I bought the wrong wheels :(

[NastyNogaro]

Well I got new brake pads all around today and got a phone call from audi saying that my 18x8" +43 offset wheels would not fit. Funny thing is I bought them and installed them when my brake pads were worn, and now that I got new pads and rotors today the calipers were back where they belong, and my "B5 RS4 replicas" (I now found out they are ULTRASPORT replicas) do not fit.

Will the hartmann 18x8" b5 rs4 reps with a +35 offset fit over stock s4 brakes? Also, I bought brand new 235/40/18 Conti-sports for these ultrasport wheels; will they fit on the +35 offset wheels?

And I was wondering why my wheels were sitting a little inside the fender wells. Time for new wheels baby!

Here's a pic of how the wheels sit now:

[AE Performance]

at ET43, you should be able to run some spacers to make them fit still. You can run as low as a 32 offset safely on the B5 Chassis (which is what most BBS wheels are for the car as well). Hope that helps so you dont have to buy new wheels.

[eddier]

whats the difference between b6 USP and b5 rs4 reps?

[Kievskiy]

yip min 35mm offset, if you don't want to use spacers....

[MiniRS4]

they should work w spacers. if you want to run the wheel w no spacer then you are gonna have to find another set.

[hodan]

tires will fit fine.

[flips4]

ok i have been doing some searching and need help with the offset thing,
if +43 offset does not fit and he needs a min of +35offset does this mean that the lower the offset the more room it has? or does it depend on the wheel itself? im looking at getting new wheels and cant freakin figure this out. I DONT want to run wheel spacers to fit over my front brakes, WTF over.

[2001S4CT]

im gonna steal the light here a little but I have stock 17 avus with 235 tires and 10mm spacers all around is that OK?

[S4Per]

Zero Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is even with the centerline of the wheel.
Positive Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is shifted from the centerline toward the front or outside of the wheel. Positive offset wheels are generally found on front wheel drive cars and newer rear drive cars.
Negative Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is toward the back or brake side of the wheel's centerline.

(wikipedia got it right ;) )

EDIT - so the bigger the offset, the closer the wheel/tire will be to the inside of the car, i.e. calipers, suspension. make sense?

[j2da]

whats the difference between b6 USP and b5 rs4 reps?

im also wondering this. do they look exactly the same? i know the offset is different, but are there any other differences?

[mholme]

These are Hartmann replicas ET 35 for reference, with 225 45 18's

[1997gtx]

im gonna steal the light here a little but I have stock 17 avus with 235 tires and 10mm spacers all around is that OK?

Yep. That's fine. Almost exactly what im running.
--Adam

[Audi S4 Turbo]

I'm going to be running 245s on my stock avus.

[esss_pho]

I'm going to be running 245s on my stock avus.

por que?

[1997gtx]

^ I run 245/35 on mah stockers with spacers. Perfect ride.
--Adam

[BananaBoy_S4]

you car is hot i see it all the time on city ave

[Rated S]

I have RS6 Wheels (OEM) with +35 offset. I run 10mm upfront and 25mm in back.

[///M3 TO S4]

Whats the stock offset for a b5? The ideal offset? Obviously +35 is too shallow to run w/o spacers, or is it that it just doesn't clear the stock brakes?

[Rated S]

Whats the stock offset for a b5? The ideal offset? Obviously +35 is too shallow to run w/o spacers, or is it that it just doesn't clear the stock brakes?

Stock on our avus' is +45

[NastyNogaro]

you car is hot i see it all the time on city ave

thanks man. i go to the LA fitness over there pretty much every day.

I have since gotten new wheels since I am not all about spacers.



As you can see they fit a LOT better.