19" Rotar Alloys on A4 QTS b5

[Coltam]

Got hold of these 19 from a mate of mine
Fitted them and liked the look of them on the car BUT

When I fitted the back one , the inner part of the tyre was scratching against the arm of the suspension (as you can see in the pic)
Rotar specs
255/35/19
ET33(Rim)
What do I need to make them fit

Can I get a different arm(May be a bigger one ) ?

 

[slepy]

All you can do is try a spacer, but with 19x9"wheel, it will probably rub on the wing. You might need to have fenders rolled. Is the car lowered?

 

[Coltam]

Yeah the car is lowered

 

[aragorn]

The tyres are too large for a narrow body B5. You should be using rubber thats 630mm in diameter, and a maximum of 235 wide. In 19" that means 225/35r19, or maybe 235/35r19. To get 255's on you need widebody arches like the RS4 and a lower offset or spacers to bring the wheel out clear.

The wheels are also probably a bit too wide. and will poke out a bit, but some folk seem to like that look. The narrower tyres on the wide 9J wheel will also look a bit stupid.

 

[Coltam]

If I roll the arches and fit a spacer(20mm)
Should it fit ?

 

[aragorn]

Not with 255s it wont. Theres no arch lip to speak of on the rear of a B5 so any mods there would involve actually bending/pulling the whole arch out.

The offset is already as low as you really want to go so adding spacers isnt really what you want to be doing either.

Change the tyres and you might get them on. Thats your only option. If your not 100%, perhaps buy one part worn tyre and fit that to a rim and try it on the car and see what you think of it.

 

[Coltam]

How should 235 look on 19

 

[aragorn]

something like this:

http://data.motor-talk.de/data/galleries/0/2/9780/50992533/img-0017-3743871053810706156.JPG

 

[Coltam]

Doesn't look to bad

 

[aragorn]

yeh, worth a try i guess!

 

[Coltam]

Got the 19's fitted

 

[aragorn]

what tyres? Fronts look really stretched but the rears look ok?

 

[Coltam]

235 at the back
And 225 in front which I'm going to change for 235

 

[aragorn]

fair enough you might want to change them sooner rather than later, as the centre diff wont like that very much

Whats going on with the front end? Is that a "badboy" bonnet?

 

[Coltam]

Yeah got it like that from the previous owner

 

[Bradderz_1988]

You got any pics from a distance too show more of how the wheels look/sit ??

 

[Coltam]