me!
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 06:53 PM |
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Wanted: 13" 6J ET-18 ish light wheels
Hello All.
Alongside trawling ebay I thought I'd ask on here- I'd like some Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 or Compomotive CXR's, 13"
diameter, 6J, ET-18 or thereabouts, drilled for Ford (4 x 108 I think). Preferably in a dark grey, silver or black.
Very specific I know, but if you don't ask you don't get! If they have some good tyres on I'd be interested in those also.
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Barkalarr
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| posted on 27/6/13 at 07:21 PM |
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u2u sent
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peter030371
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 08:43 AM |
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Team Dynamics don't make a 13" 6J wheel. They list them on the website but after talking to them a couple of weeks ago they insisted there
is no demand for this size and I should try and fit a 7" wide wheel 
I am not going down that route as a) the tyre I want to use are not recommended for a rim bigger than 6.5" and should ideally be on a 5.5"
rim and b) going from 6-7" adds (yet) another 1/2Kg to each wheel. Whilst I am not a weight fanatic I do like to try and do things
'right' and IMHO a 7" wheel on a Striker is not 'right' unless you have monster BHP (which is don't) 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 09:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by peter030371
Team Dynamics don't make a 13" 6J wheel. They list them on the website but after talking to them a couple of weeks ago they insisted there
is no demand for this size and I should try and fit a 7" wide wheel
I bet they would make them if you ordered enough of them 
might be worth asking what the min. order would need to be - it might be small enough for a group buy.....
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peter030371
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 10:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I bet they would make them if you ordered enough of them
might be worth asking what the min. order would need to be - it might be small enough for a group buy.....
They don't have the tooling for a 13x6 rim and when I asked what the MOQ would be they declined to answer
I am not interested now anyway as tomorrow I am picking up 4 x caterham superlight wheels (13x6....and by my calculations the correct offset) at a
good price  They might need a strip and re-paint if I don't like the colour but that's easy to arrange.
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me!
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 07:03 PM |
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Peter,
What offset are the superlight ones? The only Caterham wheels I could find in 13 x 6J are 23mm offset. Not sure how much difference 5mm makes
though!
Anyway, I was feeling flush until I saw how much of my bonus the taxman took, it might be new tyres on the rims I already have!
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capri_big_jim
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| posted on 28/6/13 at 10:29 PM |
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Im confused.... in the first post you are asking for wheels with an offset of ET-18
Then you said the caterham ones are a 23 offset, surely the difference is 41mm not 5mm
ET of -18 and +23 is 41mm difference...
are you after wheels 13x6 et18?
Sorry for interrupting your thread but I think you need to be as clear as possible.
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peter030371
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| posted on 29/6/13 at 08:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by me!
Peter,
What offset are the superlight ones? The only Caterham wheels I could find in 13 x 6J are 23mm offset. Not sure how much difference 5mm makes
though!
Anyway, I was feeling flush until I saw how much of my bonus the taxman took, it might be new tyres on the rims I already have!
I will measure them up later to double check but the ET is quoted as 24mm. If you need 18 (and not -18 as you originally said) then 5-6 mm is not
going to make that much difference but you may want to check first....if you are ever down in Kent you are welcome to try and fit one to see
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me!
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| posted on 29/6/13 at 10:36 PM |
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Sorry -18 was a mistake. And I've had my wheels off today and they're currently ET26.
I believe that the mk2 Escort used ET18, as I'm on cut down Escort struts that is what i was aiming for. Having had a search there seems to be a
lot of confusion regarding offsets given that our cars are a along way from Henry's original application. There was some talk about lighter cars
requiring more scrub which would indicate the use of a lower offset, but this could of course be bollocks. Any insight would be much appreciated!
Of course I could stop caring and just drive the bloody thing, but the master cylinder is goosed so its not going anywhere for a while!
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peter030371
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| posted on 1/7/13 at 07:15 AM |
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Now I have a set I can confirm the Caterham 8 spoke wheels 1) fit a treat and 2) are ET24
This is on an Escort Mk2 based live axle Striker.
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