TR7 wheels

[Guest DaveBearne]

Hi,

 

Had my 7 for 6 months and have been using it daily. 6K miles and no breakdowns! Now the better weather is here I'm spending some time smartening it up - just cosmetic stuff. I've been offered (for a price) some 4 spoke revolutions that used to be on a 7. I like the idea of them, but they're 8" wide. Are they feasible or will they foul the arches, bugger up the handling etc? I can't do a test fit as the seller is at the other end of the country. Any info would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks, Dave.

[Cinnobar]

Mine on 6 x 14 Comp TAs with 195/60 x 14 tyres. I personally think any wider is wasted. Mine is a Californian Shell (so rigid) completely rebuilt, fully polybushed & uprated & I suspect would struggle to use anything much wider. I think from experience tweaking various cars over the years you'd virtually need a suspension redesign to use anything much wider. Modern wider tyres DO NOT like very much camber change and that is just one of the things a 7 does.

Given a choice again I'd probably go 15inch MGF wheels if only because of the better tyre choice.

 

Jim

[Maxwell]

Dave.. Bring your car to the TR7 Marque Day at Maidstone on SUNDAY 15th MAY: the'll be loads of tyre\wheel combinations on show, together with advice by the bucket-load! Just turn up 10:00 onwards!  Maxwell

[martynharrison]

If it was me, I'd not bother with 8" tyres. They won't give you more grip but will hurt the handling and they most likely won't work properly in the wet.

[tr7v8]

we have 13x7 on our TR7v8 and that needed the lip on the bottom of the arch removing to get clearance that was with 205x60/13

 

Tom

[Guest Chris Draper]

Yep that's right. Got 15 x 7's on mine & had to get the wheel arch lips rolled up to get clearance. I wouldn't think you'd get 8 inchers in there without flaring the arches.