A3 wheels on a A4 Quattro Sport

[b00zehound]

Hi,
I have ended up with a set of 5 spoke 17" A3 alloys (et56) 5x112. Can I fit these ok with spacers on an A4? I believe these alloys in the correct fittment are ET45
looking through some threads it seems to be popular to offset the front/rear so was thinking a 20mm at the back and 15mm at the front, or 15mm rear , 10mm front?

Anyone had any experience of this?

 

[CMD]

As long as you us hub centric spacer's and longer bolt's you should be fine.. I use spacer's on mine ET44 + 15mm spacer rear's and ET44+ 10mm spacer up front.

 

[BahnStormer77]

But NOT too long on the bolts or you'll shred the ABS rings!

 

[Xattica]

Hi,
At the end what do you do? I'm thinking about some A3 sport wheels (et57) 17" for my A4 B5 Avant. What spacers and bolt you used?

Thanks.

 

[b00zehound]

Hi
In the end I used the wheels (et56) with a 15mm spacer all round. Wheels just sit nice in the arches now. They have a very slighty , more modern look than the same alloys with the correct a4 fitment. I don't know if there is a slight difference in the design.
Be careful as I believe the b5 uses a different standard offset than the b6.

Was supposed to be a cheap set of wheels that didn't work out so cheap in the end after £100 for spacers! We live and learn

 

[Xattica]

Thanks for the info.
The B5 OEM offset is 45mm. Currently I'm on OEM 15" (205/60). But, the wheels can be used without spacer or the rubbering is too much?? At the end I'm plannning go with 15-20mm spacer, but later.

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