my summer A4 wheels and the winter ones (winter is stock OEM 19" and summer is S4 OEM) and I can tell the difference.
I resorted to buying Conti. DWS 06 175/30/20. I live in NYC and haven’t ever had an issue with those tires and winter weather. Obviously winters would be ideal but for me it was a great compromise.
I'm excited to have just purchased the first part of my S5 kit and got some single season use Michelin XI3 245/40R18's for much less than half retail. 85-90% of tread left 2017 DOT. Those and the Replika wheels means a nice winter setup for $1100 CAD all-in. I'm okay with that, as I've gone overboard with options for this damn car....
Well, i finally installed the wheels that i had picked up back in Feb. i am not that excited about the look (inset and filling the wheel well). But, since they are winter tires, and I’ll be driving around with a bunch of snow on the tires, and kicking up gravel... so I’ll probably just make do.
I think they look great. Sorry to hear you aren't excited about them
Ok, I should say that I like the wheels (apart from perhaps the offset needs adjusting, if I would care to fix)... but the tire isn't as big. I just went for a drive and noticed that they are smaller. I just ran the numbers when I got home.
04-07-2019, 08:44 AM
