H & R trak + wheel spacers

[Singh]

20mm each side on the rear. I wouldn't bother on the front unless your increasing the width of your tyres.

Once you have the spacers installed, follow your car in another and check how PHAT it looks.

[Architex_mA8tey]

If you want to do the front at all Rich I would measure the offset from the edge of the wheel to the arch and decide how far you want to move the fronts out then acquire the spacers accordingly. on the 9" final edition Avus's it will be 15mm max, on the 8,5" then it may take 20mm or even 25mm
My view is it looks better with the back a bit wider than the front for that slightly staggered look

[Ricky22buk]

Excuse my ignorance here but does everyone use spacers, even on the original genuine 8.5 or 9" rims ? I assumed they would be right without spacers, and if thats not the case I shouldn't even consider this next option ....

As good condition straight originals are like hens teeth, I had been looking for a 20" replica alloy set but can only find them made in an 8" rim, so I'm guessing I'd need a dam big spacer for that rim. I am now confused and not sure what to go for now as I've never liked the idea of spacers too due to the increased load on components !!!!!!!!!

[Singh]

Photo is a bit dark but 99% of us here don't need spacers. We just put them on to look cool.

[HPsauce]

I think you just like twisting your ankle by stepping into the gap between car and kerb....

[adjuster]

I don't know what the maker's brand name would be in England, but here, "Sport Edition" makes a 20"x10" wide rim that will fit the D2 and D3.

I bought them for my 2004 A8L from Tire Rack. They told me it was the only way they would sell me 275 wide tires, to put them on 10" wide rims.

And they could not say for sure if the front would fit, but they sold them for the back. (They fit perfect, and needed no spacers, did widen the track front and rear, and with the wider tires, and track, really made the 2004 handle much better than it did on it's stock 18" rims. (That I put 255 wide Blizzak LM60 snow tires on.)

The downside is they are heavy, and the 275 wide tires are expensive. (About 100.00 USD more per tire than what I just bought new Conti's for in 255/30 20 on 8.5" wide BremmerKraft wheels.)

Here it was over 1240.00 for just new tires, or just over 1450.00 for new wheels and tires, so that's a no brainer for me, since I figure I can sell the set I have with the tire pressure sensors to a D3 owner for the difference easy.

The A8/S8 looks awesome with 275's on there, but really you don't need that sort of traction on a day to day driver. 255's are fine. (And they fit on 8.5" wide rims easy, with plenty of side wall to protect the rim too.)

Here you can see how much they stick out on my 2001 S8.

[adjuster]

One more thing, the 20x10 rims, and 275 tires, ended up being a PITA every time I used a automatic car wash. (And the ones where you are pushed along by the rear wheel on a track.. it's even worse.)

You are either exactly right, or you are scraping a rim.

So no fun there at all.

After a while, I just put the INSIDE rim where it would scrape, and drop the wheel into the track, saving the outside of the wheel... Worked good, but it was a steep learning curve.

yes, that means these wheels have some curb rash, from automatated car wash gear...

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by adjuster

I used a automatic car wash.

You can be banned for that sort of abuse here in UK.

[briang9]

[Architex_mA8tey]

Yikes