- 1. offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Sharon Mountjoy" <mtjoy@telis.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:22:49 -0800
- Okay, I may as well throw my hat into the ring on this one. Buckle up; it may be a long ride. Back when I was a kid in '67, Ansen Sprint mags and "Firebird" (Verduro) Green had just hit the market pl
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00189.html (9,248 bytes)
- 2. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:33:05 -0800
- Excellently stated. Simple for those who need to get the measurement done and detailed enough for those that what to know why. I used to frequent Caldwell up there on Colorado Blvd. In my case it wa
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00190.html (11,353 bytes)
- 3. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Someone" <tonythetiger@onecliq.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:47:51 -0600
- We could get into tire specs, which would be the missing link to actually determining if a wheel/tire combination would fit the space we have available in our wheel arches, but that's another story..
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00191.html (8,491 bytes)
- 4. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:45:31 -0800
- The subject you are bringing up is rim width, another variable. The next would be tire diameter. One that is hardly ever considered is tire side wall bulge, under proper inflation, which can interfe
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00196.html (9,175 bytes)
- 5. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Sharon Mountjoy" <mtjoy@telis.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:35:10 -0800
- Hi Tom, I read your commentary with great pleasure. You made some good points. First, let me preface this with my R&D? :-)) being oriented toward the 15" wheel. Your question regarding the "frontal m
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00205.html (10,414 bytes)
- 6. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Sharon Mountjoy" <mtjoy@telis.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:34:25 -0800
- Hey Steve, So right, the tire specs are sooooo important.... the diameter, the cross section, etc. This is where the magic if the Internet come into play and almost completes the information. For exa
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00207.html (10,282 bytes)
- 7. Re: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: RMEbstein@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:07:09 EST
- For excellent tire info, go to _www.tirerack.com_ (http://www.tirerack.com) and plug any size tire you're thinking about and then compare it to other tires you may be considering. It's a good resourc
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00208.html (7,068 bytes)
- 8. RE: offset vs. backspace (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:08:04 -0800
- Seven inch rims aren't seven inches wide. I just measured my nominal 7.5"x15" rims (Centerlines) and they are 8.25" wide measured outer lip to outer lip; that is, the lips are 3/8" wide. That's why
- /html/tigers/2005-03/msg00209.html (7,460 bytes)
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