I tend to agree with Rich that fitting wide(r) tires on wire wheels is
not a wise decision, but I doubt if this is also applicable to using
radials.
Wider tires (and wider rims for that matter) create problems in
balancing wire wheels accurately as they are more flexible and in
general less accurate in dimensions than aluminium or steel disc wheels.
Also, as wider tires have a higher grip in general, the load on the rims
can be considerably higher, causing some deformation and possible
breakage of the spokes, especially with SS ( and perhaps chromed) spokes
when driving hard.
If really serious spirited driving is on the cards, use aluminium or
steel disc wheels. The Minilites or slotted Wolfraces do look rather
nice and purposeful on any car and they deliver, as rally cars of the
day showed.
Some say that the India manufactured wheels are of a consistant and
higher quality than the original British made wheels.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Rich C schreef:
> Tadek, et al,
>
> I have only ever bought and used the MWS painted wheels who use the
> original Dunlop design. The quality of the India manufactured wheels
> has been very high for over 20 years and of all the sets we've bought
> and installed on my own and customers project cars, there have never
> been any problems, and some of these have been driven extensively.
> Certainly as Josef stated, there is a difference in the look of the
> MWS vs. the Daytons, both in shape and as far as I've seen, colour of
> the paint. The Daytons are definetly a darker silver gray than they
> should be, where the MWS are spot on.
> Certainly your choice, but I would definetly recommend the painted 48
> spoke MWS wheels with nothing bigger than the 165x15 or equivalent
> tires. If you care to go all the way back to originality, these wheels
> fitted with new but original design Dunlop Roadspeed 5.90x15 tires (as
> originally fitted to your car) will give the car it's original look
> with full and even wheel arches, ride height and driving
> characteristics, admittedly quite different from a radial tire, but no
> stress on the wheels or the car, and great fun to drive. These were
> the best and highest performance tire of their day.
>
> Now come the comments....
>
> Rich Chrysler
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