[Fot] Spitfire wheels

[Jason Sukey]

Mark,
        I haven't compared them myself, but I've seen others claim the
VTO's are similar in weight to the "ultralight" for racing only panasports,
but lighter than the regular street Panasports.

Jason

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM Mark Craig - Diesel Performance Parts <
mark at dieselperformanceparts.com> wrote:

> Hey thanks
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> Have you done any exploring on the weight of the VTO versus the PanaSports
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> *From:* Jason Sukey <jsukey at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2025 9:03 AM
> *To:* Mark Craig - Diesel Performance Parts <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Fot] Spitfire wheels
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> Mark,
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>        I run both John Brown (JBW) and VTO brands of the 8 spoke
> Minilight/Panasport style wheels on my GT6.  They both are plenty strong
> and priced lower than real Panasports.
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> VTO was happy to machine them to a custom offset when I ordered them,
> whereas JBW was limited to off the shelf dimensions.
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> If I had to order another set today, I'd be ordering VTO again.
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> On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM Mark Craig - Diesel Performance Parts via
> Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Hey membership!!
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> Looking for ideas on wheels on a racing Spit square tail.
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> I have some older PanaSports that need a lot of work and maybe powder
> coating to look good again. Trying to find a place and the cost to see what
> that would end up being dollar wise if anyone know that it would be
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> Then I thought, “Humm, maybe it might not be too much more to buy some new
> wheels”. Check PanaSports and they are like 300.00 and up. Does anyone here
> use something else that is lightweight, strong and attractive like
> PanaSports that I might not be aware of that might be at a better cost?
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> Thanks to all for any intel.
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