Thanks for the replies, Now,
Has anyone put any kind of 14 of 15 " rims on their spridgets? What size
tire would you have to run to keep from rubbing when the steering is turned?
There is a way to do this I just would like to know if it is feasible. What
do you think??
Jon
> I was thinking of doing the same thing until I made some measurements...
>
> The MGB wheels have longer hubs than the spridget wheels.
>
> The length of the spridget hub from the end of the threads to the end of
the
> taper is approx. 3.15 inches...
>
> The same measurement made on an MGB hub yields approx. 3.50 inches.
>
> You can slide an MGB wheel on a spridget hub, but the hub does not
protrude
> out of the wheel and if you're lucky you can maybe catch one thread of the
> hub when you try to attach the lug.
>
> After doing this little experiment, I abandoned the idea...
>
> Richard
> '74 Midget
> '68 MGBGT
> '58 Morris Minor 1000
>
>
> At 10:31 PM 9/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >I was thinking of using MGB wire wheels on my Midget. Has anyone out
there
> >used a MGB 14 inch wheel or even a 15 inch on their car? Would you think
> >there would be any problems with the wider rim, they are 5 inches and 5.5
> >inches wide? I was thinking bigger rims and low profile tires would look
> >good on a RWA Spridget!
> >TIA
> >
> >Jon Paschke
> >
> >
>
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