New wheels

[Bluebottle911]

My TR now has a new set of wheels, courtesy of Paul's track car which has kindly sacrificed its wheels for me. I have swapped the standard 15" wheels for 17" ones.

Paul, you may not recognise the wheels, as I had them refurbished, turned the tyres as I am not a fan of white walls and changed the black badges for red ones. Here are the "before and afters":





Appearance is significantly improved IMO and new wheels will be much easier to keep clean. I have only done a few miles since fitting the new wheels, but my initial impressions are that cornering seems better and ride does not appear to have been adversely affected.

[V8 FOU]

Looks real good to me! Glad it worked out for you - have to agree about white walls!
Maybe see you at one of the BDC events next year.

[DUMBO100]

It looks 10 years younger, lovely

[matt5791]

I think those particular wheels are, arguably, the best looking wheels ever fitted to a Bentley.

[graemel]

matt5791 said:

I think those particular wheels are, arguably, the best looking wheels ever fitted to a Bentley.

absolutely with out doubt

[Byteme]

The wheels look great and take ten years off the car but the tyres look wrong, too high a profile. What size are they?

[V8 FOU]

These are very special wheels - they make the car change colour..... look at the photos.

[Bluebottle911]

Byteme said:

The wheels look great and take ten years off the car but the tyres look wrong, too high a profile. What size are they?

255/55VR17

[Bluebottle911]

V8 FOU said:

These are very special wheels - they make the car change colour..... look at the photos.

Yes, they definitely have magic properties. I think I'll have green today.

[WelshBentleyBoy]

Nice to see the red wheel centres on the car which are the correct ones for a Turbo R.

The badge colours are a real anorak's delight!

Basically Green = Quick
Red = Quicker
Black = Quickest!
There is even a one off yellow out there somewhere, made for an Italian dealer

[andypocock]

Where do I get the black ones from? I was looking for a cheap way of going a bit faster.

[Bluebottle911]

andypocock said:

Where do I get the black ones from? I was looking for a cheap way of going a bit faster.