Re: Rim replacement anyone?

[srubano@xxxx]

Sacha,

Talk to Dan (DanRC30, on this list) he had replaced his rims with 
aftermarket ones. He custom made some spacers to fit behind the rims 
so that they fit perfectly on the car.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Sacha Prins <sacha@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm considering putting new rims on my DeLorean. For that the rim-
shop
> needs some offset values for the new rims to fit that I and they
> probably don't know. I believe they call it a "t value" but I can be
> mistaken. I had the plan to put 16" front and 17" rear rims on the 
car
> (instead of the standard 15" and 16") to make it look purdy, but 
before
> I do that I was wondering if anyone on the list had experience 
replacing
> the standard rims with new ones, and if that so called "t value"
> (offset) is known so that I can tell the rim-shop people.
> 
> I will ofcourse keep the old standard rims in storage for 
originality.
> 
> If anyone can tell me more about this I will be much obliged. The 
Yahoo
> Groups search facility is not very helpful when searching for "rim" 
or
> "rims".
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sacha
> 
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