Winter wheels - pics and observations
09-10-2006, 01:59 PM
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Winter wheels - pics and observations
AT Italia from luke @tirerack.com. Closeout price is $139 ea. They're heavy, so not a good track wheel. I went with Dunlop WinterSport M3's 225-18. Total cost with the tire pressure sensors including a $50 Dunlop rebate was just over $1700. (EDIT: $1721.63 - $50 = $1671.63 delivered).
The RS4 has plastic lug bolt caps, so you need to pull them off before you get going. The bolts were very dry and didn't turn well. Lubing the wheel bolts is sometimes not recommended because it can change torque specs, but they needed something, so I used some anti-seize compound. Here's what they looked like with only 100 miles on the car.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0004small.jpg">
Next, the wheel/hub interface was compelte dry and rusting. I applied a very thin coat of lithium grease to prevent seizing and making wheel removal easier next time:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0006_small.jpg">
Torque spec is 90 lb.ft, +- 7.4. The wheels clear the Brembo calipers by about 0.3" radially with about about 0.6" spoke clearance (EDIT: had that backwards in initial post). PLENTY of room for the big Brembos on these 18" wheels.
Maybe not the sharpest looking wheels/tires, but I'll give up some looks if they're easy to clean. And they're very inexpensive. We still have about two months of clear driving before the snow flies, so I mounted them up just for this trial-fit. Stock setup is already back on the car. I'm looking into fabricating some Audi logo centercaps similar to what I did for my BBS wheels on my BMW.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0017_small.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0010_medium.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0011medium.jpg">
The RS4 has plastic lug bolt caps, so you need to pull them off before you get going. The bolts were very dry and didn't turn well. Lubing the wheel bolts is sometimes not recommended because it can change torque specs, but they needed something, so I used some anti-seize compound. Here's what they looked like with only 100 miles on the car.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0004small.jpg">
Next, the wheel/hub interface was compelte dry and rusting. I applied a very thin coat of lithium grease to prevent seizing and making wheel removal easier next time:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0006_small.jpg">
Torque spec is 90 lb.ft, +- 7.4. The wheels clear the Brembo calipers by about 0.3" radially with about about 0.6" spoke clearance (EDIT: had that backwards in initial post). PLENTY of room for the big Brembos on these 18" wheels.
Maybe not the sharpest looking wheels/tires, but I'll give up some looks if they're easy to clean. And they're very inexpensive. We still have about two months of clear driving before the snow flies, so I mounted them up just for this trial-fit. Stock setup is already back on the car. I'm looking into fabricating some Audi logo centercaps similar to what I did for my BBS wheels on my BMW.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0017_small.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0010_medium.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/109574/dsc_0011medium.jpg">
09-10-2006, 04:23 PM
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FYI you should have put anti-seize on both not lithium...
also you should put some on the flat part of the rotor that is around the wheel hub that will also help with wheel removal.
