wheels for the a4!! help!!!

yup - liking the brabus wheels myself.

 

i just picked up a set of 17'' merc AMG rims from a mate of mine. jus gotta get some tyres and give em a bit of a refurb

 

post a piccy up then - before and then after's!

 

heres some pics. need to drill all the holes out cos they are too small for the studs, only by a lil bit tho. gotta get some centre caps also and i reckon im gonna have to the arches pulled out cos these rims are pretty wide! anybody know what tyres to go for i want a decent stretch, im pretty sure they are 8j

 

heres a couple pics of my audi for fun

 

Please please tell me you're not going to destroy a set of AMG Aero-1s for an Audi.
The lines are so much better suited to period Mercs:



They will indeed be 17x8J, though they came in 2 or 3 differing offsets.
If they don't fit, PM me

 

well they dont fit... yet haha.

the offset must be wrong for my car as they stick out a bit

 

It will be stamped on the back, there should be markings like
17x8J H2 ET51 and possibly a Part Number starting with HWA.

 

ill have a look soon, tryin to keep clean for a minute, everytime i touch those rims i get dirty haha

 

cant find the offset on them anywhere!?!

maybe its hidden under dirt , ill to give them a wash tomorrow and see if it comes up.


on another note, 2 of the wheels have 88 and two of the wheels have 87 stamped on em, and they have 4 lines around the numbers like a cross hair kinda thing. what do these mean?

 

i like em. how much they set ya back?

 

I paid 200 for all 4 and 1 tyre that I don't need lol

 

gave em a wash! look the same haha. still no offset figures to be found! this is the first set of alloys ive bought apart from some old golf wheels ! so i kinda want to keep them and make em work.

 

Get that outer weight off, it's criminal!
Seriuosly, you did very well to score them for 200.
One of my fave MB rims ever.

 

yea i will get the weight off! one of the rims is curbed and stoved in a lil but it will come out so its all good!

gonna start refurbing them soon, also need to buy a bigger drill...

 

okay some new pics of the amg's

started working on the worst one which was badly curbed and slightly bent in, its was so curbed the rim edge must have been about 2.5 times the width it should be usually so i ground it down with my dremel and then sanded by hand, just needs a very light skim of filler to deal with all the chips. also i have drilled out two of the wheels to fit and took some pics of that

this is the worst one before


and now looks alot better



the tool


old n new





stickin out




general shots




oh my

 

Get them on now you tease.

Seriously, great wheels, good price and a nice amount of poke. Just the way I like it.

 

haha, thanks dude. im currently saving for some tyres

im not sure what size to go for i want an awesome stretch but ive never bought tyres before so im unfamilar with how big things are. u have a 225 tyre and that is the same width as the 8inch rim, so im thinkin a 195 or 205 would be good for some stretch???

im going to have to get the rear arches flared, the pics are deceiving the rears stick out quite a bit, front is not bad though!

really looking forward to getting them on its gonna look sooo much better, i have a new colour scheme in mind also

 

get the arches flared and the boot lip raised a lil (kinda a lil like the spoilers on 60/70's yank cars!) would look well tasty.

 

LM's FTW

But i will let you off,those do look quite pimping!