My 97 on Euro A8 Winter Wheels

**StanTheCaddy** · 08-24-2011 02:55 PM

Cactus Green 97 1.8T Quattro, Automatic, ST Coils, 17x7.5 et 40, 215/45

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needs spacers, face lift headlights, and maybe tails, paint the front valence and redo the rest of the lowers, and lower it a little more.

**SmokeTheRear** · 08-24-2011 03:19 PM

i think the tails are pretty spot on. I woulldnt change um,carlooks clean, nice

**LeeHech** · 08-24-2011 05:29 PM

How do you like the ST's? Also those wheels look great, and they look a lot bigger than 17's.....

**memo!** · 08-24-2011 05:55 PM

I've never seen those wheels.

Looks good.

**fbm93** · 08-24-2011 06:22 PM

I can dig that!

**TheSandeman** · 08-24-2011 06:26 PM

Looks great. Will look tons better with spacers! :up:

Sent from my iPhone4.

**bryangb** · 08-24-2011 07:48 PM

Digging the wheels

**Mihai_A4-B5_** · 08-25-2011 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by TheSandeman

Looks great. Will look tons better with spacers! :up:

Sent from my iPhone4.

X 2 spacers should really set them apart...nice!!

**MarcMiller** · 08-25-2011 02:38 AM

i like

ever think of removing the audi badge under the sidemarker?

**aledelic42** · 08-25-2011 02:54 AM

looks great. allentown, cool

**StanTheCaddy** · 08-25-2011 10:32 AM

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

@LeeHech - no complaints so far on the STs. Still a comfortable ride

@MarcMiller - yea, I wish they weren't there at all. I had them off before I got the wheels and it looked weird having the holes there, so I put them back before these pictures. I think I'll paint them green to make them stand out less

**bryangb** · 08-25-2011 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by MarcMiller

i like

ever think of removing the audi badge under the sidemarker?

He'd have an indent where the badge was. It would look worse without it.

Similar to morons in mk4's taking their rear badges off and leaving the giant circle indent there.

**Mihai_A4-B5_** · 08-25-2011 10:38 AM

the old audi badge is cool imo.....it's the pin-stripe that i dont care too much for

**StanTheCaddy** · 08-31-2011 05:03 PM

Washed it for the first time in a couple weeks today and got a new camera, so I took some quick pictures. Will clay bar it for the first time later and lower it more, especially the rear. Added a 30 mm spacer to the rear, have to roll the front fenders before I put a 20 up there probably. Really should have gotten 205s instead of 215s but, oh well.

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**fcpgroton** · 09-01-2011 09:53 AM

Love the wheels! 1st time I've ever seen them before. Car looks really clean, I wouldn't change the tails, but I would take the pinstripes off then claybar it.

**Stouph79B5** · 09-01-2011 12:00 PM

I'm in love with those wheels as well! I've never seen them B4. Lookin good mang!

**audixride** · 09-01-2011 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Mihai_A4-B5_

the old audi badge is cool imo.....it's the pin-stripe that i dont care too much for

I agree, I love the old Audi badge. Unless you get facelift fenders, keep the badge!

**CoopaCoopaCoopa** · 09-02-2011 01:13 AM

If only those wheels were 9/10 wide!

I still like it alot. Cactus=mmmm! Factory pinstripe? I actually kinda like it.

**memo!** · 09-02-2011 01:18 AM

Your car looks so much better in those newest pictures. Those are some very unique wheels!

**AudibahnA4** · 09-02-2011 01:31 AM

Nice wheels really like the car to

**fcpgroton** · 09-02-2011 11:54 AM

Where did you find those wheels?
These are the only winter wheels that I'm used to seeing around:

**StanTheCaddy** · 09-02-2011 07:58 PM

^^I got them from Rally on Stanceworks, who had them on his Mini Clubman.

I believe he originally got them from Ebay Germany, and that they're the only set in the US.

The pinstripe has always bothered me but I thought because it was painted on there wasn't anything I could do about it, but since you guys brought it up I thought about it again and found out that since its pretty old they may not have used a lot of hardener in the striping paint which means paint thinner might be able to take it right off. I'll try putting some on a q tip and see if it works, I saw a guy do it with oven cleaner too.

**iadubber** · 09-03-2011 07:23 AM

those wheels are tits!

**StanTheCaddy** · 09-14-2011 08:02 PM

Got 20mm spacers for up front and lowered it a little more. about 23.25" all around.
Had some time to kill around Lehigh U this afternoon so I took some pics:

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and B7 S-line

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and a

for these two

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**NickBroderick** · 09-14-2011 09:32 PM

nice. cactus is gorgeous in the sun

also, idk if your pin stripe is the same as mine was, but i took it off with my fingernail. it wasn't painted on.

**Kicks299** · 09-14-2011 11:01 PM

Im taking a heatgun to my pinstripe if I can get a hold of one.. otherwise a hairdryer!

my pinstripe is faded anyway

**fcpgroton** · 09-15-2011 01:48 PM

Hairdryer works the same way also. You just have more temperature control with the heat gun.

**bryangb** · 09-15-2011 01:56 PM

Last photo looks good except for that Steelers key. Still hurting from Sunday?

**StanTheCaddy** · 09-15-2011 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by NickBroderick

nice. cactus is gorgeous in the sun

also, idk if your pin stripe is the same as mine was, but i took it off with my fingernail. it wasn't painted on.

Thanks man.

My pinstripe is definitely painted on. I tried putting paint thinner and oven cleaner on a q tip at separate times and rubbing them on the stripe but it did nothing. Maybe I need to rub harder/longer.

Originally Posted by bryangb

Last photo looks good except for that Steelers key. Still hurting from Sunday?

That was rough, but there's 15+ games left so I'm over it.

**bryangb** · 09-15-2011 09:33 PM

My pinstripe was painted on as well. I didn't want to risk ****ing anything up so I took it to a local body shop and had them remove it. Cost $100 but I'd rather pay that than end up damaging my paint.

**StanTheCaddy** · 09-30-2011 10:47 PM

22 1/8" gtf up front 22.5" back. 215/35/18 all around. leaking tranny pan about 45 minutes later.

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coming back from NJ, pulled over a couple of times to check stuff out, take pictures, knew I should have raised it but said to myself "it's just the subframe braces hitting, not the tranny pan." I was wrong.

there wasn't one big hit I remember, just a ton of little ones

sh*t happens

should get a new tranny pan tomorrow and keep the height at 22.5 up front. had it like that for the last week on my 17s and it was perfect.

**fbm93** · 09-30-2011 11:43 PM

That looks dopeeeee
Was just thinking today not many people pull off alpards REAL good

**NickBroderick** · 10-01-2011 02:33 AM

i love this

**NickBroderick** · 10-01-2011 02:34 AM

did you sell the other wheels? i want them so bad!

**krandy09** · 10-01-2011 09:49 AM

very nice OP

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