[6pack] tr6 wheels

[Robert Lang]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, john doe wrote:

> gm all 18 racing .com are selling what appear to me as the same as 
> panasport

WHO??

Sorry - I  tried putting together lots of combos of gm all 18 racing.com 
and came up empty.

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.

Those are all reasonable wheels although to my untrained eye the Panasport 
is the strongest construction of the bunch.

> 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

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,

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.

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.

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.

> ralph from ny

regards,
Bob from Boston
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