OFFICIAL B9 A4 Wheel Gallery

[AUDIMAN33]

Time to start the Official Wheel gallery for the B9. Im sure some of you new owners will have rims soon.
Please post your B9 with REAL wheels. No theoreticals or photoshops please.

Wheel Manufacturer:
Wheel Diameter x Width:
Wheel Offset:
Finish:
Tire Size:
Suspension:

And if it's not to much to ask, a picture.

[JDillon15]

Time to start the Official Wheel gallery for the B9. Im sure some of you new owners will have rims soon.
Please post your B9 with REAL wheels. No theoreticals or photoshops please.

Wheel Manufacturer:
Wheel Diameter x Width:
Wheel Offset:
Finish:
Tire Size:
Suspension:

And if it's not to much to ask, a picture.

Old habits die hard.

[Banan]

Wheel Manufacturer: Audi
Wheel Diameter x Width:7,5x17
Wheel Offset:
Finish:No, Swedish :)
Tire Size: Spiked 225/50x17
Suspension:Very high

Well to get this thread started atleast, but things will change in the coming months.

[AUDIMAN33]

Sexy man!

[Cgoon009]

Time to start the Official Wheel gallery for the B9. Im sure some of you new owners will have rims soon.
Please post your B8 with REAL wheels. No theoreticals or photoshops please.

Wheel Manufacturer:
Wheel Diameter x Width:
Wheel Offset:
Finish:
Tire Size:
Suspension:

And if it's not to much to ask, a picture.

DUN DUN DUHHHH

[OmaHahn]

Wheel Manufacturer: Audi
Wheel Diameter x Width:7,5x17
Wheel Offset:
Finish:No, Swedish :)
Tire Size: Spiked 225/50x17
Suspension:Very high

Well to get this thread started atleast, but things will change in the coming months.

These headlights are bad ass !!!

[Cyrax]

cant wait to see some nice pics here

Bought a new a4 sedan daytona grey,future plans are probably coilovers and some nice 19/20 inch wheels

[tekmo]

cant wait to see some nice pics here

Bought a new a4 sedan daytona grey,future plans are probably coilovers and some nice 19/20 inch wheels

Same color as me :) have one on route.

[Cyrax]

had a hardt time to choose the color.liked the sepang blue but wasnt available for a4,besided the misses dint like blue or red.
So it was daytona or white...car at dealer was daytona grey and loved it.

[SnifflyHealer]

Bump...should have something to post this weekend

[cmg_r]

My setup:

https://flic.kr/p/HhpToY

[Banan]

Wheel Manufacturer: Vossen
Wheel Diameter x Width:9x20
Wheel Offset:32
Finish:No, Swedish :)
Tire Size: 255/30x20
Suspension:Still too high, KW's goes into production late July apparently.

[ConstantNRG]

Will take better pics when I get the right size tires. Put on today but tires are 245/35 - I need 255/35, these are a little too small for my liking.

[Mitchfin]

Will take better pics when I get the right size tires. Put on today but tires are 245/35 - I need 255/35, these are a little too small for my liking.

Haha haha your license plate is epic! Also love the RS 7 wheels. Where'd you get them?

[Nikoman]

I'm thinking those are the best looking OEM wheels on the B9s.

[ConstantNRG]

Bought them on eBay, wheels are good quality although the seller wasn't really - sent my order to The wrong address and didn't include the same center caps they show in the listing. I would up using the stock center caps and modifying them a bit so they'd sit properly.

[audinator]

Are those RS 7 wheels 19" or 20"? Looks great! I'm looking at a '17 A4 Florett Silver next week.

[ConstantNRG]

Yes they are the rs7 performance wheels, mine are 19" and thank you, I love the look - just need bigger tires

[casuso]

Yes they are the rs7 performance wheels, mine are 19" and thank you, I love the look - just need bigger tires

Offset? Size? What tires (size) are you planning?

[ConstantNRG]

Offset? Size? What tires (size) are you planning?

They are 19x9 with a 35mm offset. Swapping to a 265/35 tire tomorrow. It'll be on the wider size but think it will work well. I'll post some pics once I get them on tomorrow.

[casuso]

Nice, let us know if that set up fits well, I think 265 will look amazing.

[ConstantNRG]

Nice, let us know if that set up fits well, I think 265 will look amazing.

This is 100% the proper tire size, they look much much better. Have to clean the tire install gook off the wheels and take some overall pics but here's a quick comparison shot.

[audinator]

VERY NICE!

[Mpower2170]

Would installing springs or coilovers negate the Drive Select effect on my suspension? Always been curious if getting that is a waste if I am considering installing some

[audinator]

Would installing springs or coilovers negate the Drive Select effect on my suspension? Always been curious if getting that is a waste if I am considering installing some

I've had both H&R springs as well as KW HAS springs on my Audi's with ADS active dampers and the ADS change is still noticeable, does not negate it.


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[kevinnijjar23]

I just ordered these niche misano 117's in matte black in 18x8. This is my DD so nothing too crazy



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[GetYourWheels]

Loving the new style of the B9s!
I'm wondering if the wheel fitment is the same as the B8s, trying to run a set of 19x9.5 +40s on my customers B9. Hmmm

[Cyrax]

i hope they are the same..seen lots of nice setups on B8`s....
cant wait to get my hands on some descent coilovers and a pair of bigger wheels :D

[Azz123]

Guys and Gals,
Just a reminder on playing with tyre sizes.

For those contemplating going to wider tyres, just keep in mind that the tyre width has an impact on the tyre height by way of the second number in your tyre size is a percentage figure and it's a percentage of the tyre height.
So in short, 245/35 means that the tyre height is 35% of the tyre width of 245mm.

What's the concern you ask? Well it ultimately impacts the rolling circumference of your tyres and as a speedometer counts wheel revolutions, changes to the rolling circumference is going to impact the accuracy of your speedometer and trip computer.

I'm going to work in millimetres in the following, it's how my brain is wired and how you will find a lot of the calculators work. For those in imperial, 25.4mm is 1"

The factory sizes on the B9 A4 Australian delivery are as follows, check your placard inside probably the drivers or passengers doors to confirm for your country.
245/40R18 - 653.2mm circumference*
or
245/35R19 - 654.1mm circumference*
*TRA figures - Tire and Rim Association standards.

So the average of the two is 653.65mm

The rough rule of thumb when keeping the same size wheel diameter is if you want to maintain the same circumference, and go to a 10mm wider tyre, you need to reduce your aspect ratio (the percentage figure) by 5%.
There's a good definition of tire nomenclature here - http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=46
So 255/30R19 is going to be pretty close in rolling circumference to 245/35R19.

The tyre size of 265/35R19 is mentioned above and it has a circumference of 668.1mm which is only 14.45mm larger, though as a percentage against the reference, it's an increase in circumference by 2.2%.

So with this example, at 60mph in the car your actual road speed is 60x1.022 = 61.3mph.

I'm not sure of tolerance of the speed cameras in the USA and Europe, though here is Australia we have about 7-10% of the speed limit to play with.
If you typically factor a tolerance in what you set your cruise control at, dont forget to factor your actual road speed if you've changed tyre size and impacted your rolling circumference.
And your MPG calculations.

The other stage is when you increase rim diameter, this is called a +1 fitment (1" bigger rim) or +2 fitment (2" increase) and there's a formula for these too.

This is a fantastic calculator for anyone after references. http://www.inawise.com/tyre-calculat...alculator.html

Happy travels.

[Cyrax]

thx for the info Azz. always helpfull when chosing bigger tires :D

[balara]

Hello everyone.
Greetings from Brazil.

RS7 19"s
245/40/19 Tires

Just put them on today, but is too rainy for nice pics.
Send u more later...



Hope u like...

[ConstantNRG]

Hello everyone.
Greetings from Brazil.

RS7 19"s
245/40/19 Tires

Just put them on today, but is too rainy for nice pics.
Send u more later...



Hope u like...

Well you know I like them!


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[Antny726]

This is 100% the proper tire size, they look much much better. Have to clean the tire install gook off the wheels and take some overall pics but here's a quick comparison shot.

Any issues with rubbing? Looking to upgrade to 19s with this size tire. Also is the ride quality any different with the 19s compared to the stock 18s?

[BaysideS4]

Do you know the weight of those or some relative comparison to the stock rims? Which stock rims do you go from? Looks like sport suspension? Those the ~&800 eBay wheels?

[ConstantNRG]

No issues with rubbing at all - the tire size is perfect IMO. I only had the stock wheels on for maybe 40 miles so can't comment too much on how this rides vs stock but it's not noticeably harsh by any means.

Yes I got mine from eBay and yes I have the sport suspension. Not sure on the weight though.




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[Nikoman]

No issues with rubbing at all - the tire size is perfect IMO. I only had the stock wheels on for maybe 40 miles so can't comment too much on how this rides vs stock but it's not noticeably harsh by any means.

Yes I got mine from eBay and yes I have the sport suspension. Not sure on the weight though.

Any pics with the newer tires from front/back/angle?

[pingumarsh]

I saw these 19" wheels in a google images search while I was looking up Audi A4s to buy and thought they looked good so I found an Audi with them and bought it:
Google image:
http://imgur.com/pu5D6ZJ
My wheels:
http://imgur.com/W17NGMU

[MuffinMan_DL]

This is 100% the proper tire size, they look much much better. Have to clean the tire install gook off the wheels and take some overall pics but here's a quick comparison shot.

Those definitely look like a better fit. I upgraded from stock 18s to a set of HRE 19x9s with 245/35/19 tires, based on the tire calculators it should have been a spot on match but because audi uses thin rims the tires end up being squeezed and having a larger circumference than advertised when mounted. So basically my wider rims caused the overall circumference to be smaller than stock, which didnt help the already embarrassing wheel gap.
I can tell from the pic its larger but any chance you would be willing to measure the circumference of the tire for me? Basically all you have to do is take a piece of string and lay it down on the ground and then drive over part of it (to get it under the tire) then wrap it around the tire and finally measure the sting.
It's a pain I know so I won't hold it against you if you don't want to, either way nice looking wheels man!

[Nikoman]

you want 255s in you drive in an area with potholes. Especially if you buy "average" quality eBay cast wheels. I'm saying this based on my experience owning a dozen or so sets of wheels in the last 15 years. That little extra sidewall goes a long way...

[b4a41point8t]

anyone running 20" wheels? Specifically with 20x9, with 255/30/20 tires? Maybe 40et? Let's bring this thread back to life :)