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Old 12-15-2008, 03:53 PM
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Default New snow tires/wheels

I changed my mind on my snow tire setup after taking a road trip with the snows I had from my A4. They were a 255/35 18 which made my speedometer off by 8-10 mph on the freeway. So I bought a set of Team Dynamics Racing 1.2s in an 18x9 ET20 and mounted 255/40 18 Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3s - the right size tire for this car.

Team Dynamics didn't have any Anthracite or Black rims in the country, so I ended up buying the Silver. I'll probably have them refinished at some point in Black or Titanium to look more correct on the car, but for now they are great.

Huge thanks to Brian (CanyonRS4) for answering all of my questions about the wheels!

This set will probably become my track wheels during the summer.

So opinions - Leave 'em Silver, refinish 'em Titanium, refinish 'em Black?

<img src="http://www.stahmann-motorsports.com/Audi/RS4/winter/IMG_8257%20(Large).JPG">

<img src="http://www.stahmann-motorsports.com/Audi/RS4/winter/IMG_8258%20(Large).JPG">

<img src="http://www.stahmann-motorsports.com/Audi/RS4/winter/IMG_5333%20(Large).JPG">
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those look great!
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Leave em silver...they will be darker quite often in the snow and yuck.
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Default They look just fine. No need to refinish, IMO.....

How much space between the wheel rim and the caliper with these 18"
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Default just don't clean them, they'll be anthracite eventually.

that's what I did with my exhaust tips.
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How much were they? Forged or cast?
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Refinish them and get the imprint on the rim removed/filled in.
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Default I like the idea of black...

match your grill, blacked out rings. Look sharp on yellow. I am gonna black my winters out on sprint blue, should look good, I hope.
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Ti or black. Silver doesn't work due to the lack of silver on the car
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Default Thank you for not getting black wheels

those look great


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