[Fot] Triumph TR7 15 inch steel wheels?

[Robert Lang]

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, John Nikas wrote:

> Originally, the TR7 came with 13 inch wheels. Last year we saw a TR7 with 15
> inch steel wheels that came off some Japanese sports car. I know that the
> bolt pattern on the TR7 is different from that of the TR2-6 range. I think
> they are the same pattern as the Spitfire (later). Does anybody know what
> steel wheels will fit on a TR7? Thanks.

Not many fit off the shelf, the bolt pattern is 4 on 3.75 or 4 on 96 mm, 
something like that.

If you want to fit "jap car" wheels to your TR7, there are vendors that 
sell adapters to go from 4 on whatever to 4 on 100mm, a common zise for 
"tuner" cars. The only drawback to this approach is the fact that most 
tuner wheels run lots of offset - BUT the adapters act like spacers and 
cancel some of the change in offset.

In other words - the adapter approach will def. work for some folks.

Whether you prefer to run spacers and that sort of thing is a personal 
preference, or so it seems.

Me - if I happened to have a TR7 or TR8, I'd either make custom hubs or 
convert what's there to 4 on 4.5" because I have about a zillion 4 on 4.5 
wheels from having owned TR6's since the 70's. :-) Oh - and it's not hard 
to get a Ford 8.8" diff to fit a TR7/8 and you can easily get 4 on 4.5" 
hubs for that setup.

> -- 
> Very truly yours,
>
> John Nikas
> Cape Coventry Racing
> www.capecoventryracing.com
> (949) 375-6306


regards,
rml
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