[V8] New wheels for the V8?

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Don't assume anything fits UFO's until you bolt them up.  I find it's  the 
design of the spoke and actual offset that dictates clearance, more  than brand. 
  The speedo error should be minimal if measurable.   I put 255/40 on 17 x8.5 
(30 et and spoke design just cleared ufos) and my speedo  didn't change 
enough to be a concern.  The 215/55 16 on 7's should actually  put down a smaller 
measureable footprint than on the 7.5 rim IME/O.  You  should have no trouble 
with sheet metal clearance.  I tend to try to go as  wide on the wheel width as 
I can, and find cornering to be a bit less as the  width comes in.  That 
said, with .5in difference, tires could make up for  that decrease.
 
HTH
 
Scott J
91 v8 auto
 
 
In a message dated 5/19/2008 9:38:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com writes:

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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