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Old 09-11-2008, 08:48 AM
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Had a set of 19" chrome adr's (lasted about 3 weeks, cracked) These are 18" privat (koing) "netz" with 225/40/18 rubber

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Old 09-11-2008, 08:57 AM
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Mmmmm, looks good!
Old 09-11-2008, 09:02 AM
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I think I should have put a little more rubber, but oh well next time.

Anyone have any suggestions on exhaust ? I'm having a hard time even finding anything for the A8.
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like the look..nice job
Old 09-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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Default looks good, makes me miss my black wheels a little. As for exhaust..

not a whole lot of the shelf and what there is will cost you $1600+ from what I have seen.

another approach which a few people includding me took was to delete the rear muffler. I first did this and had straight pipe running to the back, this sounded great but got a bit drony on the highway so I had them add in two small resonarots right before the tips and it cleared up all the extra drone and left the aggressive tone.

cant get the multiple links to work so to hear it without the resonators chekc the other 2 videos that are also uploaded.

also the car seems to respond better plus you wouldnt believe how heavy that rear muffler was.<ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0k5Iuy3mJo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0k5Iuy3mJo</a</li></ul>
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Looks good but i think your itres are a little small. you need 245/45-18
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Yeah, those tires do look small. Strange, maybe just my mind playing tricks on me
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Just this week I removed the resonater on the exhaust system (01 A8L). I replaced it with a Magnaflow X-Pipe.

Sounds great. X pipe was $90. and it cost $200. to install it, along with Magnaflow tips.
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