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You're right Baka, the rear does looked quite pumped. Though that's strange as stuartm's picture above doesn't seem high at the back. Plus still can't understand why it's makes such a difference, when diameter of the 16,17 & 18s are all the same.... Just the profile vs wheel size differential.The car I bought today has 18's on standard sports suspension:
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Definitely looks a bit high at the back!
That makes sense why the above pics look different, didn't realise S-line sat 25mm lower. In that case will have to look at 17" Wheels as don't want to drop the suspension. Thank for the info, appreciated.Probably would sit quite high then, I've got 18's on mine and i like the look of it but mine is s line so as standard it sits 25mm lower than yours.
Yeah if it's standard model then a sport model is 15mm lower than standard and s line is 25mm lower than standard.That makes sense why the above pics look different, didn't realise S-line sat 25mm lower. In that case will have to look at 17" Wheels as don't want to drop the suspension. Thank for the info, appreciated.
Excuse my ignorance, but it's an SE. Is that Standard Edition or Sport Edition??Yeah if it's standard model then a sport model is 15mm lower than standard and s line is 25mm lower than standard.
Excuse my ignorance, but it's an SE. Is that Standard Edition or Sport Edition??
This is my A3 with 17" and standard suspension before lowering.You're right Baka, the rear does looked quite pumped. Though that's strange as stuartm's picture above doesn't seem high at the back. Plus still can't understand why it's makes such a difference, when diameter of the 16,17 & 18s are all the same.... Just the profile vs wheel size differential.
Any more pics by chance?
You're right Baka, the rear does looked quite pumped. Though that's strange as stuartm's picture above doesn't seem high at the back. Plus still can't understand why it's makes such a difference, when diameter of the 16,17 & 18s are all the same.... Just the profile vs wheel size differential.
Any more pics by chance?
I had the same feeling when I replaced stock 16" wheels with 17s. It's an optical illusion. Low profile tyres have less sidewall hight and when this hight is equal or less than the gap between the tyre and the fender, our eyes (or brain) add some additional hight, despite nothing changes actually. Lowering helps.I'm also new here and seen this post. Added new wheels to mine yesterday now looks like a monster truck!
I'll be honest i didn't measure the hight before and after. But tbh if you do the maths it wouldn't make a difference as the tyre is lower in profile... i went from 225 45 17 to 225 40 18. The diameter of the overall wheel is practically the same. So it shouldn't effect ride hight.So is there any difference in height now ???
I had the same feeling when I replaced stock 16" wheels with 17s. It's an optical illusion. Low profile tyres have less sidewall hight and when this hight is equal or less than the gap between the tyre and the fender, our eyes (or brain) add some additional hight, despite nothing changes actually. Lowering helps.
Hi all, as the title suggests I'm interested in seeing (pictures ideally) if and how A3 looks with 18" alloys with no suspension mods.
I really want the A3 S-line 18" standard alloys (pictured) on my A3 but prefer not to mod the suspension if I can help it.