[DeTomaso] Wheels again

Dave dave at damardirect.com
Fri Mar 21 15:35:20 EDT 2014


Peter,
The issue was not all 3-piece wheels. It was specifically the Hall 3-piece wheels. The poor construction was certainly not planned by Hall. The manufacturer created the issue.
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirby Schrader [mailto:kirby.schrader at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:48 PM
To: Larry Finch
Cc: Panteras
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wheels again

Well.....

As I mentioned before, my Etoile/Gotti three piece 15" wheels have been on my car since 1985.
No problems.
In fact, I'm using them for the race car now....

As with all things, if it's a quality well engineered and built product, there should be no problem.

I am now using Kinesis wheels and they are bolt together 3 piece wheels.
Bob Benson uses the same ones. No problems that I know of...

FWIW,
Kirby



On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com> wrote:

>    Peter,
>    I know a lot of Panteras are equipped with bolt-together three-piece
>    wheels. I do hear of safety problems.
>    I know a lot of Panteras have two-piece welded wheels. I do not hear of
>    safety problems.
>    Questions bouncing around in my head:
>        Are those Forgeline bolt-together three-piece wheels DOT approved
>    wheels?
>        Same question for the "centerlock conversion" option.
>        In any case, are they designed for the high cornering forces
>    Pantera wheels face in a spirited drive?
>        (Is DOT approval really an issue? I believe most owners seem to
>    believe it isn't.)
>    And finally, IMHO,
>        As you have first hand evidence of a serious safety shortcoming of
>    bolt-together three-piece wheels,
>        why are you contemplating venturing down that road again?
>    Larry
>
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