On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:11:34PM -0600, Barney Gaylord wrote:
Somwhere my brain picked up the wrong data for the offset. As it turns
out, although I wrote the check, I haven't actually taken possession
of the wheels. They are, as you probably surmised 240Z wheels and was
surprised that they were the offest that I remembered as being the MGB
offset.
Darn, because $500 for a set of racing panasports was a pretty good
price.
>
> Wheels with zero offset will not work on a stock MGB, not even if these
> wheels were only 4" wide and you run 155 tires. The MGB wheels are about
> 1-1/2" negative offset +/- about 1/4". Zero offset wheels will put the
> tires directly under the fender where they will rub badly (unless you jack
> the rear end of the car up about three inches).
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attiture
> http://MGAguru.com
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