Re: Tyre Info
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:23 pm
Carledo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:24 pmStandard Sprint ET is 35. Besides the 14" fake Minilites, I also have around (maybe available) a set of MGF 15s currently shod with 195/50/15 Toyos and a set of wheel nuts that will fit either set of rims to 7/16" Sprint studs.shaunroche wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:43 amHi Steve, cheers for the reply!Carledo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:18 pm......If you've rolled and pulled the rear arches, you can run a smaller offset. But as I said above, the JBW fake minilites only go down to ET14 which MIGHT just clear your modified arches
If you'd like to try them for size, the 5.5x14 ET14 fake Minilites I have are all shod, currently with road legal (if a little old) 185/60/14s.
In your position though, Id go for the MGF 15x6 ET27? rims ......195/55/14 and will fill the arches better.....
Steve
The tyres I'm looking at using are offered in 185/55/14, 185/60/14 and 185/55/15 so if you have a set of wheels that will take that size, they will certainly be worth a try.....we'll speak further on this!
I got two sets of 'minilites' from R an R alloys @13" x whatever the Sprint offset is (they are JBW wheels) and fitted with 185/60/13's fit perfectly.....up to a reasonable size, R n R can offer that wheel at the offset you specify and I don't remember there being any change in price for them....could you remind me what the Sprint offset is please?
It seems if you have 13" rims, you can get close to a Sprint ET, it's only when you go up in diameter, as I've been forced to by my oversize TJs, that the problems start!
Steve
Steve, I think you established some time ago, that 6 x 15 inch wheels from MG F & MG TF cars, were of 28 mm offset.
I know from personal measurements and embossed specifications, that the MG 2000 Maestro 5½ x 15 inch alloy wheels (normally shod with 185/55 R15 tyres) are of 31 mm offset whilst the MG 2000 Montego 6 x 15 inch alloy wheels (normally shod with 195/55 R15 tyres) are of 28 mm offset. Both are of the appropriate PCD for Toledos & Dolomites, but would usually be used in conjunction with M12 x 1•5 mm wheel-fixing studs & nuts with floating conical washers.
The load ratings for these wheels are at least 400 kg each - 400 or 415 kg for the Maestro and 425 kg for the Montego.
The 185 and 195 figures are merely the nominal tyre-section widths in millimetres. Actual installed tyre-section widths vary with wheel widths and tyre manufacturers!
Also keep in mind that changing the wheel-offset and/or the tyre external rolling radius, will alter the steering-offset (aka scrub radius) which might have unforeseen effects on the under-steer & over-steer characteristics, as I discovered from personal experience back in the early-1990s!
