The web site is 18racing.com.
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From: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: john doe <rccpl1@yahoo.com>
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 10:46 am
Subject: Re: [6pack] tr6 wheels
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, john doe wrote:?
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> gm all 18 racing .com are selling what appear to me as the same as
> panasport?
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WHO???
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Sorry - I tried putting together lots of combos of gm all 18 racing.com
and came up empty.?
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The most common Minilite replicas out there are Panasport, but there's a
LOT of folks with Superlite (vtoperformance.com), Koenig (model name
Rewind) and ARE even re-released the Silverstone which was pretty much the
original Minilite replica back in the day.?
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Those are all reasonable wheels although to my untrained eye the Panasport
is the strongest construction of the bunch.?
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> has anyone delt with them or know of the quality i'm thinking
> of going with the 16's would i need spacers any help appreciated thanks?
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If you go to 16's, you should not need spacers UNLESS you get something
other than zero offset or perhaps up to about +12mm offset,?
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If you do wind up with spacers, you can use spacers up to about 3/8" and
still get a few threads' engagement with the lugnuts (assuming you don't
get wheels with very thick castings). Any more thickness with the spacer
and you MUST lengthen the studs.?
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16's are larger diameter than 15's (sorry for the obvious), so the
"normal" interference point uf the upper a-arm becomes a non-factor.
Larger positive offsets will get you into possible interference with the
front sway bar (only at full steering lock) and with either / or the outer
edge of the rear trailing arm and the upper bump stop "hump" on the rear
inner wheel well.?
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Assuming 16x7 rims, I'd recommend 225/60-16's for the tires. These are
withing a percent or so of the original tire diameter. They're a lot wider
(close to 2") than stock, but they will transform the handling. Really.?
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> ralph from ny?
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regards,?
Bob from Boston?
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