[DeTomaso] Raise of hands... how many of you...

[Sean Korb]

I run 16x7 Chinese Cobra R lookalikes on the front and 17x9 real Cobra
R on the back.  Since the stock wheels never pulled out to the edge I
didn't think much of running without a spacer... but now it kind of
looks weird.  It doesn't need a spacer, it needs 17x11 ;)

sean

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> MIke...
>
> Years ago I thought I wanted the Mustang R Wheels. I found that a company named AFS Wheels in SoCal had some that might have fit OK? The wheels I was looking at from them were 17x8 and 17x10.5 The 8s had a BS of 5.25 and the 10.5's BS were 6.63 and would have needed a small spacer of about 3/16"-1/4"? to make the back look right? They did make a 17x9 wheel but the BS was way off for the front and the back! I think Hall sold some Mustang R Wheels (17x9"?) at one time but I think you needed a Big spacer for the back, something like maybe 1"? I don't think I'd want that large of a space on my Car!
>
> Good Luck
> Curt
>
> --- On Thu, 6/21/12, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Raise of hands... how many of you...
> To: asajay at asajay.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 1:09 PM
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/21/12 10 34 4, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>
>
>> ... are running a 17x9 wheel on the FRONT of your Pantera?
>> If you are, what size tire are you running?
>> Do you experience any rubbing of the tires at full steering lock
>> either left or right.
>>
>
> Years ago, Patrick Hals bought a set of Mustang Cobra 17x9 wheels for a
> narrowbody Pantera he had, and had them sent to me for me to forward to him.
> They had been mounted on a Pantera in the past, but the owner had removed
> them to exchange them for something else.
>
> I put them on my car and found they were a terrible fit.   They seemed much
> too wide in the front, and a bit too narrow in the rear.   I don't see any
> way they would have worked in the front, and you'd probably want to use
> thick spacers in the rear to have them fit properly, which is a very dubious
> practice.   I convinced him to abandon the idea, and I've been trying
> off-and-on to sell them to a Mustang owner ever since, with no luck.
>
> Mustang-style wheels can be had with the proper widths and offsets, and I
> had hoped that this is what you had bought.   But standard Mustang Cobra 17x9
> wheels really won't work on an unflared Pantera--at least I don't think so.
>
> Steve Roverino's Pantera was featured in the 2008 No. 2 POCA Profiles, and
> runs Mustang-style wheels (17x9 and 17x10.5) from AF wheels; he uses 245/40
> front and 335/35 rear tires.   I don't think the front wheels are the
> standard offset though.   You might want to speak to him and find out more?   He
> mentions in the article that he was thinking of replacing them, so maybe they
> didn't work as well as he would have hoped?
>
> Mike
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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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