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The new Vintage 45s are on the car and I must say I'm very /forums/images/icons/smile.gif with how they look and fit. Vintage Wheel Works were a pleasure to work with and even extended a 10% discount just for the asking! They powdercoated the spokes matte black for me at a reasonable cost, and from ordering to delivery was only about four weeks. And they threw in the lugnuts for free!
I want to thank everyone at VMF who responded to my postings and PMs on this topic, like GT350Clone and DaveLouw. An extra big thanks goes out to NedCrane (Lee Kemper) who lives nearby and took the better part of a Saturday afternoon to put my vert up on the rack and swap out various wheels and tires from his cars. We measured and estimated and analyzed to get the B/S and tire size right before I ordered and it came out perfect. Lee also installed my TCP subframes...he's one of the good guys/forums/images/icons/smile.gif!
Specs:
front: V45 16x8" 4.5" B/S Dunlop SP8000 225R50/16
back: V45 16x8" 4.5" B/S Dunlop SP8000 255R50/16
There are no suspension mods to the car. On the front the inner rim is about .25" from the ball joint, lots of clearance from the fender throughout the turn radius. On back the inner rim/tire is about .50" from the "steel knife" and about as far from spring. No rubbing on the outside back at all.
I went down to Sligo Creek Parkway this morning and took these pics. Some of them came out pretty well! If you are a Club Photo member, sign in and you can see the big versions/forums/images/icons/blush.gif!
Now, for the weekend!
p.s. We also just added the race mirrors and back valence, got a local body shop guy to match the Y code paint.
I want to thank everyone at VMF who responded to my postings and PMs on this topic, like GT350Clone and DaveLouw. An extra big thanks goes out to NedCrane (Lee Kemper) who lives nearby and took the better part of a Saturday afternoon to put my vert up on the rack and swap out various wheels and tires from his cars. We measured and estimated and analyzed to get the B/S and tire size right before I ordered and it came out perfect. Lee also installed my TCP subframes...he's one of the good guys/forums/images/icons/smile.gif!
Specs:
front: V45 16x8" 4.5" B/S Dunlop SP8000 225R50/16
back: V45 16x8" 4.5" B/S Dunlop SP8000 255R50/16
There are no suspension mods to the car. On the front the inner rim is about .25" from the ball joint, lots of clearance from the fender throughout the turn radius. On back the inner rim/tire is about .50" from the "steel knife" and about as far from spring. No rubbing on the outside back at all.
I went down to Sligo Creek Parkway this morning and took these pics. Some of them came out pretty well! If you are a Club Photo member, sign in and you can see the big versions/forums/images/icons/blush.gif!
Now, for the weekend!
p.s. We also just added the race mirrors and back valence, got a local body shop guy to match the Y code paint.