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Re: Wheel weights

To: "Chris N. Shively" <b_cshively@cox-internet.com>
Subject: Re: Wheel weights
From: David Friedlander <forzion@maine.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 20:42:17 -0400
Chris;

Whoa!  What you didn't say, Chris, is at least as interesting to me as what you
DID say! "The first one (Panasports or wheel weights?) that they sold you
didn't have the right offset." Did you get something other than zero offset? I
wasn't aware that Panasports for TR's came in anything other than zero offset.
So what happened did you dismount everything, return the "wrong offset" ones
and get new wheels? Were they the 16" Panasports?

Dave Friedlander
'74 TR6
CF25194UO
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"Chris N. Shively" wrote:

> I had the same problem with my new Panasports.  The first ones that they
> sold me didn't have the right offset.  So, when I turned the wheels to full
> lock, the suspension arms would rub the inner weights off.  You didn't say
> if your weights just came off or if you were turning at the time.  You can
> check the clearance by turning the wheel to full lock and feel around the
> rim.  You will need at least 1/4 inch because the wheel and suspension will
> flex some when you drive it. I would check it turning the wheels both ways.
>
> Chris Shively
> 69 TR6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Walter Fogle
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 2:34 PM
> To: 6Pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Wheel weights
>
> Greetings:
>
> After installation of alloy wheels it appears that the wheel weights on the
> front wheels have popped off, leaving me with wobbly wheels once again.  I
> found a wheel weight in my driveway that looks to have been scarred from
> rubbed against some suspension or frame member.  The rear weights are still
> on the wheels even though I have installed a tube shock conversion kit.
>
> (The weights are installed on the INSIDE of the new wheels for appearance
> sake.)
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem with aftermarket wheels and wheel
> weights?  Any alloy users install the weights on the outside of wheel to
> avoid the problem?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Walt Fogle
> '69 TR6, CC30689L
> Woodinville, WA
> _________________________________________________________________

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