Brad Willis

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mne

pound for pound the most expensive and best-loved modification I've done on the car. There's nothing better than spiffy wheels!

jmg

mne, where did you buy your wheels and can you tell how much? One other question for you, do you know if anybody id making a free flow cat for the tt, and do you think it would be effective? Jmg

mne

Cost early on was over $1k per wheel, but like everything else, as time passes, pricing goes down. I've heard of these wheels going today for closer to $800 per wheel. When I got mine I got the only set in North America. But first time I saw them I knew these were the ones!

The catalytic converter on the TT as-is is a very free-flowing design. A straight-thru shot with a larger element than the inlet/outlet, and only maybe a 10" long element inside. Audi got it right on this one. You'd be hard-pressed to gain any significant amounts of HP with another cat. In fact you'd probably have a hard time picking up even 1 or 2 HP if you eliminated the cat with a piece of straight pipe of the same diameter. Cats are not what they used to be and the one Audi is using today looks just like the ones I would buy in aftermarket in the early 90's for better flow. A good stainless steel mandrel bent larger O.D. downpipe forward of the cat would be money better spent if you "must" run a cat. And if you're an environmentally conscious person, a cat today is more neurosis than real as far as it's perceptions of compromising torque/HP is concerned. Its just really not "that" restrictive on this car at all.

Mike Owens

I like the BBS wheels, but I'm considering buying a set of 18" HRE wheels for my silver TT Roadster when it comes in in May. The two I like best are the HRE 543's (10 spoke) and the 546's (6 spoke).

I'd appreciate everyone's opinion on these 2 wheels. To see them, go to www.hrewheels.com, then click on 540 Series.

Thanks!

jmg

Thanks for the info. It's great to hear this about the tt, the cats on my old corvette were very restrictive. Jmg

mne

I like 'em. 540, 541 or 546. I'll aways opt for forged over cast. Yep! Those'll work!

Leo

I like the 545 more.... talked to HRE, they can fit 19" since everything is custom made...

ChrisTTopher Lloyd

Very nice! But the price!!

Ted

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