Ronal R8 Variations - Page 3

Teach · 20-07-09, 01:05 AM

If someone has one of the steering wheels pictured on the top of the page in good condition and would be willing to sell it to me I would be VERY grateful!

Teach · 20-07-09, 01:23 AM

Here is a set for sale with an offset of 37:

https://ssl.allegro.pl/show_item.php...054539#gallery

ZermattGT · 20-07-09, 10:04 AM

Could get the picture to pop open, but I see the listing in what Polish or Czech?
Teach, have you encountered this offset size before in your researches?

Teach · 21-07-09, 01:11 AM

Yes, I have a set.

ZermattGT · 21-07-09, 01:26 AM

Was it this bad boy Teach?

Teach · 21-07-09, 01:38 AM

No, but that would have been one heck of a project. At one time that car was offered to me for nearly nothing.

"The one that got away" was this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...1%7C240%3A1318

I contacted the seller as soon as the auction was listed. He promised to call me the next morning to verify/clarify a few things. I was ready to purchase. Despite numerous emails he never called. I was disappointed.

He may not have wanted to answer my inquiries about the car's past. It was pictured with a college sticker from Concordia College, a school in the midwest. I was aware of another identical GTI in the midwest with significant (structural) rust in some important places. He claimed that it had always been a CA car, yet had the Concordia sticker on it.

There is rust visible on the firewall in one of the listing pictures, yet he denied any rust and claimed it was "a rust preventative substance".

The car may very well have been as presented: a low-mileage, super clean Fox GTI with a few minor cosmetic issues. Even the other possibilities I mentioned would not have deterred me- I was ready to buy, but he never called.

Oh, well. I have other projects put away and am currently enjoying the free space in the garage for other non-automotive projects.

ZermattGT · 21-07-09, 02:21 AM

Whoa.
Pretty.
Did it sell?

Teach · 21-07-09, 02:25 AM

Yep.

I have emailed three times asking the seller to put me in touch with the buyer but get no reply.

ZermattGT · 21-08-09, 09:45 PM

Recently came across these photos of 2 additional size Ronal R8's.

5.5x13et38 on 4x100pcd

6x14et35 on 4x100pcd

Interestingly, this size has a modest dish. With a small spacer these could look great (like the 7's on an early Audi.

BIGGYIN · 02-10-09, 01:27 PM

20-07-09, 01:05 AM	#21
Teach Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 274	If someone has one of the steering wheels pictured on the top of the page in good condition and would be willing to sell it to me I would be VERY grateful! __________________ The vintage fleet

20-07-09, 01:23 AM	#22
Teach Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 274	Here is a set for sale with an offset of 37: https://ssl.allegro.pl/show_item.php...054539#gallery __________________ The vintage fleet

21-07-09, 01:11 AM	#24
Teach Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 274	Yes, I have a set. __________________ The vintage fleet

21-07-09, 01:38 AM	#26
Teach Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 274	No, but that would have been one heck of a project. At one time that car was offered to me for nearly nothing. "The one that got away" was this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...1%7C240%3A1318 I contacted the seller as soon as the auction was listed. He promised to call me the next morning to verify/clarify a few things. I was ready to purchase. Despite numerous emails he never called. I was disappointed. He may not have wanted to answer my inquiries about the car's past. It was pictured with a college sticker from Concordia College, a school in the midwest. I was aware of another identical GTI in the midwest with significant (structural) rust in some important places. He claimed that it had always been a CA car, yet had the Concordia sticker on it. There is rust visible on the firewall in one of the listing pictures, yet he denied any rust and claimed it was "a rust preventative substance". The car may very well have been as presented: a low-mileage, super clean Fox GTI with a few minor cosmetic issues. Even the other possibilities I mentioned would not have deterred me- I was ready to buy, but he never called. Oh, well. I have other projects put away and am currently enjoying the free space in the garage for other non-automotive projects. __________________ The vintage fleet

21-07-09, 02:25 AM	#28
Teach Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 274	Yep. I have emailed three times asking the seller to put me in touch with the buyer but get no reply. __________________ The vintage fleet

20-07-09, 10:04 AM	#23
ZermattGT Quad Lamp Commando Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Massachusetts, U.S.A. Posts: 4,299	Could get the picture to pop open, but I see the listing in what Polish or Czech? Teach, have you encountered this offset size before in your researches?

21-07-09, 01:26 AM	#25
ZermattGT Quad Lamp Commando Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Massachusetts, U.S.A. Posts: 4,299	Was it this bad boy Teach?

21-07-09, 02:21 AM	#27
ZermattGT Quad Lamp Commando Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Massachusetts, U.S.A. Posts: 4,299	Whoa. Pretty. Did it sell?

21-08-09, 09:45 PM	#29
ZermattGT Quad Lamp Commando Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Massachusetts, U.S.A. Posts: 4,299	Recently came across these photos of 2 additional size Ronal R8's. 5.5x13et38 on 4x100pcd 6x14et35 on 4x100pcd Interestingly, this size has a modest dish. With a small spacer these could look great (like the 7's on an early Audi.

02-10-09, 01:27 PM	#30
BIGGYIN 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Merseyside Posts: 7,976	My Ronals-7Jx15 H2 E42

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