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So Friday I was driving to work and from out of no where a grapefruit sized rock appeared in my path and I was unable to avoid it. I hit it straight on with my right front tire and upon impact the rock broke into multiple pieces and was run over by both rear tires. I now have 3 bent rims and 3 tires that need to be replaced so I called my insurance. The rims cost $1197/ea and the tires are about $300/ea. My plan is to accept the money from my insurance and purchase aftermarket rims for my car.
I am looking for recommendations on brands and styles as I have no experience purchasing rims. My current rims are 19's so I want to stay with that size so I don't have to buy a new tire for the front left rim. Any help is appreciated.
Don't just get rims, get the whole wheels! (pet peeve - "Rims" are just the outer hoops) - Huge number of choices. I prefer 18" for best combo of performance and comfort, and 8.5" width at least. VMR seems popular, but Alzor I think are best bang for the buck. I've run lots of different sets of those (ECS tuning)
[QUOTE=cac9478;25243573]So Friday I was driving to work and from out of no where a grapefruit sized rock appeared in my path and I was unable to avoid it. I hit it straight on with my right front tire and upon impact the rock broke into multiple pieces and was run over by both rear tires. I now have 3 bent rims and 3 tires that need to be replaced so I called my insurance. The rims cost $1197/ea and the tires are about $300/ea. My plan is to accept the money from my insurance and purchase aftermarket rims for my car.
I am looking for recommendations on brands and styles as I have no experience purchasing rims. My current rims are 19's so I want to stay with that size so I don't have to buy a new tire for the front left rim. Any help is appreciated.
vossen! 500/wheel.
Last edited by Rans09vert; 12-02-2018 at 07:40 PM.
There are lots of great wheel and tire combos out there. I recently purchased a set of 19 inch Oz Racing wheels and Continental all season tires for my RS3. Have the CCBs so had to consider clearance. My car is Nardo grey with black optics so the wheels had to be gloss black in my opinion. Needed all season as I'm in central Ohio and I'll drive it in the winter. My OEM wheels and tires are in my garage. Was going to sell them but decided to keep them and run them a few months in the summer. I was pleased with my purchase from Tire Rack.
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I have been searching endlessly as I have very little time to make a decision. So far the front runners are the Vossen VFS-1's but I just can't decide whether I like the light or dark ones more, see below. I want to make sure they will fit my tires as less then a month ago I purchased a full set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's that the insurance is paying for, but are also being covered by Discount Tire. I would rather stay with the stock rims than to have to buy all new wheels and tires. Is there an easy way to know if they fit, or would someone mind verifying for me? My tires are 235/35/19, I would really appreciate it.
Sorry for the beamer pics, I made sure to include Audi's also!
My A3 is white just in case you haven't figured that out.
The Hartmann HRS6-091-MA:M replica wheel is a split 5 spoke wheel finished in a Matte Anthracite paint, the outer face of the spokes and lip of the wheel are machined to a bright aluminum finish with a protective clearcoat finish. The HRS6-091-MA:M accepts an OEM Audi centercap, part #4B0 601 170 A 7ZJ. The Hartmann HRS6-091-MA:M replica wheel has a 5×112 bolt pattern (PCD) and uses the OEM Audi 14×1.5mm R13 ball seat lug bolts.
Matte Anthracite Machined finish
Guaranteed fitment
OE quality and strength
Uses OEM Audi R13 ball seat lug bolts
Accepts OEM Audi centercap #4B0 601 170 A 7ZJ
TPMS compatible
12 month finish warranty
Low pressure cast aluminum alloy (same as OEM manufacturing)
What size wheels are you thinking? I run HRE FlowForm FF04 19x9.5 et 45
With Pilot Sport 4S's 255/30 - 19
Originally Posted by cac9478
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I have been searching endlessly as I have very little time to make a decision. So far the front runners are the Vossen VFS-1's but I just can't decide whether I like the light or dark ones more, see below. I want to make sure they will fit my tires as less then a month ago I purchased a full set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's that the insurance is paying for, but are also being covered by Discount Tire. I would rather stay with the stock rims than to have to buy all new wheels and tires. Is there an easy way to know if they fit, or would someone mind verifying for me? My tires are 235/35/19, I would really appreciate it.
Sorry for the beamer pics, I made sure to include Audi's also!
My A3 is white just in case you haven't figured that out.
I have a set of Neuspeed RSe10 18x8.5 that I use for snow tires... These are Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3. These are supposed to even fit over RS3 brakes as well. There's a 19" that's the same.
12-02-2018, 10:22 AM
Need new wheels, looking for recommendations!
