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Why do 18"ers look too small to some on the B6 platform cars?

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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Default Why do 18"ers look too small to some on the B6 platform cars?

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/665/b6a4_toyotires003.jpg"></center><p>Its almost like you have to have 19's to look modded. This is what I now have on my B6 A4...but it looks small in some respects...on the B5 A4/S4 this wheel looks mean. I don't want to go to 19" wheels for lots of reasons...cost, cost of tires, pothole damage, theft potential...etc.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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Default well, those look particularly small because one...they are 3 piece, and two, they are not the "R"

series so the centers are smaller.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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Default As soon as you lower it, it'll look amazing...trust me...with that ride height it will look small..

because of how the body is in relation to the wheels, looks really detached from the rest of the car. Lower it, and I promise you'll be extremely happy with the look. I went the opposite way first, had suspension installed, and then 18's, and I'm telling you, it look absolutely wonderful. 19's without a body kit looks a little odd, and besides, you're a baller anyway, you got HRE's!!

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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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I think those wheels look small because of the small size of the actual open area in the middle.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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2nd - just lower it and you will think differently
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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Default It's the style. My 17's sometimes looked like 18s because they were so open

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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:43 AM
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3rd... lowering will help a lot.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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Default Dropped w/ 18's

You have to drop it to make it look nice.

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A nice drop will make it look much better.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 11:32 AM
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Default yea the design of the wheels definitly matter

cause the RS4s have no lip, so the centers stretches out to the tires
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