RS6 style wheels for my A6
Discussion
Thinking of putting some 18" RS6 style alloys on my A6 Avant.
It's an A6 Avant tdi. I'm not doing this to look like a boy-racer or try and make the car look like something it isn't, but now that I have been forced into buying a dad-wagon, I have to try and liven the looks up a bit! It came on standard 16" 5 spoke competition alloys which look too small for the size of car.
Some thoughts:
I can only afford replicas - pitfalls vs the real thing?
Are some replicas better than others? (safety first and all that)
Car is SE spec suspension rather than sport, so will it look too 'jacked up' on 18s?
Can wheels bigger/heavier than standard, increase wear & tear on suspension etc?
16s are boring but comfy and quite - will 18s be crashy / noisy?
Any comments / photos welcome.
Cheers
It's an A6 Avant tdi. I'm not doing this to look like a boy-racer or try and make the car look like something it isn't, but now that I have been forced into buying a dad-wagon, I have to try and liven the looks up a bit! It came on standard 16" 5 spoke competition alloys which look too small for the size of car.
Some thoughts:
I can only afford replicas - pitfalls vs the real thing?
Are some replicas better than others? (safety first and all that)
Car is SE spec suspension rather than sport, so will it look too 'jacked up' on 18s?
Can wheels bigger/heavier than standard, increase wear & tear on suspension etc?
16s are boring but comfy and quite - will 18s be crashy / noisy?
Any comments / photos welcome.
Cheers
Rs6 wheels from an Rs6 will only fit an Rs6 due to the huge offset..the wheels from the new A4 fit fine same wheel different offset..
Ive been supplying replica wheels for the audis I sell now for the last 6 years and am ye to have one with a problem.. word of caution if buying as a package watch what tyres you get.. pay extra for something decent.. some of the deals Ive sen on ebay have shite rubber fitted..(I got caught out before! )
ride on a A4 is firm on the wheels but on an A6 its big enough to get away with it.. depending on what year A6 it is will depend on the suspension..On 2001 onwards the se had lowered suspension as standard and look spot on pre 2001 model looks high and spoils the looks imho..
Piture of my Se A6 (2002) on the wheels..
milu said:
agree regarding tyres.
i had 18's on my passat with kuhmos(225/40) and wasn't impressed with the ride.
now have 19's with 225/35 and 255/30 on pirellis and the ride is better!!
mike
i had 18's on my passat with kuhmos(225/40) and wasn't impressed with the ride.
now have 19's with 225/35 and 255/30 on pirellis and the ride is better!!
mike
strange that I would have thought the ride on 19 " to be much harder with them being 30 profile. fwiw I find the khumos quite good for the money but one of the best budget tyres Ive come across is the latest accellera , has the same pattern as a continental sport contact.. car grips as good in the wet as it des on the dry..
Monty's in Iver, Bucks do lots of VAG replica wheels, and some secondhand ones too. I bought my A6's 17s from them and they were on Falkens, which were quite good. Dunlop SP9000 are much better though.
Yes, my 1997 A6 would look silly on 18s or 19s as the suspension is higher. It just about gets away with 17s though (car came on 15s - looked like it was on spacesavers!).
Yes, my 1997 A6 would look silly on 18s or 19s as the suspension is higher. It just about gets away with 17s though (car came on 15s - looked like it was on spacesavers!).
I put a set of 18 inch TT replica wheels on my A6. Mine's a 98 2.5 tdi, really improves the look over the standard 16s though i have the same problem as you in that mine is an SE so no sport suspension, though it doesn't really look high up, just sets the car IMO. I put Toyo T-1S tyres on mine, very good in the dry and great in the wet, its worth the extra outlay to put decent tyres on, its a big old bus to try and turn and stop on crap rubber.
1 thing i did notice though was as soon as the wheels were on my fuel economy took quite a hit, going from over 600 miles to a tank, average of 38 mpg down to 450-500 miles to a tank and average of 33 mpg
1 thing i did notice though was as soon as the wheels were on my fuel economy took quite a hit, going from over 600 miles to a tank, average of 38 mpg down to 450-500 miles to a tank and average of 33 mpg
ukross said:
Having had a look round at the various types of replicas out there I've come across a set of genuine BBS wheels which I think look great.
However they are 18 x 8.5 ET32.
Is this pushing it a bit in terms of how big the actual wheel arch is?
Any advise most welcome!
However they are 18 x 8.5 ET32.
Is this pushing it a bit in terms of how big the actual wheel arch is?
Any advise most welcome!
they will fit but may stick out slightly , 8x18 et35 Is what I fit and they sit exact, I fitted a set of et30s once on A6 and they didnt look right, they may have been 8.5..
Ive got a couple of second hand sets of audi alloys inc a very clean set of 17" star alloys from a 2004 A4 sport..
jeffc said:
ukross said:
Having had a look round at the various types of replicas out there I've come across a set of genuine BBS wheels which I think look great.
However they are 18 x 8.5 ET32.
Is this pushing it a bit in terms of how big the actual wheel arch is?
Any advise most welcome!
However they are 18 x 8.5 ET32.
Is this pushing it a bit in terms of how big the actual wheel arch is?
Any advise most welcome!
they will fit but may stick out slightly , 8x18 et35 Is what I fit and they sit exact, I fitted a set of et30s once on A6 and they didnt look right, they may have been 8.5..
Ive got a couple of second hand sets of audi alloys inc a very clean set of 17" star alloys from a 2004 A4 sport..
Now if you had any 18's..
Not sure these look quite right somehow and maybe stick out a bit too much, lovely wheels though
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