456 Wheels and Tail Lights

I just put new 19" wheels on my 456GTA. While in the process, I took the tail lights out and had them painted. I plan to drop it 1/2-1 inch next week.

Any comments positive or negative on the changes?

Mark
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I was a bit upset about the offset on the driver front. Not sure exactly what it is -- I'll get that data tomorrow, but there is about 1/8 an inch too much outward movement to the top of the wheels. I hope to have time soon to take it by mt local tire wizard -- Star Tire and have them either adjust the alignment/toe or shave it down just a bit to tuck it in the fender better. It's worse on the driver side than the passenger, so it might be 80% alignment.

Thanks for the comments about the tail light mod. I plan on focusing on the wheels, exhaust, intake and suspension this month moving to interior next. I'll post info on the stebro front exhaust mod in about 2 weeks.

It's still a work in progress for me. More soon...

All the best!

Mark

 

If anyone is interested, I used a local exotic car restorer on the tail lights. I'd be happy to PM his number to anyone if they want this change made.

M

 

I'll be at the next Exotic Car Night in Dallas. Mind if my wife brings our Viper? Hope to see everyone there.

Mark

 

BTW: Ryalex does the light surrounds in carbon fiber if anyone is interested:

http://www.ryalexdesign.com/products/456.html

M

 

Lewisville -- we've got about 7 acres in the middle of a neighborhood. That should explain the trees and such if that was the question. We were on Turtle Creek before the move. My wife is into horses (the kind with hooves, not tires) so we had to find more outdoor area than U.P. could provide.

I'll host a dinner here while the Italian car thing is going on in Dallas this fall if anyone is interested.

M

 

Here are the wheels:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=7981652328&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT

I'd recommend Highline Wheels to anyone. Communication was good, price was slightly high when you considered the wheels and tires and mounting and balancing and... I was so impressed with the look that I easily forgot about that and having them do all the mount/balance meant all I needed to do was jack the car up, pull out the air gun and put them on.

The tires are from them as well, but here's a link to the TireRack web site with the same make/model of tire:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=BFGoodrich&tireModel=g-Force+T%2FA+KDW+2

I was concerned about the ride quality suffering after the change, but I found that the ride quality did not suffer it actually improved. Setting the suspension to H for hard now makes the car feel like I'd expect while the S setting for soft still feels a bit like a Cadillac DeVille. It's shocking how well they've engineered the suspension on this car and with the new wheels/tires you can really tell how good it is.

Best of luck!

Mark

 

The fronts are 255/35 ZR 19 and the rears are 285/55 ZR 19.

Mark