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19th December 2010, 09:50 PM
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Winter tyre options for an S8?
My lovely, shiny, recently re-furbished 20" FE alloys are proving to have pretty much useless grip on snow with Michelin PS2 rubber.
I've been religiously working through the handbook and the only advice I can find about winter tyres is that 225/55R17 is the only tyre size approved for use on the car. No info on compatible/recommended wheels or even the basic wheel dimensions and offset? Has anybody done any research on what wheels from the Audi range will accommodate that tyre size and fit the S8 with no brake clearance issues? The front brakes don't exactly look tiny under the 20" rims, so I'm a bit concerned whether 17" wheels will actually clear everything? I'm hoping there's a fairly common run of the mill wheel option from elsewhere in the Audi range that I can pick up for not much money which will save the FE rims from getting a pasting from road salt. Cheers Adrian 
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20th December 2010, 07:12 AM
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I've had the same problem with my S8 and have just bought a second hand set of 18" wheels (I think you'd struggle to get 17" rims on the S8, but I'm not an expert. I'm waiting for some winter tyres to be fitted, but simply having more rubber has improved the grip. There was a post a week or so ago on tyres that included a link to a review on winter tyres. I'll see if I can find it and come back
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#3
20th December 2010, 07:17 AM
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Here's the link http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2359&page=3
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20th December 2010, 08:00 AM
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I have17" wheels on my PF S8 with 225/55 winter tyres. Does make a whole load of difference.
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. 
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20th December 2010, 09:56 AM
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You probably have the Teves 360mm brakes.
I have 22mm between the inside of my rims and the outside of the brake caliper that would indicate I could go down another inch maybe. The facelift S8 came with 18" wheels as standard so should go down to that. Maybe 17s. Someone with 18s could measure up and see if they would fit. 
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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#10
20th December 2010, 12:34 PM
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Obviously with winter tyres the narrower the wheel, the better - I'm guessing these are designed to go on an 8.5J rim? I guess pre-FE Avus rims would be a good choice, or some off a D3?
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