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1. wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Vink, Graham" <vinkg@fleishman.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:47:29 -0500; I'm going to buy some new wheels for my 1963 BJ7. Any recommendations re 60 or 72 spokes? (My originals are 48, which I'm not going back to). Also, my tentative plan is to buy USA Dayton instead of I; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00414.html (7,941 bytes)
2. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Robert Poague" <rapoague@gte.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:42:06 -0700; I've had Dayton 72 stainless-spoke wheels with chrome rims on my BJ7 for sixteen years and am very happy with them. They are of excellent quality in my opinion. They are 5.5" width and I run 185/70-; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00419.html (8,842 bytes)
3. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:57:39 -0400; 60 spoke will be plenty fo your BJ7. You didn't say whether you were going for chrome, though you mentioned the stainless spokes. I've always used the Dunlops for my own and customers cars and have; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00421.html (9,174 bytes)
4. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:30:08 -0400; I almost hate to jump in Rich because of your good esperience with them, but I feel I have to add my comments on Dunlop's. I added the chrome ones to my BJ8 in 1986. I can't tell you how many times I; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00427.html (10,313 bytes)
5. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:58:07 -0400; This may be because the Dunlops didn't used to be laced with stainless spokes, but they are now, though I don't know when this began. Rich as; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00429.html (8,633 bytes)
6. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Robert Poague" <rapoague@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:02:05 -0700; The British Wire Wheels website includes this statement: "Most Dunlop chrome wheels have chrome-plated stainless steel spokes and nipples. All DAYTON chrome wheels have polished stainless steel spoke; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00432.html (9,482 bytes)
7. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:24:41 -0700; Just got back from 1,419 mile trip with my son to Death Valley ;) Anyway, my only peeve with my otherwise satisfactory Daytons is the chrome nipples. These tend to round off and distort with tuning .; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00437.html (9,138 bytes)
8. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:16:54 -0600; Good question. I don't know why plating stainless steel is desirable. Probably because the color of polished stainless is not the same as chromed & they want the rim & spoke colors to match. I don't; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00440.html (9,239 bytes)
9. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:45:11 -0400; Good point Rich. This could make the difference. I can say though that i put Dayton's on my E-Type about 9 years ago and have driven it lots of miles --and--no broken spokes at all. Regards Tom <heal; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00444.html (9,209 bytes)
10. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:45:52 -0600; Only reason I can think of is that stainless on stainless tends to gall & seize easily, even when lubed with anti seize compound.. You must drive pretty hard for them to need tuning or have some rea; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00445.html (8,758 bytes)
11. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:12:40 -0700; 5-6,000 miles/year on all kinds of roads all over the western US and Canada in all kinds of weather (just drove ~600 miles in one day from Death Valley to San Jose ... 12+ hours). Even went to Mexic; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00446.html (10,271 bytes)
12. Re: wire wheels -- how many spokes? (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:12:47 -0600; Very true DR; /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00451.html (7,771 bytes)

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