Guess B7 front brakes are bigger than the B6 ones?!?!

[02A4TURBO]

Made a valiant attempt to put on my snow tires yesterday. Started on the back right wheel --- stock summers came off and snow wheel on without incident.

Move my way to the front, only to realize that the steel wheel that I have my snows on would not clear the stock front brakes. Apparently the front brakes on the B7 are larger than the B6?!

So now I'm in a situation. Anyone know what size steel wheels I will need? I wasn't really aware steel wheels came in different offsets?!

Also thinking about selling my entire set and buying 17" snow tires (rather than the 16 inchers on there now) since I have a set of 17" old BBS wheels sitting in the garage. Anyone have any sense of how much I could get for (4) 16" Dunlop SP Wintersport snow tires on steel wheels (probably 6k miles on them)??

Thoughts?

[Re5pectThe_Cuz]

not sure about the pricing for selling those. but the B7 brakes are the same as the B6 S4 brakes so they are indeed larger

[Alex@Creative]

^correction, the b7 brakes are the same caliper and carrier, but different rotor size i believe, the S4 is slightly larger...i think

[LAS]

dang, found out the hard way, should've searched on here before your attempt. btw, i usually always start with the fronts.


Originally posted by Alex@Creative
^correction, the b7 brakes are the same caliper and carrier, but different rotor size i believe, the S4 is slightly larger...i think

correction: same caliper, DIFFERENT carrier, s4 front rotors are 15mm taller in diameter. which actually makes the B6/7 S4 clear more wheels than the B7 A4s.

[02A4TURBO]

Yeah -- Sucks ... wasted an hour of my life -- oh well.

At this point, just trying to figure out which steel wheels I need to buy from Tirerack -- I guess I'll head to their website and start sniffing around.

I guess it's a problem that $200 can fix (4 steel wheels @ $50 / wheel [headbang] [down] )

EDIT: Is it possible there are no steel wheels that will clear my front stock B7 brakes? Just went on tirerack and they do not offer steel wheels for my car!

[Re5pectThe_Cuz]

too many corrections on here for me!

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b6a4 - calipers for 1.8t and 3.0 are the same, carriers are different

1.8t

f: 288x25
r: 245x10

3.0

f: 312x25
r: 255x12

b5s4

f: 321x30
r: 256x22

b6s4 - calipers for the B6S4/B7A4/B7S4 are the same, carriers are different

f: 345x30
r: 300x22

b7a4

f: 320x30
r: 288x12

b7s4

f: 345x30
r: 300x20

[DeMOROlized]

I've been told no 16" steelies will fit the B7. Some 16" alloys will fit, depending on the spoke design.

[02A4TURBO]

I've been told no 16" steelies will fit the B7.

I did a little homework and I'm pretty sure this is the case. This really sucks -- going to have to find some cheap alloys that will clear. OR --- I have 17" BBS wheels I can throw on, but need to then buy 17" snow tires and sell these.

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[MylesPH]

There is a factory 16 inch wheel that clears, maybe someone who bought a base model has a set lying around...