[BMWCSRegistry] Wheels, wheels, wheels

[Art Wegweiser]

People do it all the time but the thought of messing around by 
rolling  perfectly good fenders gives me the cold robbies. Especially 
since we all know built in Coupe weaknesses thanks to the genius
of  Karmann,
Call me getting old and less adventuresome (both true) but Ilse has 
treated me right and I treat her right. And I respect her 36 years of 
age and frequently drive her all Summer but she is not a $75K+ BMW 
with Bangle styling and iDrive. (And I am grateful for not having 
either although ABS would be nice when I might get a little careless)

  The only upgrade gift I gave her is to dump the absurd original oil 
filter, replace the very inadequate 5 blade fan with 9 and install a 
simple Allison/Crane ignition to replace the antique points. 
Everything else is replaced as needed by OEM or close to it bits and 
pieces. If at all possible, always new, or sort of new after decades 
in some Munich warehouse.

Over the years, I paid close attention to unusual sounds when driving 
- it has almost always saved me from disaster.  As for a "little 
rubbing against the strut", I would not carry a spare strut but be to 
sure have the correct spare tire and hope it does not give up at 85 
when passing a log truck,  A little rubbing somehow adds up to a  lot 
of damage.

Art



At 8:06 PM -0400 4/7/08, WILDBETTA at aol.com wrote:
>So, would a set of 16X8 with an offset of 11mm work in the front?  I 
>don't mind rolling the fenders if I have to but would rather not. 
>Thanks for your help.
>
>In a message dated 4/7/2008 6:37:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
>peter.midwest at midwestbicycleworks.com writes:
>
>I've been running 16x8 with 225/35 and I haven't rolled my fender 
>lips.  I think my offset is 30mm off the top of my head.  The only 
>issue I have had is under hard cornering, the inner part of the tire 
>might rub just a fraction against the strut.  Not enough for me to 
>get worried about. 
>
>Peter
>Peter Louton
>

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