Chuck's '65 Notchback

notchback65 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:54 pm

I know a lot of people ask the comparison for the smart car tires to 135's/145's alot

135's behind my 155/60/15's

not much difference.........

notchback65 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:28 pm

I started with the Porsche center caps I got from FVD http://shop.fvd.de/de/en/Porsche-0/-/-/-/item/item...Crest.html

Then I made a jig out of 2" PVC,drilled hole and riveted the center cap to the PVC..

Then off to the lathe to take about an 1/8th of an inch off....

The first test fit...

Then debadging the cap and sandblasting..

Then filing the edges of the crest...

Then using metal filler,fill up the crest cavity..

Then sand them down and use regular body filler..

More progress soon....

EAnderson · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:37 pm

Getting there :thumbs:

slammerd · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:07 pm

Looks good Chuck. You doing all the work yourself? I already know what these are going to look like and they are going to be pure awsomness. :thumbs:

There is quite a bit of difference with the 145 and the 175/55/15 imo. Here you can just make it out the 175 is just about 1 3/4" smaller and also here is a side by side comparison. As you can see a lot more contact patch for better stopping. Thats why Im going with these on the front of my car. Plus they will fit the 5.5" rims nicely :thumbs:

notchback65 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:20 am

slammerd wrote:

Looks good Chuck. You doing all the work yourself? I already know what these are going to look like and they are going to be pure awsomness. :thumbs:

There is quite a bit of difference with the 145 and the 175/55/15 imo. Here you can just make it out the 175 is just about 1 3/4" smaller and also here is a side by side comparison. As you can see a lot more contact patch for better stopping. Thats why Im going with these on the front of my car. Plus they will fit the 5.5" rims nicely :thumbs:

Eric helped me out,and yes there is about an inch or so difference in the tires for height.......but the best part about the tires is like you said the contact patch..big difference.