Bill,
I'll give you my usual spiel about dumping the 14" wheels and going to 15",
primarily because of the greater selection of performance tires available,
and also because you can get the wheels farther inboard in the front with
the larger diameter. With 15" wheels, you can have a rear spacing up to
about 4&3/4" , maybe just a skosh more. I don't have the Panasports myself,
14" or 15", so I can't speak directly from experience with these particular
wheels.
Back in August, last year, Mike Sutter posted the following regarding his
newly purchased Panasports:
>Listers,
>
>
>For your information: I installed a new set of Panasports on my Tiger.
>Originally 3 types of wheels were available for the Tiger, 15x6 24mm
>offset, 15x7 22mm offset (rear only) and 15x7 15mm offset (rear only). Upon
>ordering I was informed that 2 offsets were currently available. The 15x6
>24mm and a new 15x7 20mm. This is the configuration I went with. I mounted
>195/50ZR15's on the 15x6's up front, and 205/50ZR15's on the 15x7's on the
>back. A 55 series tire was recommended by Panasport, but I couldn't get the
>tires I wanted in that aspect ratio. The new rim/tire combo bolts up
>without any frame or body contact. The inner sidewall on the rear tires
>clear the leafs by 1/2". The 55 series tires would have been really tight
>on the front edge of the front fender arch when turning with any body roll.
>The inflated diameters of the tires are 22.7" on the 195's and 23.1" on the
>205's. BTW I installed BFG Comp TA ZR's.
>
>
>It sure makes a difference in the way the car feels and looks. For
>$1300.00US, It better make a difference.
>
>
>M.S. '66 Tiger
Hope this helps some Bill,
TTFN,
Bob
At 09:13 PM 3/26/99 -0500, WHagedon@aol.com wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>I'm new to this great forum and finally found my Tiger after 20 years of
>waiting. I'm really enjoying my MKII (been playing with it about a year now
>and looking to drive it daily this summer), just took several rides tonight
>and I'm still grinning. I'm thinking of ordering a set of Panasports, I'm
>currently running 185/60X14 Yokos. Does anybody know the correct offsets,
>width I should order?
>
>Bill
>B382100390
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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