'80 Triumph Tr-7

[milner351]

I will see if I can get a picture - they are weld look a likes - made by prime wheel in the usa, I think they are cast aluminum - may not be the easiest to work with.
I think they are 15x7 but may be narrower than that.

[STINEY]

Okay......questions.

ALuminum fake welds or steel fake welds?

Fronts or rears? Better question may be what size?

They actually only have 4 lug holes? All the Welds I've seen have 2 sets of 4 lug holes for a total of eight.....kind of eats up the available real estate for redrilling. Guess that's why I didn't think of that?

[milner351]

Like I was saying about different wheels front and rear....

I have a pair of weld look alike 4 lug fox wheels - the other two sold - one already has a damaged hub face - if you want to try to re-drill them - stop on by on one of your silver lake runs

[STINEY]

adapters are cheapISH

Adapters are common in the VW world.....but since when did the price rise from $35 to $200+? Yikes!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-TR7-TR8-Lotus-Alloy-Wheel-Adapters-/251264575611?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a8089287b&vxp=mtr#ht_3533wt_958

[milner351]

Yea - adaptors front and new axle rear sounds like it will solve a bunch of problems - for that matter - it wouldn't be the end of the world to run oem wheels up front and something else in the rear for a while either.

[SuperBuickGuy]

adapters are cheap

[STINEY]

Found a good deal on a full set of Welds for a 4 lug FOX, good tires and the rears are drag radials.

With that in mind I set out to see how they would fit.

The TR7 uses a freak (even in British cars) 95.25mm PCD bolt circle. That's 3.75"

A 4 lug FOX is 108mm or 4.5"

Here is a visual. Not even sure if there is room to redrill for a different pattern as the TR7 uses a hub/hat arrangement.

Maybe I should just look for rims that would fit an Explorer 5 lug bolt pattern. Do the 8.8 disc explorer rear swap and run wheel adapters on the front.

[TheSilverBuick]

[SuperBuickGuy]

maybe it skipped a generation or 5

[STINEY]

Apparently some deviant genetic make-up has come into play here. Didn't get it from us....

[milner351]

oh snap

[DanStokes]

Obviously from Mrs. Stiney.

Dan

[SuperBuickGuy]

Yep, he's a good one. Shows a ton of natural ability too.

Last fall, he decided to take his old Lightning McQueen 10" bicycle apart. No big deal, he couldn't really ride it anymore anyways so apart it came. All him, I did help when he asked me how to get the tires off the rims but the rest was him.

No big deal right? After all, haven't we all torn something apart at some point?

Now he left it on the shop floor all winter long. I hinted a couple of times about what he was going to do with it now, but left it as it wasn't in the way.

So 2 weeks ago, he up and decides to put it back together. This should be good, but that's how we learn, right?

I was floored when he came over to me and asked if I could help, and the only thing he didn't have done was those tires back on the rims and the chain pressed back together. Wow.

I'm turning everything over to the boys. I'm outclassed.

Where did they learn how to finish a project?

[STINEY]

Yep, he's a good one. Shows a ton of natural ability too.

Last fall, he decided to take his old Lightning McQueen 10" bicycle apart. No big deal, he couldn't really ride it anymore anyways so apart it came. All him, I did help when he asked me how to get the tires off the rims but the rest was him.

No big deal right? After all, haven't we all torn something apart at some point?

Now he left it on the shop floor all winter long. I hinted a couple of times about what he was going to do with it now, but left it as it wasn't in the way.

So 2 weeks ago, he up and decides to put it back together. This should be good, but that's how we learn, right?

I was floored when he came over to me and asked if I could help, and the only thing he didn't have done was those tires back on the rims and the chain pressed back together. Wow.

I'm turning everything over to the boys. I'm outclassed.

[DanStokes]

Great job! I KNEW it had to be possible. You're lucky to have a helper.

Dan