Should I pull the trigger and order these in the next week or so?
#25
12-13-2008, 10:51 PM
Yeah, that's the downside of H&R's. I had to go for stage II since I wanted ride quality.
You can save some money by getting Koni, which is exactly what STaSiS uses as the base of their coilovers. It even says Koni on the STaSiS ones.
You can save some money by getting Koni, which is exactly what STaSiS uses as the base of their coilovers. It even says Koni on the STaSiS ones.
#26
12-13-2008, 10:58 PM
lol wow.. i want a good ride and at least a 2" drop. (not that i will be driving around with a 2" drop) just like how i wanted to only drop to 3" for shows id drop it low as possible for shows
#27
12-13-2008, 11:10 PM
One thing I wasn't clear about for Koni coilovers was the adjustabilty.
Some people say Konis were harder to adjust than STaSis since STaSiS fine-tuned it and added little more pieces to make it easier to adjust the height. Although I have heard people saying it's easy to adjust Konis, I'm not too sure which side to believe as I don't have them but I'm just sharing what I heard with you.
What about those V-Maxx? They were very popular for a while here with extremely good selling prices and huge drop ability!
Ride quality was very important to me so dampening was a must.
Some people say Konis were harder to adjust than STaSis since STaSiS fine-tuned it and added little more pieces to make it easier to adjust the height. Although I have heard people saying it's easy to adjust Konis, I'm not too sure which side to believe as I don't have them but I'm just sharing what I heard with you.
What about those V-Maxx? They were very popular for a while here with extremely good selling prices and huge drop ability!
Ride quality was very important to me so dampening was a must.
#29
12-14-2008, 09:21 AM
Talk to Hiwords about using 245s on an A4 - his rub occasionally. My 225s are perfect.
#30
12-14-2008, 09:26 AM
Not bad for the price.
17's are not too small for B5's in my opinion. They look just about right; also since most people consider 19's to be too big for the B5's. Also 17's would be able to give you thicker tires which will you give you a bit better ride quality.
I think kolbs has 17's for his spring/summer set. You can check out his pictures if you want to see how 17's with a drop look like.
17's are not too small for B5's in my opinion. They look just about right; also since most people consider 19's to be too big for the B5's. Also 17's would be able to give you thicker tires which will you give you a bit better ride quality.
I think kolbs has 17's for his spring/summer set. You can check out his pictures if you want to see how 17's with a drop look like.
To the OP, honestly unless you're going to keep those wheels on for over a year, I would hold off and just put the money you'd spend on them (and tires) toward the purchase of your 18" set. Kind of pointless to buy wheels for $240ish plus shipping, then buy tires, then have them installed, and then take 'em off less than a year later to get different wheels again.
That being said, I did exactly that last year lol. I bought set of AT Italia S5 wheels in 17x8 with 235-45-17 tires, virtually brand new, in January or February last year, and it was a good investment being that winter was in full effect and my OEM 16" tires were virtually bald. The $400 I spent on that setup got me new tires that were M+S rated so it helped a lot for winter (not to mention they actually had tread on them). Then a member here put up the Flik 18s for sale (the ones that are currently on my car) with tires in May, and I jumped on those at $450 with tires, and sold the 17s to a buddy here in town for his 96 A4. Sometimes it works out - you might even make mention to any local Audi guys on stock wheels that if you get these in 17" you won't be on them for a really long time before the next upgrade, and see if anyone wants to line up to buy them off you when the time comes.