[DeTomaso] !7" wheels on stock body Pantera

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

I've never come across a wheel that was off the advertised width by as much
as .5". Are you measuring the width inside the rim edges?

Tomas

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[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of boyd casey
Sent: den 14 oktober 2010 16:27
To: Asa Jay Laughton
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] !7" wheels on stock body Pantera


A rim that is quoted as 9" wide is really 9.5. The tire width is even wider.
For instance my rear  rims are 19" X12" the actual width is 12.5" and the
width of the tire ( which is a whole other story) is 13.31". I have Nitto
Nt-05's and my front tires are 235/40zr/18 which are actually 9.57"wide. The
tire Mfg will tell you the rim size (minimum, optimal, and maximum width )
that can be used for a particular size tire. On a narrow body car (like
mine) I believe you will be unable to use a front tire that is 275/40/17 ,
if that were a nitto NT-o5 (I am using their size table) it would have an
outside diameter of 25.59" and a width of 10.79, That is a bigger tire in
both diameter and width then my 235/40/18 which has an outside diameter of
25.43" and a width of 9.57". I had numerous contact problems. I had to
increase my caster by modifying my upper A-arms ( which brought my wheel
toward the back of the car) I had to roll my fender lips and I still had
contact problems at full lock with the windshield wiper motor cover ( which
I had to modify) This is with a tire that is only 9.57"wide Yours would be
more then  an inch wider at 10.57". Personally I don't think it's going to
work out . Check the tire manufacturers specs for rim vs tire sizes so you
will know what size rims you can use with your tires. I think you would be
better off selling you front tires and going with a a different size like a
225/40/17 or 235/40 /17  .When I replace my front tires I am going to down
size to 225/40/18 which is also a smaller over all diameter (25.08" 9.06"
width) which will give me more of a down ward rake or slope which is
supposed to reduce high speed lift in the front of the car, and should
eliminate all my contact problems.

Boyd

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>  I know of people who have gone so far as 9" on front and 11" on rear.
> When I was trying to measure my stock body L model, that's about the max
> I figure she could take.
>
> Asa Jay
>
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> On 10/13/2010 22:19, burrid1 at netzero.net wrote:
> > Wow! My sincere thanks for the advice and information, with a special
> thanks to Boyd, Ken, and Michael, as they really went above and beyond. I
> currently have a set of 275/40/17&  335/35/17 tires. Ideally I would like
to
> have a wheel allowing maximum exposure for the braking system (I like
> Campi's, but it looks like it's not going to happen this time). Is it
> possible to get 10" (min. 9") rims on the front and 12" (min. 11") on the
> rear? Do you know of anyone who has installed 11"&  13" on their stock
body
> Pantera?
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