Re: 16" & 17" wheel discussion

["Dan RC30" <Danrc30@xxxx>]

Skip,
There are a few problems with this. 1)Those wheels are not carried by the 
tire rack anymore because the manufacturer who supplied them could not keep 
up with demand. I waited 3 months for mine! 2)If you want a different style 
wheel, you're gonna need a different spacer. 3)The wheel that you choose has 
to have an offset that will allow for the right amount of "meat" on the 
adaptor. The spacers can't be bigger than 1/2" (if I recall correctly), and 
the adaptors can't be smaller than 1" 1/4" inch. Also, you need to find a 
wheel that will come in 16" & 17" combinations that will have the 
appropriate offset for the car to work with the spacers/adaptors. So, 
there's a sort of balancing act when doing this. That's why it took me so 
long to find a nice set of wheels that would fit my car correctly. I almost 
had a brain meltdown from figuring it out so the wheels sat perfectly in the 
wheelwell.

As far as the Koenig Monsoon's go, I looked at them as well. First of all, 
Koenig's have a tendency to bend and crack easily. That was enough to thwart 
me. I don't believe that the quality is there. I've seen many trashed at 
various shops. Secondly, if I remember correctly, I didn't find a "bolt-on" 
offset. I remember having trouble trying to make them fit right and look 
like the stock size and indentation. I could be wrong here, but I remember 
not having the right offset for the D.

If someone needs the specs for the Delorean rims, (offsets, centerhub 
diameter and all) I can provide you with that if you'd like. I just have to 
dig it up. It's somewhere buried and I have to find it.

I fit a set of rims on my friend Matt's car, and he seemed happy with the 
result. Again, I racked my brain on his setup too, and I don't think I can 
handle doing it again since it was very aggrivating for me. Just thinking 
about it now hurts my head...lol. Even though I did it once before, I had to 
take new measurements of his wheels to make the adaptors line up correctly 
to his wheels. It was a real pain in the a$$. Maybe Matt could post some 
pics of his D when it finally gets deliverd to him at his new home in AZ.

---Dan



Message: 11
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:56:02 -0000
From: sk1pper@xxxx
Subject: Re: 16" & 17" wheel discussion

would you consider takeing orders for the spacers since your guy
already knows how to do them?

skipper landry
www.sk1pper.com


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