Knock On Wheels experience

[(C)arlos]

Guys,

they guy that bought by Tornado is looking for some upgrades.

He wants some knock on 15" wheels from vintage wheels and perhaps aluminum uprights that can carry a 6pot break caliper.

My question is, who is using such a combo and how does it look on the car?
Currently I don't understand if the wheel moves a bit outside switching from standard Granada hubs and image wheels to knock on wheels ....

I know that Vintage wheels can make custom setups but if possible I would love to keep the measurements we have at the moment because of TUEV ( :yuck: ) and the whole setup of the car took me quite a while, and I don't want to change it if not necessary.

So any advise is much apreciated

Cheers
(C)arlos

 

[Andy Sheldon]

Carlos

We have all of the items you need

Thanks

Andy

 

[Phil]

Carlos:
My experience with Vintage wheels was that the adapter was approx. .375 thick at the flange, this puts your track dimension out .750". I don't recall the backspacing on the wheels but with some chassis the tires were pretty close to the body. If you are switching to pin drives from regular bolt-up wheels you would need to check that backspace to retain that track dimension, minimize body interference, and keep your scrub radius the same as before.
The bolt-up is rather straightforward, and the wheels mount nicely. The only issue I could see would be the bolt centers on the adapter has a minimum dimension ( I forget what that was!) and as a result the adapter has a larger diameter than lets say an original wheel, but we did 5 on 4.5" bolt circle and it worked well.
Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
Cheers
Phil

 

[(C)arlos]

Phil,
thx a lot for the input. so .750 would be O.K on the front but I have doubts for the back. So I check all measurements and make sure he gets the right wheels...

How is the quality of the wheels and the adapters ? I only have seen them on pics and they seem to be very nice, but how about a year on the car and several miles on the clock ?
Cheers and thx
(C)arlos

 

[Bob Putnam]

Talk to Bob at Vintage. There's some room to change the wheel backspacing to fit your car. The wheels/adapters are already designed to work together to duplicate a standard backspacing, but that can be changed slightly by further machining.

 

[(C)arlos]

Bob Thx a lot will do ...

 

[(C)arlos]

Andy thx, I will let the guy know....cheers Carlos

Carlos

We have all of the items you need

Thanks

Andy