A2Steve
A2OC Donor
I've got a set of these available with nearly new tyres, but unfortunately they have been painted black.
Information Changing from sport to pepperpot wheels 90bhp ATL
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What price are they Steve?
Cenick
A2OC Donor
I also have a set with 2 new tyres and 2 good ones, these were powder coated black but are now silver 
and I could part with them to lower my wheel count 
Edit - I’m not trying to complete with Steve and I’ll add to the market if I decide to sell them here.
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and I could part with them to lower my wheel count 
Edit - I’m not trying to complete with Steve and I’ll add to the market if I decide to sell them here.
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Please don't mention 'wheel count' ????I also have a set with 2 new tyres and 2 good ones, these were powder coated black but are now silver
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Yellow_Peril
Member
Really glad to hear it feels more nimble and improves ride comfort - I'm looking to do similar by moving away from a set of 17's - Perhaps too early to tell, but have you noticed any difference in fuel economy?
CrispyEdd
Member
The economy seems the same so far, the thing is im now on winter tyres and its been cold and wet since, so maybe thats a sign its slightly better. I reckon it will be 2mpg better at most. As an overal summary every aspect apart from the aesthetics (pre spacers) are postives ones. Im averaging 57.4mpg with a really well mixed driving route of motorway 50% country lane 25% and town 25% with a cold engine hill for a minute twice a day
Yellow_Peril
Member
Sounds good to me, always good if we can remove a bit of unsprung weight - which is my main goal
Seb_Gurkyh
Member
Personally, after running Pepperpots with 185/55 winter tires this season, I found them almost too light and floaty, especially on the motorway.
There's little lane stability(? - the opposite of "on rails") and the steering is too light for my taste.
While I suppose they're not a lot worse than my previous winter wheels (see post #9, the 15" OEM ones that are rare in the UK but everywhere in Germany) which were somewhat heavier, the pepperpots also don't much feel like an improvement.
Fuel economy-wise, I'm seeing barely any difference between summer 17s with budget 205s and Pepperpots with brand new Dunlop Winter Responses either. (the latter though might be part of the problem... - though reviewed favourably, they're neither economic nor quiet - they make a right racket, really - so I wouldnt put it past them to fall short in more areas)
Can't wait to swap back to 205 17s for the summer and may well look into different wheel&tyre options for next winter season.
(Mind that this is coming from someone who on a 1.4 was using wheels even heavier than the OEM S-Line/"RS4" wheels, possibly costing them a thousand-euro replacement steering rack ?)
I do like the painted centercaps on the Pepperpots in #1 though, they look a bit more "fresh" to me than the usual dark gray
There's little lane stability(? - the opposite of "on rails") and the steering is too light for my taste.
While I suppose they're not a lot worse than my previous winter wheels (see post #9, the 15" OEM ones that are rare in the UK but everywhere in Germany) which were somewhat heavier, the pepperpots also don't much feel like an improvement.
Fuel economy-wise, I'm seeing barely any difference between summer 17s with budget 205s and Pepperpots with brand new Dunlop Winter Responses either. (the latter though might be part of the problem... - though reviewed favourably, they're neither economic nor quiet - they make a right racket, really - so I wouldnt put it past them to fall short in more areas)
Can't wait to swap back to 205 17s for the summer and may well look into different wheel&tyre options for next winter season.
(Mind that this is coming from someone who on a 1.4 was using wheels even heavier than the OEM S-Line/"RS4" wheels, possibly costing them a thousand-euro replacement steering rack ?)
I do like the painted centercaps on the Pepperpots in #1 though, they look a bit more "fresh" to me than the usual dark gray
CrispyEdd
Member
Good to get different opinion, I agree with motorway drifting, road noise too but this is more down to the winter rubber. I think a fair comparison would be to judge them on summer or normal tyres really.Personally, after running Pepperpots with 185/55 winter tires this season, I found them almost too light and floaty, especially on the motorway.
There's little lane stability(? - the opposite of "on rails") and the steering is too light for my taste.
While I suppose they're not a lot worse than my previous winter wheels (see post #9, the 15" OEM ones that are rare in the UK but everywhere in Germany) which were somewhat heavier, the pepperpots also don't much feel like an improvement.
Fuel economy-wise, I'm seeing barely any difference between summer 17s with budget 205s and Pepperpots with brand new Dunlop Winter Responses either. (the latter though might be part of the problem... - though reviewed favourably, they're neither economic nor quiet - they make a right racket, really - so I wouldnt put it past them to fall short in more areas)
Can't wait to swap back to 205 17s for the summer and may well look into different wheel&tyre options for next winter season.
(Mind that this is coming from someone who on a 1.4 was using wheels even heavier than the OEM S-Line/"RS4" wheels, possibly costing them a thousand-euro replacement steering rack ?)
I do like the painted centercaps on the Pepperpots in #1 though, they look a bit more "fresh" to me than the usual dark gray
Yellow_Peril
Member
Yep looks there's a lot down to personal preference - I'm on budget 205x17's and ive just today realised how sensitive these cars are to tyre pressures. Turned out my fronts were a little low (only 25ish) - Just gone to 32 all round, as I'm often laden with a full boot, and its transformed the low-mid speed ride quality (always thought it was fine on the motorway) - to the point where I'm now considering keeping pepper pots for winter wheels, and looking for a set of really lightweight 17's for summer/aesthetics.
Bizarre as I thought a slightly softer tyre would help a little and in effect become a third damper. Appeared to have the opposite effect.
CrispyEdd
Member
Interesting, I used to check mine a lot because of the bumps. Modern 17 from a seat or the audi a3 look good ? personally will keep mine for summer or when if I sell ever. Its just I do 15 miles a day of proper country lanes and it gets tiresome. Now I can have some fun and find the dirt and hang on!
cheechy
A2OC Donor
Just to add from my POV - I did attempt to add 15mm hub centric spacers onto my pepperpots a couple of years back but one was ripped in half very quickly. I was told this was due to the wheel centre hub having to have an amount of overhang once the spacer was installed - i seem to remember 11mm being mentioned?
Not at all sure if this is true or not but thus far I've only got token 5mm spacers on the back at the moment.
Not at all sure if this is true or not but thus far I've only got token 5mm spacers on the back at the moment.
CrispyEdd
Member
Not quite sure I follow? The spacer or the wheel broke?
DuncanA2
Member
Funny thing is that this same wheel has been issued for the A3 8L of the era. Difference is the width of 6J (8L) instead of 5,5J (8Z). And the weight of 5,7kg (8L) instead of 6,5 ish kg (8Z) for the original A2 wheel. I have both so can assure they will fit.
Joga
A2OC Donor
I too have a set of the 6" A3 wheel of that type. But I assumed the 6" would be the slightly heavier of the two, compared to the 5.5"?Funny thing is that this same wheel has been issued for the A3 8L of the era. Difference is the width of 6J (8L) instead of 5,5J (8Z). And the weight of 5,7kg (8L) instead of 6,5 ish kg (8Z) for the original A2 wheel. I have both so can assure they will fit.
kp 115
A2OC Donor
They do!
bretti_kivi
Member
Suggestion: Geometry. Ask to have 1 degree toe in added, made a huge difference to my car.