BreedsAs

You'll be pushing it on that fitment. There is a chance they will poke out of the fenders. There's also a chance that it will bottom out on the brake caliper.

Rob O

It's a pretty aggressive setup, and will most likely poke and rub up front. Not to mention 255 tires, which might help that fitment work, would be ssssssuuuuuupppper stretched.

My Vossen S17-01s are 20x10, ET27* wrapped in 275/30/20 PS4S tires. They made very slight contact a couple times in the front, at TDC on the inner fender arch (which, with about 1/2" of metal, is much more pronounced than in the rear, which is literally just a lip). My car is lowered on Abt HAS and sits about 25mm (1-inch) lower than stock (26"-ish ground to fender in front).

That said, TAG Motorsports spec 20x10.5 exclusively for wheels on their S5 SB, with 275/30/20 rubber, and have run at least a dozen sets without issue (reportedly). All, as far as I'm aware, have been ET30.

*Note that thought I ordered the S17s with ET29, which is the offset I've referred to previously when posting about that set. I only realized they were ET27 when I removed them (after running them without issue for a few months) to mount my other set. LOL!

Here are 20x10, ET27 rears ...


... and fronts


With a couple other angles to give more of an idea overall ...

kev_s5

Thanks Rob! That definitely looks tight! With your rim width at 10 and not 10.5....but then again 275 tires, I'm beginning to think the et27 setup might be a little too much. Guess the only way to be sure now is to try them on. 😵

ArvX147

19x9.5 et 35 sits in too far by about 10-14.5mm for me. I need to buy spacers good news is the wheels I have dont get more concave with a lower offset, just larger width (if one were available)

Rob O

Yup ... crazy how "bad" 19x9.5 ET35 look, from an offset standpoint. I bought a set of VMR 801s in that fitment to use as my winter set up. Had them mounted up in January and man did they not look right. Needed probably 12/15 spacers front/rear, at least. Didn't help that I used OE 255 section width, which are slightly stretched on a 9.5 wide rim. It just look all kinds of wrong. I think with spacers and a 265 tire, it'd be okay. I have the spacers, but didn't feel like swapping tires too just to see how they'd look; removed them straight away. I may give them another shot this winter with a set of 265 or 275 all-seasons. Maybe. I have some new OE 20" V-spokes (RS-style) in 20x8.5 ET33 which would work great with the same spacers and 255 wide tires (which is better for winter conditions anyway).

Profile looks okay. The S5 and S5 SB actually look fine with 19s (and I love the Cavo design wheels). The VMR 801s are based on the BMW M3/4 Style 666, which is a fan****ingtastic factory wheel design ... that's why I bought these.


But, ugh ... look at her from the 3/4 view angles and she ugly! The rears are particularly egregious ... like a bad overbite!

And if I'm honest, the Mercury Black finish -- which is very cool, actually -- isn't doing this wheel any favors on my car. Too shiny! The finish coordinates well with all the bright trim bits (window surrounds, grilles, exhaust tips, etc) but may be too "chrome-like" in the end. On almost every other Audi I've seen this wheel, it looks perfectly matched.

BreedsAs

Rob, I see where you tried to opt for a set of wheels that match the silver trim you have on the car better, but like you said, it is too bright. I agree with you liking the previous set better.
Maybe you could try powdercoating a set to your desired color scheme?
Either way your S5 is the ish! It's my brighter twin!

ArvX147

Lol I have the same wheels and the same color car, Except I got hyper silver, not too shiny.

I didnt want dark wheels which were the only ones available in ET25

Rob O

Not too bothered. VMR actually reached out to me via IG about running the V801s on my car after I'd commented a few times on how much I liked the design. They cost less than than 1/8th the cost of my Vossen ML-X2s, making them almost disposable as a winter set up. That was my intent: I'd get some glamor shots of an S5 SB with the V801s and all-season or winter tires for VMR to use, then run them for a winter. Unfortunately, as described above, they didn't work out (weak offset, too shiny, etc). In person, these wheels look great and I think this fitment would rock on a B9 S4 (which also seems to wear 19s better than the S5 SB).



Same wheel and finish as mine, just slightly different fitment (19x9 ET45 I think ... mine are 19x9.5 ET35)

mtlquattro

^This.
I have that exact same specs 20x10.5 et27 with 275/30/20 and they are b8/b8.5 fitment so they do poke out of the fender and also rub in the wheel wells when I hit medium bumps on my b9. I already had the wheels from my b8.5 so I am not too concerned but if I had to choose specifically for my b9 I would go less aggressive.

MCourchesne

I put on 20x10.5 et35 on my RS5