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Thanks for bringing that up. I read about that issue only after buying the car and have since not find any detail about it.
Indeed there seems to have been a change for year 98 and up and only those years are allowed to run 18" wheels. This seems a bit odd as these would not give significantly more load on the suspension. There are many 97 models with 18"out there and I have yet to read about any actual issue / failure.
For the moment I am not worried due to lack of massive failure reported. Also no recall of whatever sort for the 97 models. It seems a bit of a theoretical issue rather than a practical one. The Audi V8 weighs in about the same as the M96. With AC and PS removed I don't expect any weight increase at all. Surely it will need to put some more power down.
That said, it would be really interesting to know what the potential weak point is and how it is resolved. I'll take the car apart anyway and it could provide an opportunity to strengthen any known weak point. So if some factual info is out there, it would be great!
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