Peterson88

Good evening everyone!

I just bought an Audi A4 B8 European version with very much stock extras. I run on the stock 16" s now () and I would like to upgrade it to 18"s when the summer comes (I was considering 19" but we have really bumpy roads here, in middle europe - Hungary - so I did not want to go that way).

I have some options and I am looking forward to your advice:

OPTION ONE:

OEM, used wheels. I can buy one from Hungary and it is really cheap, around 500$ for the 4, but there are a few bloom glitches on them...




I can buy some on Ebay as well, like this:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Alufelgen-Sat...#ht_928wt_1163

OPTION TWO:

However, I really like the RS6 design what I can find on hartmann's website. I really like the offset numbers there as well:



Of course, I as I got escited I realized they do not ship to Europe...

So what I found at reasonable price are the VMR 708's with the RS4 design:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VMR-18inch-V...#ht_2001wt_920

What I do not know about these ones HOW AND WHICH OEM CENTER CAPS WILL FIT TO THEM?? At Hartmann's web site, there are clearly a link which cap number (item# included) fit the rims.

As a conclusion here is my wish list design-wise:

1., RS6-II LOOK - only at hartmann's at 18" :\
2., A nice OEM 5 spoke audi wheel - I did not find the best one yet
3., VMR's RS4 replice - I don't know which cnetercaps fits on them
4., I saw some replicas like oewheelsllc, RS Import replicas, WSP Italy replicas from the RS6-II 5 spoke look I am really looking for but I do not find anything here which make me comfortable with those.


What do you think about my options? Of course, I am looking forward to your ideas as well. Thanks for reading!

audi8k

Just some notes, in case you haven't already considered:
The centre bore for B8 is different from for example B7 (be careful when the seller list all platforms).

The Audi original 18" rim is 8" wide with ET= 47.
I have that on my summer wheels with 245/40.
I am happy with that size (in combination with the ADS regulated sport chassis).

However, my winter wheels are 225/50 17 x 7.5" wide with an ET= 35.
That means that these have the outer side 6mm further out.
It looks OK but I notice that they seem to put more dirt outside the panels.

The rims you linked to are 8.5" wide with an ET= 38.
So if you go with the standard width of 245mm they will put the outer side about 9 mm further out or 14mm if you go with 255mm (vs standard 18").
(With the 19" rim the standard width is 8.5" and 255x35.)

I know that some people want to have the outside "flush" at the top, but that means that the lower half of the wheel will stick out.

Choosing winter wheels again, I would have looked for a somewhat higher ET. (Although you might have less of a dirt problem in the summer.)

You don't mention if you have the lower sports suspension or not, but that will also make a difference in how it looks.