Alloy wheels

[Adam]

Does anyone know where I can get a set of 14" x 6" alloys. I have been trying to get a set for a couple of weeks now but I have no luck. No one does 14ns. I really want a white ones or something nice and chunky. Maybe a dish!

[JGGIB]

Hi Adam Try going onto Ebay and putting in 14" alloys I ofton go on and there seems to be a few.
john

[tinytim]

Type alloy wheel 14" into e-bay search and you will get around 80 hits.

I've got a feeling you will be hard pushed to find anything over 5.5" though (VW polo)

[JGGIB]

do rover metro wheels fit 2 sets of four .

[Adam]

The problem with ebay is that a lot of people won't post them or don't have a clue what car the wheels fit.

[tinytim]

Further to that Saxo and MR2 may have had 6" wide rims.

[Adam]

I think it depends on the year of the Metro. I know the mini wheels won't fit.

Adam

[JGGIB]

True nice set MX5 wheels on there

[tinytim]

What car are they for? If it's your beat go for Saxo, they are 100pcd

[Adam]

Oh sorry tim, the beat

[tinytim]

The Saxo ones will fit then. I've got 15" 6J for mine. What do you intend to do about wheel spacers and studs?

[Adam]

Don't have a clue, I had 15"s on the back before and they were rubbing so thats why I decided to go for 14"s. But If I can fit a 15, then I have no problem getting wheels. What size tyres you have on yours Tim and what the offset?

[Adam]

This is the wheel I really want but its not available anymore

[tinytim]

I have 195/45 R15 with a 20mm spacer on the rear and 25 on the front. I don't know what the offset was (I made it up as I went along) but I'll measure it tomorrow. They came from a Saxo.

The problem I have now is that the wheels protrude from the arch and so are illegal to drive on the road, hence my interest in the BIGGER bits box from Oz.

If you had 6" wide rims before did yours not stick out?

[Adam]

Sure they did and it looked great. Its not a problem here to have wheels stick out so that wasnt an issue for me.

Where did you get the studs and spacers? I couldn't get them so I had to sell my ones.

[tinytim]

I got them from www trackstore co uk.

Depending on the spacer you end up getting you will need either the 13mm of 25mm extended ford stud (12mm 1.5 pitch.)

You have to remove the hubs to fit the studs, which is a bit of a pig and you will also have to drill out the holes to 1/2 inch for the studs to fit in but once you have done it you can replace the studs with another ford one.

[ozsamurai]

I love these guys choice

http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/

I wish I lived in the UK just to get a hold of some of these in fact for the brick!

Cheers

Oz

Standard...just in case you forgot! or for the newbies!

Wheels
FR 155/65R13 4.5J Offset 35
RR 165/60R14 5J " 45

[Adam]

I finally got a set of wheels.

14" all around with 165/65/14 on the front and 185/65/14 on the back and I must say I'm quite happy. :)

[Adam]

Oh and from the back. Thanks for the exhaust Oz! It sounds.... well.... loud ;)

[Wh1teLeopard]

Nice exhaust.

Just a recomendation (er? is that how you spell it??) though, get a little heat resistant plate to go on your rear bumper so it doesn't melt it... you can buy them from most car places... try www.speeding.co.uk I only say this as you have black soot on the bumper. I've seen people melt their bumpers before!

[Adam]

I didn't notice thanks for pointing it out! I'll look onto it

[JGGIB]

Originally posted by Adam
I didn't notice thanks for pointing it out! I'll look onto it
just got nice set of alloys from Oz's favorite shop.http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/