[s-cars] OE wheels, 993 calipers, and road sand

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Paulie,
Put em on, ruin the caliper paint, that'll just give
you an excuse to send them out to get powdercoated
Emerald Green w/KrasuskySport on the side rather than
Porsche.  :-)

Joe, every damn thing you break or scratch can turn
into a cool little mod, Pizzo
--- Paul Krasusky <KrasuskyP at FirstInterBank.com>
wrote:
>
> Morning-
>
> While it's snowed 3x here in sunny CT thus far, I've
> yet to install and
> enjoy my Pizzotron Industries 16" Snowsports.  News
> flash:  255/40/YR17s are
> a tad greasy in the white stuff.  Duh.
>
> ANYway, I'm reluctant to do so regardless.  A lister
> or 3 has suggested that
> the OE 16x8 wheel's minimal clearance over my
> nowohsopurty red P cals will
> cause the road sand to tear that onceohsopurty
> finish to shreds.  I'd rather
> hitch home after getting stuck with the 255s than
> put on beochin tires that
> muff up the P cals, but hey that's just me.  Yes,
> yes, I know, I could slap
> on some 17" snows, but I don't think Pizzotron
> Industries has any for my
> use.  Either that or I could just go hack down that
> money tree I've been
> growing in my back yard, once and for all, and buy
> some.  But being the
> Stingemeister I am, that ain't gonna happen.
>
> SOOOoooo...  any more BTDT's from you all???  Will
> fitting the 16x8s be the
> demise of my caliper paint here in sunny CT (where
> they seemingly sift our
> road sand with chainlink fence rather than a fine
> screen!)???
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.  Or indecent personal
> attacks, sans vulgarities of
> course...
>
> -Paul
> CT with 1" rocks used for sand
> '95 //S6 slipslidin to work but with purty cals
> '58 TR3A with Bill's 911 and da bears, finally (ever
> drive with no top nor
> windows nor heat on a <20 degree night?)
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