Re: Rim replacement anyone?

["Dan RC30" <Danrc30@xxxx>]

Sacha,

You wanna see 16" & 17" wheels? Well check out this link.

http://24.189.72.26/dmc/

Click on the "scrap book" link, and then on "Dan D". That's my car, and I've 
had them on for about a year now with no ill effects. (I did all the 
conversions on my car myself.) And I drive my car. I guess I have about 8k 
miles on those new wheels and tires. I've also pushed it pretty hard in the 
turns too. No problems with clearance. The only thing I don't like is that 
it seems very easy to make the Pirelli P7000ss tires squeal. Maybe it's just 
me pushing the car hard in the turns, but I don't think so. I'll try another 
brand once I wear these out :).

---Dan




Message: 4
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:32:08 -0000
From: "Sacha Prins" <sacha@xxxx>
Subject: Re: Rim replacement anyone?

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Tom Niemczewski" <tomcio@xxxx> wrote:
> > 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
<SNIP>
> Sacha, Original rims are 14" front and 15" rear.
>
> Tom Niemczewski

That's what I meant... I want to replace with 15" and 16" instead of
the standard 14" and 15". 16" and 17" might be an otion but I wonder
if there would be room for that and if that looks nice at all.

So far there is pretty little info on this subject. Probably because
not many people have their rims replaced. The only thing so far was
pointed out to me by a local owner:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Street/3391/

However I'd love to know the offset values so that I can shop here
which would be more cost effective. Perhaps I'll give mr. Kay a call
to see what he is willing to share on this info.

Sacha

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