How rare are these wheels getting ??

[R1van]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 01 January 2014 at 15:41

[guru_1071]

not very


4.5" reverse rims where really common at one time, they are not desirable now as cars with drum brakes are pretty rare, and they stick out the body work on a car with disc brakes, so you have to run arches.


if they where the 4.5 non reverse (i.e, cooper s offset) or the rare 3.5" ventilated wheels, then they still command a good value.

the ones in the photo above are worth no more than a set of 6 x 10 alloys wheels I think

[guru_1071]

R1van said:

What sort of value would they be worth then ?!new tyres all round

dunno really


£150-200 maybe


I used to pay a tenner a rim, I had about 50 of them at one point!

[Furyblade_Lee]

You can buy reproduction ones for about £40 each, and apparently even aluminium ones?? I paid about £20 each for my used set, and got them blasted and refurbed for about £35 each, but I just wanted to have originals on my car. Aparently too some of the repro ones don't fit the original hubcaps which can be annoying.