Wheel information

[deezee]

I've been trying to get some wheels I like, but am having trouble. As I'm following the book and actually building on a budget, I'm trying to get some off ebay. It seems that virtually all Ford alloys (apart from newer cars) will do. But I'm having trouble with the offset. I know the ideal is listed as something like 38-42mm, but on what width alloy? If I get a 6.5" alloy whats the offset meant to be?

The main concern is that the wheels on the back are going to sit miles in from the arches and looks stupid :eek: If anyone has Photos and Info of what they have fitted, it would help loads.

[AshG]

mine are 15inch by 6.5 inch wide and et38 they are about an inch in from the edge of the wheel arch. does that help?

i looked at used ford wheels but gave up. i found lots of sets that i liked but they usually needed new tyres. so if i paid say £100 for them then 4 new tyres at £40 a corner it added up to £260 for a set of used wheels that could be buckled or flat spotted.

i got my brand new team dynamics wheels with new tyres for £300. ended up being a no brainer.

[HandyAndy]

i,m using Ford puma wheels, got them second hand from the bay, £40 and collected them, yes they need new tyres but have sourced some Toyo TR1x tyres at £127 for the 4 so this worked out ok for my budget, but ideally i would,ve like to have done the same as Ash, Halfrauds have some nice wheel/tyres sets for sale around £260 to £300 per set,
I,ll maybe do this when passed the test.

cheers
andy

[deezee]

So if I understand this correctly, If I got a set of alloys with a smaller offset. Say a peugeot 15mm offset. My tyre will site 23mm closer to that rear arch? (assuming same 195/50/15 tyre)

[AshG]

yes the higher the ofset the further in the wheel would be. to be honest i wouldn't go out more than et30 as you may get handling problems. at the end of the day your building a roadster because you want a fast good handling car, if you ruin the handling then you have kind of defeated the point of the car.

this is the side of mine i personally think the wheels are fine under my arches.

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/ashgardiner/P1030205.jpg

[geeman]

I spent ages looking for wheels that i liked on ebay, but kept on having problems with the wrong offset, in the end i bought these (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_72 3181_langId_-1_categoryId_165649) form halfords for £230 a few weeks ago.

[deezee]

Where did you source some Team Dynamics with tyres for £300? Everywhere I'm looking they are well more!

[AshG]

mine come from rimstock. i did buy them about 8months ago so the prices could have gone up a bit

[AshG]

here you go motor world are still doing them for £300 with tyres

http://www.motor-world.co.uk/index.cfm?product=1224&product_title=TEAM%20DYNAMICS%20JET%206.5x15%20All oy%20wheels%20and%20tyres