20's on an RS3

p90dly · Jul 21, 2021

Hi all,

So as title suggests, thinking of getting some 20's for my RS3. Love the standard wheels but they are the chrome 19's and i would prefer the black version of them.

Unfortunately, to get genuine black RS3 alloys seem to be either not available, or a fortune to buy.

So my thoughts are, if im gonna end up with aftermarket wheels, is it worth going up in size to feel the arches abit more.

For reference, our car is a 2019.

any input appreciated.

8YARWY · Jul 21, 2021

p90dly said:
Hi all,

So as title suggests, thinking of getting some 20's for my RS3. Love the standard wheels but they are the chrome 19's and i would prefer the black version of them.

Unfortunately, to get genuine black RS3 alloys seem to be either not available, or a fortune to buy.

So my thoughts are, if im gonna end up with aftermarket wheels, is it worth going up in size to feel the arches abit more.

For reference, our car is a 2019.

any input appreciated.

20’s on Uk roads, brave man indeed.

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p90dly · Jul 21, 2021

T-1000 said:
20’s on Uk roads, brave man indeed.

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What makes you say that?? (Excuse my naivety)

I had 20’s on our last car (Q3) with low profile tyres with no issues.......

NevMan · Jul 21, 2021

p90dly said:
What makes you say that?? (Excuse my naivety)

I had 20’s on our last car (Q3) with low profile tyres with no issues.......

Q3 will always give a softer ride than RS3, just like 21”s are fine on Q5’s etc, but adaptive suspension helps a lot too.

Why mot go some really nice 19”s and re-use the tyres

p90dly · Jul 21, 2021

NevMan said:
Q3 will always give a softer ride than RS3, just like 21”s are fine on Q5’s etc, but adaptive suspension helps a lot too.

Why mot go some really nice 19”s and re-use the tyres

Our car does have mag ride, so assume that would help??
As for getting 19’s, I’m not against it, just feel 20’s would look abit better.
Tyre wise, my plan was to either sell the current 19’s with tyres, but more likely put them to one side as a spare set.

8YARWY · Jul 21, 2021

p90dly said:
What makes you say that?? (Excuse my naivety)

I had 20’s on our last car (Q3) with low profile tyres with no issues.......

We don’t have the best of roads really.
Coupled with hard suspension and 30 series tyres it’ll be a bone shaker.
A friend had 20’s on his 8V and after a month one was buckled and he couldn’t put up with the ride quality.

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Cheggers · Jul 21, 2021

Agreed our roads are total spine breakers,my local council has decided to save money on repairing the huge number of potholes and spending it on building more speed humps ,if you want to fill the arches to the max ,19s + spacers + drop :thumbs up:

richard2761 · Jul 22, 2021

I fitted 20s to my 2019 rs3. I wanted the oem look and fitted alloys from a q5 in the same style, with 30 series tyres. The car was firm to being with, as it has fixed suspension. The wheels made a marginal difference. I would fit them again given the choice

ANoor85 · Jul 23, 2021

p90dly said:
Hi all,

So as title suggests, thinking of getting some 20's for my RS3. Love the standard wheels but they are the chrome 19's and i would prefer the black version of them.

Unfortunately, to get genuine black RS3 alloys seem to be either not available, or a fortune to buy.

So my thoughts are, if im gonna end up with aftermarket wheels, is it worth going up in size to feel the arches abit more.

For reference, our car is a 2019.

any input appreciated.

Can you powder coat your current wheels? Mine came with the standard silver 19" rotors. Got audi to coat them gloss black.

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flybynite · Jul 23, 2021

Yes get a proper place to ease the diamond-cut edges and get them painted or powder coated the colour you want.

That is what I did

p90dly · Feb 20, 2022

Cheggers said:
Agreed our roads are total spine breakers,my local council has decided to save money on repairing the huge number of potholes and spending it on building more speed humps ,if you want to fill the arches to the max ,19s + spacers + drop

Can you drop the suspension with mag ride without affecting it?

p90dly · Feb 20, 2022

richard2761 said:
I fitted 20s to my 2019 rs3. I wanted the oem look and fitted alloys from a q5 in the same style, with 30 series tyres. The car was firm to being with, as it has fixed suspension. The wheels made a marginal difference. I would fit them again given the choiceView attachment 240140

What size tyres are you/were you running on these wheels??

flybynite · Feb 21, 2022

p90dly said:
Can you drop the suspension with mag ride without affecting it?

No, but all you have to do is get the zero datum re-set on the mag ride to stop it fighting itself. Unless you drop too much and the dampers go out of range.

You can measure the values with VCDS but the zero reset needs to be done with VAS, so either dealership or good specialist

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