I have bought 8 of the 13" wheels they fit fine and look good AFTER the
center is machined about 1/16" to clear the front hubs. I complained and VB
paid for the machining Check for fit BEFORE nounting tires-- Ed Esslinger
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Albers <Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu>
To: alpines@autox.team.net <alpines@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 9:22 PM
Subject: VB minilite copies
>Has anyone purchased the Minilite copies sold by Victoria British?
>They currently have on sale 13x5 for $120 and 14x5.5 for $140.
>
>I called Rick at Sunbeam Specialties to ask if he were familiar with
>the wheels. He said that he had a customer who bought 2 wheels from VB
>a number of years ago and had problems with fitment at the rear due to
>brake drum interference. Rick said his customer then bought another
>pair a couple of years later, assuming the fitment problem would have
>been fixed (after complaining about it). Needless to say, it had not.
>The guy had to have his wheels machined on the inside in order to get
>them to fit.
>
>I called VB and got the answer I expected. "We don't have a tech line
>and cannot answer questions about application, installation or problems
>with a part." "If the wheels don't fit, just send them back." The
>kind of treatment you'd expect from a big, impersonal corporation
>unconcerned with customer needs.
>
>Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of these wheels and whether or
>not they will fit a Sunbeam?
>
>Could someone who subscribes to the Tiger list please forward this to
>it? Thanks.
>
>Christopher
>'67 SV od BRG
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