Audi Tuning | VW Tuning

Oliver stopped by to say hello and shoot the breeze with us as it had been a while since we had seen him. Oliver has been bringing his cars to Achtuning to satisfy his performance needs for many years now and his most recent car, a B7 Audi A4 2.0T was brought to us last Fall the day he took delivery of the car to receive an APR chip, STaSIS Streetsport Coil-Overs, and 19″ RS4-style wheels. (car shown below with his stock, winter wheels)

He had been drooling over the S5-styled Hartmann HS5 – 209 Wheels since the day we brought it in and when he had announced his recent engagement to his better-half, we were compelled to make him an offer we knew he couldn’t refuse. 10-minutes later…

Wrapping 235/35-19 Falken FK452 tires around the 19×8.5 (et38) Hartmann 209 Wheels and swapping Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors over from the stock wheels took no time, and within the next hour Oliver was on his way home to show the wife-to-be the “new shoes”. (Don’t worry, she approved!)

Hartmann 209 Wheels:

• 19×8.5 et38
• $295.00 ea.

This Mk5 Jetta from Campbell Nelson VW was brought to us today. The new owner of the vehicle arranged to have his Hartmann Wheel purchase worked into the deal with his sales representative and the car was brought to us prior to vehicle pick-up.

The weapon of choice for this Mk5 is the Hartmann HS8-454 Wheel, a style commonly found on D3 S8s and B7 S4s. Opting for an 18″ wheel, all-season Falken 912 tires in 225/40-18 were mounted and balanced prior to installation.

The 47mm offset was selected in the 18×8 Hartmann HS8-454 Wheels which is a VW Mk5-friendly stance, allowing for plenty of brake clearance and staying well within the fender. Campbell Nelson is also sending the customer back to us later to have us install Neuspeed Sport Springs which will bring both front and rear arches about 1.5″ down from where it sits now.

Updated pictures with the new lowered stance to come soon!!

H&R spacers allow you to change the stance of your vehicle by pushing the wheel away from your hub by the thickness of the selected spacer. Longer wheel bolts are then used to accommodate for the extra “space” and bolt the wheel to the hub with the spacer in between. H&R spacers are many times installed only to make an aesthetic difference and change vehicle stance but there are some instances where H&R spacers are needed for specific wheels and their offsets to clear suspension components. Take Brandon’s black mk4 1.8T GTI for example…

In order to run these specific 18×8.5, 35mm offset wheels at the height his car sits with his FK coil-overs, 10mm hubcentric H&R spacers were required to push the inside of the wheel and tire away from the suspension components. This allowed Brandon to keep the extreme lowered stance he was after.

Consequently the outer clearance between tire and fender is minimized accordingly so care has to be used on tight cornering or hard bumps to keep the 225/40 tire from hitting the fender. Brandon has plans to roll his front fenders to give the tires additional clearance. And since the fronts were pushed out, the rear wheels naturally had to get pushed out as well to match the front stance and H&R’s 15mm spacers were selected. This aggressive stance completely transforms the look of the GTI and goes to show how much a car’s looks can change with such a small and simple modification.

Achtuning stocks a wide variety of H&R Wheel Spacers, ranging from 5mm on up to 30mm for VW and Audi applications and we offer free shipping. We also stock 4×100, 5×100, and 5×112 H&R Wheel Adapters that enable you to run 5×130 Porsche wheels or even some 5×120 BMW wheels for you 5×100 guys. Contact us directly if you have any fitment questions!