18" tuscan wheels

[jimbob2]

I want a set for my cerbie!!

Anyone selling? (any condition considered, but must be tuscan fronts)

Anyone know a good cheap source?

[j_s_g]

jimbob2 said:

I want a set for my cerbie!! Anyone selling? (any condition considered, but must be tuscan fronts) Anyone know a good cheap source?

Team Proactive (www.team-proactive.co.uk) in Birmingham managed to get me good-as-new resprayed second-hand set for around £250. They were happy for me to order my tyres cheap online, then fit & balance them for me (plus do the stops on the steering, etc. too)

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Sorry to be pedantic but I assume you're talking about the Spider wheels fitted to the Tuscan, Cerbera, Tamora and T350?

I paid £1400 for a new set of wheels and Toyo Proxies from TMS.

[jimbob2]

Thats exactly what i am trying to avoid!

Tyres can be purchased a lot cheaper from mytyres.com or blackcircles.com - e.g. 18" Toyos £115 front, £160 rears!

[k3njw]

The 18" spider wheels are £150 each new.

[j_s_g]

jimbob2 said:

Thats exactly what i am trying to avoid! Tyres can be purchased a lot cheaper from mytyres.com or blackcircles.com - e.g. 18" Toyos £115 front, £160 rears!

I paid just that about that for them online (well, actually, a bit more as I went for 225x35xZR18 on the front rather than the cheaper 40s), and it came in at < £850 in total.

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So they're a £1000 option on a new car or you can go for the standard 16" wheels AND then buy the 18" wheels/tyres for £850 afterwards?
Are you sure?

[Plotloss]

I was told aftermarket sales they are £600+tyres for 4...

[jimbob2]

J-s-g - you paid £850 all in - tyres and rims?

Where from?

[j_s_g]

jimbob2 said:

J-s-g - you paid £850 all in - tyres and rims? Where from?

[Checks receipts just to be sure...] Yep, just under £600 for the tyres from www.4newtyres.co.uk, and just under £250 for the rims from www.team-proactive.co.uk. Looking at the invoice there was about 1 hour of labour on it (was having twin headlight conversion at the same time). For what it's worth, they were friendly, helpful, etc. whilst carrying out the work, too. Oh, and that's all VAT included.

>> Edited by j_s_g on Wednesday 1st October 21:23

[chimhunter]

So, £850 for 18" wheels and tyres.

How much to convert a 4 stud mount thing (technical term, dontyaknow) to a 5 stud thing to accept them, i.e. the old Ford pattern on Griffs and Chims to the newer one? Anyone know?

Rob

[Steve_T]

Rob,

You're best bet is to talk to Leven Technologies on this one, they bought out the original adapter kit for spider wheels, but I seem to remember it only working with 16" wheels. Perhaps there's a reason why it won't work with 18s.

Steve.

[chimhunter]

Steve_T said:

Rob, You're best bet is to talk to Leven Technologies on this one, they bought out the original adapter kit for spider wheels, but I seem to remember it only working with 16" wheels. Perhaps there's a reason why it won't work with 18s. Steve.

Cheers mate. I might drop them a line when I've got some money. Like next centuary...

Rob