[V8] New wheels for the V8?

[Roger Woodbury]

I have more information on these potential wheels for my V8.

They are Borbet wheels, and supposedly ten spoke wheels.  I am assuming that
they came from Tirerack, as that is where the seller said that he always
buys his tires.  The tires are Dunlop A2+ somethingorothers, which are
probably the same tire, updated, that were on the Fuchs wheels that I bought
for my wife's 100CS Avant a couple of winters ago.  

The tire size is 215/55/16.  So the aspect ratio is the same as the tires on
the V8 now, and the speedometer error should be small.  Maybe acceptable.

The only problem that I can foresee, assuming the wheels aren't scuffed to
bits, is that they are seven inch, instead of seven and a half.  At least
that is what the guy read off the wheels to me on the telephone.

Because of other commitments, I can't go and actually see these wheels/tires
until later in the week, but it would seem:

	1.  They will fit without problem, over the UFO's.
	2.  They will not interfere with the sheetmetal openings either
front or rear.
	3.  They will not create a terrific and unacceptable speedometer
error.
	4.  They will probably be a lot lighter than the Aero wheels on the
car at the moment.
	5.  Maybe a whole bunch of other things that I don't know about.

I am assuming at this point, that these are silver in color and not
dark...dark will probably be ruled out on principal, but I'll know more late
this week.

Worst case, I will have to break down and buy some new gizzie BBS wheels,
and will have th eBorbets for sale to someone else.

Roger

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