Re: 15" wheels; an alternative?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:43 pm
Thank you so much.
Now, I wish it would stop raining so I could drive my W11... Have to wait for the canyons to dry out and the mud and rocks to be swept away. Funny, as it had not rained in a few years here in Sunny Southern California. And now, maybe it will dry out sometime in April. Meanwile, the clouds roll in and my 2 year old daughter wants out...
So, I am going to watch Daytona, and have some popcorn. Sorta' like watching the freeway, but with more crashes.
Besides the wire wheels, I am working on test fitting some 5.5" alloy bolt on front wheels (5.5" seems to be the minimum width available for vintage type cast alloy wheels) in magnesium with a 6" rear wheel, using the usual Dunlop 4.50 fronts and 5.00 rears. The backside spacing (probably around 4.25~4.7"") will be critical to the fit, but there should be no clearance problems up front, as the rim width is stlll less than the cross section of my current 185/70/13s. The trick to all this is finding a period looking wheel, like an American "Silverstone" 8 spoke, or an early Lola type wheel with the right backside space. So far, no joy. Wobbly webs would be wonderful, but so far, I have not found one that fit without new hubs, and the cost is a bit too dear.
Failing to find the right looking wheel, I always have a fresh set of wire wheel hubs...
Now, I wish it would stop raining so I could drive my W11... Have to wait for the canyons to dry out and the mud and rocks to be swept away. Funny, as it had not rained in a few years here in Sunny Southern California. And now, maybe it will dry out sometime in April. Meanwile, the clouds roll in and my 2 year old daughter wants out...
So, I am going to watch Daytona, and have some popcorn. Sorta' like watching the freeway, but with more crashes.
Besides the wire wheels, I am working on test fitting some 5.5" alloy bolt on front wheels (5.5" seems to be the minimum width available for vintage type cast alloy wheels) in magnesium with a 6" rear wheel, using the usual Dunlop 4.50 fronts and 5.00 rears. The backside spacing (probably around 4.25~4.7"") will be critical to the fit, but there should be no clearance problems up front, as the rim width is stlll less than the cross section of my current 185/70/13s. The trick to all this is finding a period looking wheel, like an American "Silverstone" 8 spoke, or an early Lola type wheel with the right backside space. So far, no joy. Wobbly webs would be wonderful, but so far, I have not found one that fit without new hubs, and the cost is a bit too dear.
Failing to find the right looking wheel, I always have a fresh set of wire wheel hubs...