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a noob in s4 here. i just got the car a month ago. im planning to buy the ssr sp1 in 19x8.5 et35 fitment. does anybody have these on b5 s4? i need to know if these wheels will clear the stock brakes. and what are the offset good for a staggered setup? any advice would be appreciated. thanks in advance guys.
Oscar@tirerack
10-18-2004, 04:46 AM
I double checked, and The Tire Rack does not have those for your car. Sorry.
I was also wondering what is the normal offset for aftermarket wheels for the S4 to be able to clear the front caliper without spacers. I have called some stores and before I even told them the wheels that I was interested in they just said that they didn't have anything that would fit the S4.
Oscar@tirerack
10-19-2004, 04:54 AM
35ET to 45ET you will see for most wheels.
Originally posted by Oscar@tirerack
35ET to 45ET you will see for most wheels.
I called back one of the wheel stores that said that they didn't have anything at all for the S4, but he told the offset on the wheel that I was asking about was 35. Is it because the hub might not stick out far enough. Or what other problems would cause the wheel to not fit? I'm just trying to figure something out because all the wheels that I like "won't fit my car", but the ones that will fit I don't like, or are to $$$$ (HRE, I forged, etc..). I guess I would run a spacer if needed, but I don't what to take a chance of the wheel looking like it is sticking out from under the fender (I've done that before because I got stuck with a set of wheels that would not cover my supra caliper and the store would not take the wheels back even though they mounted the tires before I got a chance to bring up my car to see if they would fit. I had to run a 15mm spacer to clear the caliper).