After a lot of effort, I finally got my rims today, but I think they where worth the effort.
They are perhaps not very locost(1240 euro's or about 830 pounds) and a little bit heavy, but I just love the looks of them.
At the front they are 16" 8J ET12 with Toyo Proxes T1-R 205/45-16 tyres
and at the back 16" 9J ET22 with 245/45-16 tyres.
I hope they will fit my Indy, but my car isn't to that stage yet.
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won't 4 axles make it corner like a bit of a pig? 
and opening the doors.
will he have to pay double road tax
I would type something but my eyes are still watering at the price!!!! Shamoan!!!
Nice present though....
Are they expensive then? Don't know wath they cost in the UK, but here in the Netherlands they asked 1600 euro's for them, so I bought them
in Germany. And they are actually 1149 euro's (rims tyres and wheel bolts), but I also had to pay some shipping costs.
[Edited on 3/8/07 by ruudbeckers]
[Edited on 3/8/07 by ruudbeckers]
they look similar to old ford wheels that you can get for under £100, but that obviously wouldnt be new.
quote:
Originally posted by ruudbeckers
After a lot of effort, I finally got my rims today, but I think they where worth the effort.
They are perhaps not very locost(1240 euro's or about 830 pounds) and a little bit heavy, but I just love the looks of them.
At the front they are 16" 8J ET12 with Toyo Proxes T1-R 205/45-16 tyres
and at the back 16" 9J ET22 with 245/45-16 tyres.
I hope they will fit my Indy, but my car isn't to that stage yet.
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
they look similar to old ford wheels that you can get for under £100, but that obviously wouldnt be new.
I don't think the front wings will be very much of a problem, and otherwise I will buy some other wings, Carbonmods sell some 239 wide front
wings.
The back is then perhaps a little bit more difficult. For the inside I could use some wheel spacers, but then the would stick out even further. I then
could search for some wider arches, or make my own ones, which of course would be a little bit more work. But the wheels are for actually for the
Irmscher version of the Caterham, so perhaps they also sell wider arches. And I believe that VM uses the same rims on the VM-77.
I'm using VM rear arches on mine, but the rear of the VM is different, so you need to modify them (VM tapers towards the rear). Actually very
easy to do. See my August 2005 update.
They are now actually a bit too wide for my wheels, so I'm going to look for some spacers.
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Originally posted by richardR1
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
they look similar to old ford wheels that you can get for under £100, but that obviously wouldnt be new.
Yeah - they look very much like Revolution RFX's to me
Hi Mave, actually I have already read your diary ones, but I forgot that you used VM arches. Could you tell me how wide they are? But as I also have
to modefy these arches, then ofcourse I could also use MK arches, as already have these, and make them a little bit wider. And looking at your website
actually makes it look quit easy. However, I have never worked with fibre glass before.
And yes, the wheels are on the heavy side. The front ones are 17.4 kg and the back 19.8 But hey, looks are important too.
Ruud,
my arches are 330 mm wide.
Of course, I'm always willing to trade my wheels for yours, should you not be willing to modify your arches.
Cheers,
Marcel
Hi Marcel,
I rather trade my arches. As they are 290 mm wide, they suite your wheels perfectly.
Where did you get your arches from?
Ruud.
They were a second hand buy.