14" Wide 5 Solid Wheels

Started by parmaynu, February 22, 2014, 08:18:10 AM

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Old Red looks like it's on 14's in this pic, look at the gap between the hubcap and the rim.

Nelson (BL3manx) would know for sure.



This up to date pic looks like it's still got the same wheels...

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Rears might be 15" hard to tell. I've been struggling over my wheel decision for bloody years! Literally!
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Decent size 14 inch rear tyres are getting scarce these days.

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Yeah have seen they aren't so widely available. As it is a vintage look I am going for it will have specialist tyres. Probably 185/70-14 on the front and 215/70-15 on the rear.
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I found this link over on the dark side, it sounds like they can do anything wheel-wide and the prices look OK.

http://www.usherengineering.co.uk/banded%20wheels.html
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Thanks David. Have got someone to rerim my solid 15's to 7". Going to run them with the 5" Trekker fronts. If I feel the need to go bigger in the future then I'll probably have to move in to banded country!
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