[DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping

[John Maffeo]

Kodiak makes a "street" version of their racing wheels. They claim that by using bigger 5/16 bolts to hold the 3 pieces together, that they will stand up to the rigors of street driving. This has been my experience. I have had my wheels for 3 years and have over 3,000 miles on them including driving from Seattle to Monterey, various other trips and lots of driving on our fine city's not so fine pot-hole ridden streets. So far, I have not had any issues. I hope that others chime in on this one to share their experiences. I know there have been several group buys of Kodiak wheels and that some of Larry Stock's wheels are made by Kodiak. What say you?
 
 
John

--- On Thu, 10/9/08, astephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:

From: astephens <artstephens at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping
To: JDeRyke at aol.com, johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12:14 PM

Jack,
     The weight savings has got to be tempting for you?  When I bought 4268, 
It had Gotti three piece wheels?  I never had a problem with them but I was 
also running 50 series rubber on the 15 and 16 inch wheels.  Maybe I 
wouldn't have been so lucky with 40 series tires?


Art




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <artstephens at charter.net>; <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>; 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping


In a message dated 10/9/08 11:16:13 AM, artstephens at charter.net writes:

> Being stuck in the middle of nowhere with a bad wheel does not sound like
> fun. What is the experience of people out there? How many guys have 
> damaged
> a wheel to the point that it wouldn't hold air?
>
That sort of thing happens to three-piece bolt-together wheels and those
welded ones that use spun aluminum rim-halves. Curbs, speed bumps and 
chuckholes
are your enemies with 'racing' wheels on the street. Most recently, a
Hall
'Ultra 2'   12x 17 rear split around the circumference of the bead- in
a 
driveway
after a fast 50 mile trip. Hall has no parts & the OEM mfgr is no longer in
business so the owner is now looking for a pair of replacements of another 
type
so he can salvage his good tire$. The bolt-togethers also have additional
bolt-torque problems, and Centerline-type rivited wheels for drag racing are 
known
to come pre-bent in the carton while cracking the centers in corners....
IMHO, stick to one-piece wheels on 3200lb+ corner-carvers. Good luck- J 
Deryke



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