Help! 308 to 348 wheel conversion...?

I'll send pics once installed, but your right, there is next to nothing between the rim and ground.. Such a chg on this car. Makes it look very light. Maybe will need lowering to achieve final look.

 

Very cool, I cannot wait to see the pics!

 

I want to apologize in advance for this, but not only might/will Dave's need the coachwork lowered -- so does Jean-Paul's. That's not to say that they won't/don't look good without it, but when the gap between the tire OD to the bottom of the upper fender arch is larger than the tire sidewall height, I don't think that that's something that Pininfarina would have done/accepted.

Personally, I like a little forward rake on the 308/328 coachwork so maybe I wouldn't mess with the rear yet, but if you lowered the front of Jean-Paul's 308, I think it would make the "larger dia wheel + smaller sidewall tire" combination look better matched to the coachwork position -- i.e., park a lowered 308/328 with those wheels next to a 360, and I'd bet a non-F person would have a very hard time guessing that they were 20~25 years apart.

JMO...

 

...but if you lowered the front of Jean-Paul's 308, I think it would make the "larger dia wheel + smaller sidewall tire" combination look better matched to the coachwork position -- i.e., park a lowered 308/328 with those wheels next to a 360, and I'd bet a non-F person would have a very hard time guessing that they were 20~25 years apart....

JMO...[/QUOTE]

Hehe...how'd you guess what my next project is? ;-)

 

Excellent! -- I know you won't be disapponted in the results...

 

Here's some more pics...
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