Yes – advice re tyre height is well accepted – unfortunately – if one decides to play around with larger diameter rims – DAMN tyre sizing can then quickly ‘ruin your day’ - HA. I hope to end up with the sizes listed for the MICHELIN 335/35/17 @ 26.0” rear overall height – and MICHELIN 255/40/17 @ 25.0” front overall height (not sure if I can get a matching 245/40/17 – otherwise I would test fit a set of those to the front) and I will be running 4.62 gears.
Re anyone modifying their car – I often cringe at the wheels and spoilers and other ‘bling’ that many people install on their car – but – it is their car, they can cover it in pink shag pile carpet for all I care – HA. And I believe we are members of the ‘PANTERA CLUB’ (for want of a better term) where we do not have a ‘spasm’ like the FERRARI club seems to have if a line up of absolutely identical red cars has a different valve cap – HA. PANTERA like LAMBORGHINI (HA – yes – I modified that a well) are what I call exotic hotrods and you do what you want – it is your car and you can do what you want without other people having a ‘spasm’ over changes.
HA – I missed out on an F40 some years ago – and yes – I was going to modify that too – HA – no doubt I would not be typing this now as some lunatic from the FERRARI club would have had me shot – HA.
The GTS of one of my sons, it looks dead stock outside with CINTURATO 225/50/15 and 285/50/15 and mostly stock interior – the only major changes are the mechanical specifications – engine mainly. HA – one change I do to all our vehicles – pull the stupid radio//tape//CD players out. The exhaust is the ONLY music required in these cars for me – HA.
Rethe horrible Italian lounge chairs (AKA – the bucket seats) and all the other parts I will be removing from my cars – all factory parts will be carefully wrapped and stored for the day I die and then my boys can either decide to drive my cars as I left them, or they can return to factory specifications. Same as the matching engines, the factory engines will all be properly put into long term storage, and one day if they decide 750.0 hp is too much, they can always install the somewhat slower factory engines – HA.
Whether someone decides to turn their L into a GT5 clone, or turn a GT5 into an L clone – that is their choice. Such is life.
Re my GT5 to GT4 – I see my biggest headache (other than making sure I do not damage the factory parts when removing them) – is making sure that the GT4 flares are an accurate fit (as one can get) and modern quality construction. Everyone says “my flares are perfect’ – but that is often with a hand over one eye and the other eye closed – HA.
I hope to find a red Si to purchase – and I intend to change the factory 17.0” rims out to 18.0” rims on that. My ‘theory’ at this stage - is to have the factory Si rims copied in 18.0” – exact same offset – same color finish. The rather low-performance 302 cu in will be replaced with a 427 cu in.