Winter wheels on!

PeteZ06 · Nov 22, 2015

Sorry for the crappy pic... my phone camera lens cover broke and it developed all these artifacts now.

We got 12" of snow yesterday.

Firestone Winterforce tires.
Older Audi A6 16" wheels.

PhunkFX · Nov 25, 2015

Nooo.... winter mode noooooooooo! Just did mine now as well!

Wheels: Audi B5 A4 10 Spoke 16x7
Tires: General Arctic Altimax 205/55/16
Spacers: 15mm Front, 25mm Rear
Suspension: Factory 18" Sport Package Suspension Calibration (S-Line)

No snow has hit us in the Hudson Valley of NY, but our temps are dropping. In the low 20s every night now. If we get a couple of inches here an there, I'd be surprised. We are forecast for our major snow to start hitting us in late December and early January through March. Best of luck to you out there Pete.

PeteZ06 · Nov 25, 2015

Those General winter wheels are the bomb!! I ran them for years on a RWD GS400, never got stuck, even when we got 18" overnight about 5 years ago. Car is looking good!!

PhunkFX · Nov 25, 2015

Thanks Pete! So is your car! And excellent to hear about the tires. They are a good bang for the buck!

Terry270 · Nov 30, 2015

Did you guys transfer over your tpms sensors or are you living with the light(s) during winter? I put on some rs4 reps the other day and completely forgot about the sensors :banghead:

PhunkFX · Nov 30, 2015

Hmm... my car doesn't have a TPS sensor in any of the wheels. TPS is monitored by the ABS system by counting revolutions of each wheel. So no worry about that stuff for us.

PeteZ06 · Nov 30, 2015

Correct.. no TPS needed. I didn't realize that, so I did install them in my summer 18" wheels

My winter 16" wheels have no sensors.

Terry270 · Dec 1, 2015

That's weird I wonder if they did that for 2011 and later?

PeteZ06 · Dec 1, 2015

I have 4 sensors in case you need them and want to buy a set.

Terry270 · Dec 1, 2015

PeteZ06 said:
I have 4 sensors in case you need them and want to buy a set.

Did some searching and appears I can change the coding in the ecm to the newer style of monitoring tire pressure through abs!

I'll take you up on that if I can't get it to work though thanks!

PeteZ06 · Dec 1, 2015

Sounds good. I bought them prematurely for my winter wheels and later found out I don't need them

Matatk · Feb 11, 2016

I've had these on since December, finally took a picture.

-Volkswagen Speedline SL1244 Rims 5x112 16x7 ET45
-Continental ExtremeWinterContact 205/55R16

Here they are on the car:

The only thing is that they are VW specific center caps (one piece), and it is molded in. So I bought a small piece of silver vinyl and wrapped the center caps. I think it looks better that way.

Original center caps:

After:

PeteZ06 · Feb 11, 2016

Very nice... they look very similar to my A6 16" wheels.

Matatk · Feb 12, 2016

Thanks. I've noticed a lot of the rims are similar. I like them, I think they match the car well.

PhunkFX · Mar 3, 2016

How are you guys doing with fuel economy? I'm about at rock bottom for my economy... good think fuel is cheap right now. My fuel warning light comes on at about 480 miles on the tank.

How about you guys?

PeteZ06 · Mar 3, 2016

I noticed a HUGE difference based on where I buy my diesel.. At a Mobil station a few times I averaged only right around 40mpg.. but if I get it at a Meijers then I'm right back up at 45mpg... Dependent on my driving I'm still getting 550-6xx per tank.

PhunkFX · Mar 3, 2016

Ah ok, I'm not terribly far off. I wonder if I need a fuel filter and if that has anything to do with it?

The quality of fuel in NY is fairly poor and expensive. I think it is just the fuel and the time of year. I also notice a difference between where I get my fuel, Sunoco is usually good for me, but not this last tank.

PeteZ06 · Mar 3, 2016

I do a fuel filter change every 20K miles.

PhunkFX · Mar 3, 2016

PeteZ06 said:
I do a fuel filter change every 20K miles.

Oh boy really? For pump health? Piece of mind? Or does it affect performance and/or economy that much?

I bought my car at 27k, its about to hit 47k and I do not know if a fuel filter has been done before I purchased it... let alone KNOWING I haven't done one.

Hmm...

PeteZ06 · Mar 3, 2016

Yup.. for all those reasons... Its a $10 filter and 30 minute job. I do oil changes every 10K miles with Fuchs Synthetic.. so every other oil change I swap out the fuel filter.

Diverb · Mar 3, 2016

I do my fuel filter on all my diesels with every oil change. Fuel filters are far cheaper than injectors

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