Dave Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Reading the first reports of problems with the RS6 alloys?? Not wide spread and not sure of any consequences yet but will keep ear to the ground Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 How do the wheels become 'bendy', I know there was alot of discussion on the RS4 bendy wheels, but how is it caused and what does a bendy wheel look like, I'm thinking 'buckled'..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Yes, buckled would be a better term for it... It's due to two main factors I'm lead to believe.. the compound of which the wheel is made.. Alloy is softer than steel and also the sort of profile tyres being used. Some tyres can actually give strenght to the rims, but too thin a profile and this means the rims can suffer damage from road imperfections. I don't think that this will develop into anything big like the RS4, but we'll have to sit back and see Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Reading the first reports of problems with the RS6 alloys?? [/ QUOTE ] Argh! Where have you heard that news? Presumably it relates only to the 19 inch wheels. I've ordered the 18 inch rims, so I hope that I'll be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Here's one of the first reports: RS246 : Bent wheels Looks like Barry has two bent front wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 You've got to bear in mind RS6 owners are more likely to check too? I mean how many other performance car drivers check to see if their wheels are buckled - even slightly? I'm not saying they have bent wheels too but I can't imagine Audi would be damm stupid enough to repeat the same problem that cost them so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS4_Barry Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Actually I thought it was something daft like a sticky balance weight had come off the wheel - didn't know they were bent until they were put on the balancing machine and the wobbled about ..... not to worry got new ones anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.