Wheels - Page 3

grayone · #41 23rd February 2013, 17:25

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Originally Posted by Hammy

Thanks Gray I may just take you up on that mate. Any joy with the sale?

its readvertised 3days best offer
let me know about wheels asap as I have to get rid of them before i leave saturday

Tribute Automotive · #42 24th February 2013, 10:09

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Originally Posted by seanick

I do have a pair of 15" five spoke Revolutions for sale, 11"J, drilled for ford or Jap, ie 4x108 or 4x100.
They are new, never fitted. You would just need two fronts which are available again.

Ooooh they are big wheels Nick!!! Very 60's Drag Car. I do have a Lexus V8 and gearbox, and I do know they fit in the MX5...........

Hammy · #43 26th February 2013, 10:21

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Originally Posted by grayone

its readvertised 3days best offer
let me know about wheels asap as I have to get rid of them before i leave saturday

Sorry Gray I can't get to you by then

Jeffr4 · #44 7th March 2013, 10:15

For the classic wire wheels :
http://www.mwsint.com/site/cms/conte....asp?chapter=1

Jeffr4 · #45 7th March 2013, 10:21

In Holland we also have a very good manufacturer, who makes wire wheels for motors and also cars and can make the adapter more wide, so no spacers.
http://www.haanwheels.com/nl/classic/

landmannnn · #46 9th April 2013, 08:10

OK, so correct me if I am wrong but the wheel tyre choices are:

1. Get out the cheque book and but some new wheels tyres and spacers for the rear. Cost starting from £350 for the wheels, £300 for the tyres (or £150 for second hand) and about £100 for spacers. Premium wheels and tyres will be about double this cost.

2. Get some steel wheels banded. Probably about the same cost as above by the time you have bought the wheels and got them sandblasted and painted.

3. Buy secondhand wheels and tyres from ebay/gumtree. Choices are a bit limited but requirements are roughly:
- Tyre diameter around 24"
- Rims 15, 16 or 17
- 4 x 100 pcd required with appropriate spigot rings if using wheels with greater than 54.1 centre hole
- ET (offset) needs to be around 20. Most of the 4 x100's are for smaller fwd cars so the ET's tend to be about 40. This would need 20mm spacers on the front and 70mm on the rear (not even sure if 70mm are feasible)
- in any case for 20et wheels rear spacers will still be required about 2"
- The majority of the second hand wheels and tyres that would be suitable started life on 3 series BMW's (E30 model) although there will be some aftermarket clio/vw/mx5 ones around

- All in cost for this will be from £400

- There is also the option to go for wheels with a different pcd, Ford for example, which will require various adaptors, the rear ones would probably need fabricating.

Og · #47 12th April 2013, 17:49

Beautiful kit, I will be building one as soon as I have scraped the money together. In the meantime, I'm showing my ignorance. I understand the technicalities of the build itself but see that there is talk about offset and spacers for the wheel fitting. In laymans terms and as simple as possible with paint by numbers if possible, what will I need to do or adapt to get wheels to fit? No laughin, I really am not that bright and thank all the gods of computer tech that this iPad does al the speling for mi!

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landmannnn · #48 12th April 2013, 18:37

Trouble is that there are loads of different sizes of wheels and sizes, some will fit and some will fit ok and some will be just right.

seanick · #49 12th April 2013, 19:49

My wheels, which are steel, went something like this....

Steel wheels, ex mk1 MR2, 15" 6J. £115, inc postage
Banded the rears for 225 tyres £75 plus 30 fuel
shotblast and powder coat four wheels £100
four part used tyres 225 rears, and 185 fronts, giving me a matching diameter of 24 1/4", two inches larger than the standard MX 5.....£120.
Spinners....£20 ish
Fitting and balancing £40

Total £485

May seem expensive but its the look I want, and I am not keen on alloys!!

I dont know what the offset on the rears is but I made the body 2" narrower each side so I dont need spacers. See my thread for the gory details.
Hope this helps!