Thanks for
the info Don. I was in contact today with an outfit in the US which sells
Panasport wheels, which look like minilites. They're a Lotus parts
supplier with a web site at www.rdent.com.
They sell the 14" wheels with a 3 3/4" PCD for $175 but
apparently the hub of the 15" wheel will not accommodate the 3 3/4" bolt
pattern. I could get the alloy hubs for the front and redo the rears at 4 1/4"
but I'd then need 5 rims and tires instead of 4. Unfortunately I'm not that keen
on the minilites and wanted something a little different. I like the look of
some of the American Racing wheels but they don't appear to have anything for a
3 3/4" PCD. Nothing's ever easy, is it, though I now know there's at
least one option available.
The bottom
line is I really like the look of 15" rims with 205/55VR15 tires
but 14" rims with 215/60HR14s would be a lot easier to do. What do you
think?
Regards,
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Lattimer [mailto:donlattimer@...]
Sent: May 6, 2003 12:47 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] 100 Members !!www.usacomp.com has "minilites" in just about any size you want.The Mantulas have the alloy hubs on the front with 4 1/4" PCD to match the rear. The pre-1972 cars had the rears redrilled to 3 3/4" PCD to match the front. So the Mantulas have much more choice when it comes to wheels.I've communicated with Chris in the UK and he currently runs 205/50-R15's all around but is going to switch to 195/55R15 in the front and 205/55R15 in the rear on his Mantula (with 4 1/4" PCD). He uses 15"x7" wheels with a 37mm offset.The USAComp site is a big help in figuring this out. The "minilites" run about $240/wheel.Don#3m5759----- Original Message -----From: markwoof92@...Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:32 PMSubject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] 100 Members !!Paul,
After squeeling and sliding around the Thunderhill track on my 195/70/13s with the nice folks of the Volvo Club of America,I too am motivated to upgrade my wheel and tire setup and I did bit of poking around a bit and was told that Panastort rims might be of use to look into ,they are not cheap (about $250 each or so) but less costly than a new set of hubs and less expencive rims.I was told that they can drill the wheels at the factory to fit any bolt pattern.
Mike Denman hase a set of Panasports(14 inchers) so might want to check with him to get his oppinion.
A while back Don Lattimer was looking in to this very same subject.
Don?Any progress?
Regards,
Mark Petrinovich
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