Raider Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Standard (no pun intended) Triumph PCD - they were all the same but I can't bring to mind the dimension - I am sure someone else will!Size should be 5.5J - 13 fitted with 175/70R13 tyres (best make you can afford).Here's my Toledo fitted with nearly this - actually 6J 13 and 185/70R13s as I just swapped the wheels over from my TR7 for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Toledos Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 PCD is 3¾“ (or 95.25mm, if you’ve been decimalised) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMyers35 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Depends on the offset of the wheels. I had revolutions with 185/60-14s on my Sprint for a while and they rubbed on the rear arches. They had a backspace of around 100mm whereas a standard sprint alloy is narrower but has more backspace at 116mm. In other words, wider wheels and less backspace made them stick out by around 30mm.They look nice though, and a TDC member used to have 14" minators on his sprint. Ask xvivalve on the TDC forum as he now owns the car.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMyers35 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Depends on the offset of the wheels. I had revolutions with 185/60-14s on my Sprint for a while and they rubbed on the rear arches. They had a backspace of around 100mm whereas a standard sprint alloy is narrower but has more backspace at 116mm. In other words, wider wheels and less backspace made them stick out by around 30mm.They look nice though, and a TDC member used to have 14" minators on his sprint. Ask xvivalve on the TDC forum as he now owns the car.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maph2 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 these are for minis which have a different pcd and won't fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 why not try sprint alloys? they're easy to get hold of, polish up nicely and will bolt straight on, with only a change of wheel studs to sprint spec.theye are 5.5j and look best with 185/60 x13 tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollyboy Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 i 4got you had that tolo dave, lookin nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 yes it looks good in the pic doesn't it! this was taken before the 2006 RBRR, whic it completed without missing a beat. it normally sits lower than this too, but we adjusted the spring seats up, because three blokes, tools and spares causes havoc with the underside on the scottish lanes!Geof, what about a set of gt6 5.5j steels? i had thes on my tolly last year before the sprint alloys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 if you are set on nasty minilites ha ha, i'd go for 14x5.5 or 14x6, anthracite and polished like on my mini. thes are KN Minators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 whoops, try again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 i have my claws into a set of superlights with yokoA510's. im painting the spokes black, and they're going on my tolo;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 yes good choice m8, they do look better with coloured spokes. although i think minilites only really suit some cars, like minis and capris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have yet to find a classic car from the 60s or 70s that Minilites don't look great on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollyboy Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 i've never really been a fan, although raiders tolo looks mighty fine IMO.dont like them on dolos, but strange how they look much better on a tolo.main reason for me having them is they're superlights (magnesium) and they have nice tyres, all new...;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Magnesium? Are you sure? I think the only magnesium Minilites were the originals & they're worth a fortune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 I think it's possible to buy them in magnesium again :-/2 minutes later - yes http://www.minilitewheels.com/products.htm#magnesium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I stand corrected:http://www.superlite-wheels.com/wheelpage.asp?cat=5But look at the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 No danger of me buying any with my budget :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollyboy Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 woooooaaaa. nutters. like that vid, reminds me of A level chemistry.ta for concerns anyhoooo. was it highlander? "its better to burn out than fade away" (haha)ive been told they're magnesium, they're 13x6j and ex "alg1k", and costing me barely more than the tyres.i'm still having them anyway.as for 140mph into a bridge - not much fear of that, i dont think my tolo would manage 140 if i jumped it off a cliff! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32valves Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 davesideways wrote:Can leech the air from water and doesn't like Co2 either? :) Best to stand back and wait till its gone out :)Erm, if I remember my chemistry, what you're seeing there is the water reacting with the burning magnesium to form magnesium oxide (white smoke) and hydrogen which then burns instantly and ferociously (think Hindenburg) giving the huge flare seen in the vid (dickheads). You put metal fires out with dry powder, starve the bugger of oxygen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 "its better to burn out than to fade away"That's Neil Young: Rust never sleeps. 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Some of the older VW beetles and vans had magnesium alloy crankcase and gearbox casing......When I was a kid in Botswana a VW van caught fire on the road not far from where we lived and boy did it burn well! :o No fire brigade handy there! After the fire they eventually dragged the remains away and left the 'bones' of the engine and gearbox lying on the ground surrounded in white powder - the crank and rods in a line with the gear clusters........ with pushrods still in half melted tubes. The heads must have been something different as they were still partly present although impressively melted.If I catch my kids pratting around like the ones in that vid they'll be for it! Sort of stupid thing I used to do.....Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32valves Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 timbancroft61 wrote: "its better to burn out than to fade away"That's Neil Young: Rust never sleeps. 1979.It's also Def Leppard 'Rock of Ages' from Pyromania in ~ '84 (most probably the reference for the Kurgon in Highlander I reckon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Sorry about the off thread comments. Blimey, I did not realise Carl was a metaller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32valves Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 timbancroft61 wrote: Blimey, I did not realise Carl was a metaller!Keep the music like the cars, loud and proud ;D(sorry for going off topic too :B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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