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Old 10-24-2006, 09:21 PM
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Would running a 255/45/18 be bad for the allroad?
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Old 10-25-2006, 05:03 AM
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Default no, when I was buying my 2004 many people here ran them because they were much cheaper than 245/45
worst you'll have is your speedo will show you going a bit slower than you really are
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<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/88290/ar_fp2.jpg"></center><p>I always like the way the 255 width looked on an RS6 Avant... for me it was an OK tradeoff with the reduced fuel efficiency and speedometer variance StumpJumper mentioned...
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Default That size would be slightly taller than stock...
though, probably wouldn't hurt anything. 245/45/18 is the correct size.
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with the right offset you could run 265 I bet. Anyone do this?
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Default I go the other direction for performance- 245/40-18
for the track since noone makes the correct size in an R-compound tire. No issues other than speedo way off.
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I ran them on my ar with no issues.
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Default calculate the effect here...
<ul><li><a href="http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html">http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html</a</li></ul>
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Uhm no I have been using them for 3 years, allroad S4 type rims are 18 x 8.5 wide
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Guy on board running 275 on 19s, maybe 20s.
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