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Originally Posted by Architex_mA8tey (Post 36946)

that all checks out Jake as others have said but you may well need to put 10 or 15mm spacers on your front wheels at least. Singh's 9" wheels were on a later S8 which had a slightly different brake and suspension set up to earlier FL cars and all PF cars (which yours is) - it is possible you will get some rubbing on the inner edges if you dont space them but as long as you are aware of this then its the worst case scenario that you might need to do this.

You also need to check the thickness at the hub to make sure that you dont need longer wheel bolts but again you can do this once you have the wheels there and measure against the existing ones.

Great wheels - they look great on a D2 I think one of the German A8 Freunde guys has already used them too!

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1332179429

They also fit D3's -

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1332179429

Thanks everybody for the advice, it will be delivered with the original wheel bolts, so these should be sufficient I think.

Spacing the wheels is not legal in Denmark, but with the ET37.. isn´t the wheels moved further outwards?

Looks damn good on that D2:):):) is it 20 also?... I´m guessing his tire profile might be less than 40 though;)

/Jake

In that case I would keep the new tyres to 255 35 20's that way you'll reduce risk of a wider tyre catching and as you see below the difference between those and the 18" sport wheels is minimal and within tolerances -

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1332186691

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Originally Posted by Architex_mA8tey (Post 36963)

In that case I will go with some illegal spacers instead... don´t really have a budget for another £1200 for tyres this summer:)

Cheers for the good advice, No D2 owners in Denmark it seems... atleast not advice-giving ones+++

/Jake

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Originally Posted by Jake242 (Post 36969)

Cheers for the good advice, No D2 owners in Denmark it seems... atleast not advice-giving ones+++

/Jake

Youre very welcome to stick around here! lets see some pics of the car sometime soon! :D

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Cheers for the good advice, No D2 owners in Denmark it seems... atleast not advice-giving ones

I guess it is too rare in Denmark because of price. I used to live in Denmark 2000-2003. Can't recall seeing much if any A8's back then.

I bought German import A6 C4 without Danish tax back then in auction in Vejle and there were not many A6's around either most you could see were German tourists. I paid around 40 000 DKR( in 2001) for 1994 A6 and it would have cost over another 100 000 DKR to register it in Denmark.

Anyway back to tyre size. Sergey uses higher profile 245/50R18 tyres without problems so you might get away with 265/40R20 as well just try them and you will see. If your A8 is with standard suspension then hope is higher.

I had 275 35 all round on my preface lift but the front tires were rubbing on the inside...the rears were fine..the 265 shouldnt rub on the inside...however it's whether you hit the hub knuckle at the top...the difference in rolling diameter is about at 2 cm...which means you need an extra 1cm over what I had at the top...which you might just manage...

Thanks for all the input guys, I have a positive feeling about it... :) although my past with cars has been somewhat of a mixed bag, so hopefully my luck is turning... This A8 has turned it around as of now... with no problems and just a damn joy to drive:)

Gasoline expensens, insurance and other funstuff like maintanence prices... are not gonna ruin that!

Hi Guys, just wanted to post some pictures with my new rims on... they fit!!!:)
http://share.xboxlife.dk/file/owy3yz...2zkmjrmyjy.jpg
http://share.xboxlife.dk/file/mdllog...tu4nzdjnzi.jpg

Thanks for all the advice

/Jake

I like those. Dog's danglies. +++