Rim Fitment Simulator ! with pictures

[-Sammy]

So I have been on an ever so long quest for info regarding a certain rim fitment to my car. Nothing new there. Got tired from searching and made a rim simulator.

The rim in question is a 19x9,5 ET40 and whether it will fit my '03 a6 avant without poke. The lowering will be in the areas of Eibach Pro or maybe Sport.
I can't have poke because of the laws here, and I am tired from getting pulled over.
And do mind the car is raised on my widow maker (jack) so it does lean over away from the rim simulator. Meaning, I think, the fender will come over even a little more.



Onwards :



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2659.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2655.jpg

Now, let me just say that this is cut to spec! 19" tall and 9,5" wide. Also 40mm off centre for the ET40. I can not see any problems making this wheel fit,
even got room for some rubber! Is it just this piece of (what ever it is called) that I need to look out for? As I said, I can not see any other contact points, other than tire vs. outer fender ofc.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2662.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2654.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2658.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2658line.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2657.jpg


WTF is this Audi? You call that a caliper?! ..anyways this is the rear.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2664.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2667.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/restify/Audi%20A6/DSCN2667line.jpg


Thank you for your time, if you have any input please contribute below!
Dunno if this was just plain stupido or not..

[nsprosty]

Thats high tech! Cool Idea!

[lucio_liu]

how to simulate "turning the wheel"?

[-Sammy]

Thats high tech! Cool Idea!

Thanks man!

lucio_liu : I guess i would have to jack it up on the other side as well, then just turn the weel.

Although this might have seemed straight forward there are a few deal breakers here. I did not think that the rim would have a bigger overall width and height. 19x9,5 is as someone has pointed out, just the area where the tire sits. This makes of course a lot of sense.
So a 19x9,5 rim would actually have a height of aprox. 20,5" and a width of 10,5" and in that case I do not have enough room on the inside with an ET of 40. I also forgot to factor in the thickness of the material. Will try to go down on the ET but I don't think I'll be able to keep it inside the fender... [:(]

[EinSchnellAudi]

Ha! Love it! OH and that "rear caliper" is the same thing I use to close up potato chip bags.

[-Sammy]

Hahaha yea almost fell on my ass seeing it the first time taking off a wheel, put the new one on asap and didn't say a word to anyone. I mean come on! fear enough rear caliper and all, but daamn. [:/]

[xdewaynex]

Nice idea. It looks like there is little room between the end of the card board and the front spindle. I would probably run a spacer, as when adding tires, it might close the gap even more.

[v8a6]

Nice idea and implementation.

[Hambone101]

Great idea, if you are curious about how it will line up when it's sitting I may have an idea for you.

Pop off the center caps from one side of the vehicle. Measure the distance from the center of the hub straight up to the fender. Then jack up the car, remove wheel, and place a block of wood under the lower control arms and slowly lower the vehicle until the hub-fender distance = what you measured before. Re-attach Rim Simulator 5000 to hub and you should have a better idea of where it will line up with the suspension loaded.