Many tires, even though they are listed with the same nominal 205mm section
width, vary widely in the shoulder profile.
It's tough to figure out where the shoulders of the tires are going to be
without having an actual tire mounted on a rim of the correct width.
If you're going to a larger diameter and push the section width on the tires
then you'll very likely have to trim or roll the front fender lip and the rear
edge of the front valence.
I'm running 205/45-16 tires on 7" Mustang rims (39 mm offset, IIRC) with a
7/16" spacer and then the 1/4" brake hat. So that effectively takes out about
18mm of the offset. I had to trim the valence to make that work...
The offset specified for the Panasport wheels is a stand-alone measurement -
not added to the OEM value.
Theo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tom Parker
> Sent: August 8, 2010 4:25 PM
> To: LIST TIGER
> Subject: [Tigers] Rims and Tires
>
> So I want to put bigger feet on the Kitty. Lots of reasons, but the
> basic
> plan is to someday upgrade the brakes, either to Dale's front / rear
> disk
> setup or the Wilwood setup Tim Suddard mentioned recently in Classic
> Motorsports and Wilwood confirmed is in the works. My personal
> experience
> tells me stopping is good. Almost as good as going fast, and maybe
> better.
>
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