Holy Crap! Look what happened to TRX prices

15" rims were stock on the 365 GT4 2+2.

I still have to get TRXs for the Mondial...

 

dave,
are you sure about that ? i've heard differently. actually, it was Tim in Florida (remember you encouraged me to call him) who most recently told me that the 15" stopped with the 400 and that all 400i's had the metric 415. IMO, the 415's look better than the 15's i have on my 400 becase they are bigger, but the associated tire issue is a drawback.

 

what you doing up so early ? i guess Tim was wrong. thanks.

 

Dave:

Like everything else in the world of Ferrari you are both right. Many late(r) 400i Series Is did get the TRX wheels and tires. Some did not. Just depeneded on what was on the shelf that day. Another good example: have you ever noticed that early Testarossa's could have black, gray, or tan carpeting in the front trunk but that the front trunk carpeting bears absolutely NO relation to the interior color? This is true - i have seen black interiors with tan carpet in the trunk and tank interiors with black carpet in the trunk. My TR (#65247) has tan interior and gray carpeting in the trunk - go figure. Oh, and my gt4 (#10704) has dark red leather, and flaming bright red carpets - both original. Don't match - Ferrari didn't care back then. Dave, not trying to be divisive - I have just noticed that there are NO absolutes when dealing with Ferrari.

Your friend,

A

 

Sorry to rain on your parade.

FWIW, you ARE 100% correct that all the manuals and literature show the 15" wheels.

A

 

Thanks, & OK, and if this is in reference to the Testarossa sizes, then they saw a market in the advanced Z rated 245 size, (because of the BMWs) but didn't anticipate much interest in the 285 for the rears?

If that is the case, wonder what would be the effect of having a set of 4 of the Z rated on all four - as I thought the wheels were all the same on these cars?

 

....Cruise to your favo restaurant with you better half after a medallion aux roquefort over gruyere cheese with gratin pommes de terre and a chautaux d'emillion vin rouge followed by a cappucino....
...than that the lovley weekend in the countyside with the 400i...
...go to that fantastic concours d'elecance on the green..
...drive to a local meet with some Ferra guys....
...yes i need this rubbers....no question!!

Tutto bene!

 

a great perspective that is very timely for me. however, now that the 400i is here i have actually really fallen for the 415 rim. it is a much, much nicer rim than the 15" and it's size compliments the the car better, IMO. Dave, i have a feeling you'll think your car looks a little 'undertired' after you do the switch if you're use to looking at the 415...or have you done it already ? don't get me wrong, i hope you're happy with the 15".
my plan at this point is to keep my '78 400a (for a whole bunch of personal reasons) and sell the 400i after it is completed. i would happily keep the 415's for myself and put the 15" i have now on the 400i if that helped the sale. i would love to see these 415's on my 400a.
again, Fritz makes a great point. all the 415's are going cost you every 25,000 miles (5 years) is $1000 more than any other decent tires you'd be buying anyway. big deal, in the 400 world, that ain't much !

 

Dave and Alex

I just received an original series 1 brochure that I won on eBay. Although the pictures seem to show the 15" wheels, the text specifies the TRX 415 wheels! So, Dave was wrong, and Alex was wrong for agreeing with Dave.

Aidan
PS It also says the car has central locking, which is also untrue.

 

rightonski brettski, hmph.