RE: More on Wire Wheels

Jarrid Gross (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 14:46:00 -0700

I looked into this last year. The alpine wire wheel hubs have a wider mounting position than that of the 4 lug hubs. This means be carefull of the width and offset of the wheel that you purchase. 4 1/2 to 5 inch width is probably safe, but beware of too wide of wheel especially with a lot of wheel offset "4 inches or greater" as your tires will become very intimate with your fenders.

---------- From: Jay Laifman To: alpines Subject: More on Wire Wheels Date: Friday, June 21, 1996 1:30PM

I just called Valley Wire Wheel in North Hollywood (818) 765-3258 where I bought my wire wheels from years ago (now with different owners). He agreed that the Midget and Alpine wheels were the same. He could not off the top of his head confirm that the MGB and Alpine hubs were the same. He thought that the splines and diameter were the same, but would have to check to see if the angle of the end of the hub that rests on the back of the wheel was the same.

He also said that he has seen a bunch of the alloy knock off wheels, and many are very nice wheels. But, on the last set he saw, 3 out of 4 of the center hubs were not mounted exactly true to the center of the wheel, causing a need for more weights than he thought was reasonable. Lastly, as far a Moss' listing the same wheel for different cars, I thought Moss does a lot of research before they list something so he wouldn't question them.

Jay

Jay S. Laifman Pircher, Nichols & Meeks 1999 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 201-8915