[DeTomaso] 15" Pantera tire sizes

[www.PanteraPlace .com]

Thanks Mike and everyone that has responded.  What I'm trying to do is
select a set of tires for the standard and wide bodied cars so I can see if
my newly found tire friend can help us out.  From what I've seen so far not
everyone agrees on the sizes.   

For the standard their would be two sets for the 7s&8s and 8s&10s
For the wide body there would be one set.

As and example if we went after 285/50ZR15s for the 10X15 wheels how goofy
do they look and work on the 8x15 back wheel? 

Mike 

-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:15 AM
To: PanteraPlace at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 15" Pantera tire sizes


In a message dated 4/25/06 16:35:34, PanteraPlace at hotmail.com writes:

<< What size 15" tires do we need for our Panteras?

225/50ZR15
285/50ZR15 >>

>>>The cars originally came with:

185/70 (front) and 215 or 225/50 (rear)

The Goodyear Arriva was sized and shaped totally differently; it works out
to 
about 205/60 front and 255/60 rear

The Euro GTS cars came with 10-inch rear wheels, and used 225/50 and 285/50.

It's important not to mix up aspect ratios; if you have 60-series tires in 
the back, they should be matched with 60-series tires up front.

The exception to this is the cars that have rear tires that are
substantially 
wider, i.e. GT5 or cars fitted with 17-inch wheels....in these cases, the 
rear tires are SO much wider that if they had the same aspect ratio, the 
sidewalls would be similarly taller.

Mike