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RE: Elan lust abatement

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Subject: RE: Elan lust abatement
From: "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 03:36:57 -0700
Dave Billings asked:
> One question:  Why the different front and rear rims?

Ahhh...  Now THAT is an interesting question.

Fred has a set of four 13x6 bolt-on Minilite (Aluminum, *not* Mag) 
wheels that come with the car. 

On the car, it has the Minilites in the back, with a pair of US Mag 
13x6 formula libres on the front.  The reason for this, is that Fred 
was not able to fit the 185 60/13 Yoko A001R's (remember those?) on 
the front without PRECISELY the right wheel offset, and the US libres 
worked better for this (although they still need a spacer).

I would dearly love to find another pair of these US libre four spoke 
Magnesium 13x6 wheels.  Anyone got any ideas about where to look for 
them?

Regards,
Erik Berg


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