[DeTomaso] Tires and wheels

Thu Sep 10 18:31:12 EDT 2009

and right on the money - if not too cheap.

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com> wrote:

> That's a classic. Thanks.
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> From: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:59 AM
> To: Mark McWhinney
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tires and wheels
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> In a message dated 2/11/09 5:49:18 PM, msm at portata.com writes:
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> Jack, a while ago you wrote up something about a wheel upgrade really
> costing over $10,000.  It was along the lines of -- if you upgrade A
> then you need to upgrade B.  If you upgrade B then need to upgrade C,
> etc.  It was classic, but I cannot find it.
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> WARNING- DO NOT LET WIVES READ THIS!!!
> What I said a long time ago was - you might spend around $4000 for a set
> of 17" or 18" wheels and maybe $1000-$1200 more for V, W or Z-rated
> tires to fit. You mount them and immediately notice the stock brakes
> look ridiculously small showing thru those shiny eye-catching spokes....
> so out goes another $1500 for a set of big 'racing' brakes. Driving the
> car, you find that the extra weight of the big wide aluminum wheels,
> giant tires and big brakes has destroyed the stock handling.... which
> gets fixed with a set of $1500 full-adjustable coil-over shocks and
> heavier springs, plus a custom set of upper a-arms or suspension
> bushings (or both), to apply more caster to the assembly so the wide
> tires don't 'tramline' on crowned or bumpy roads. Then the cornering
> increase from the big tires begins cracking the paint from body flex....
> a set of front & rear frame stiffeners and a good bay-brace from any of
> the vendors stops that- for an additional $1000-$1500. Now you're all
> done... and in the hole for roughly $10K for those 'big tires'! Some
> handyman owners can lo-ball the estimates a little but most can't or
> won't. This was my first mention of the "slippery-slope" one can jump
> onto with Pantera modifications. FWIW- J Deryke
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