Alternative wheels

[braders]

Tam looks good to that colour in my top 5

[m3coupe]

Those Calibre Volante's look brilliant and checking the price out was a nice surprise as well. Add on a little more to have them sprayed silver and I think we have a winner.

[s6boy]

Agreed, less than new Spiders and look great, but don't forget you need to factor in more expensive (I assume) tyres and with the increase in diameter the insurance companies would have a say too.

[spartridge]

..got to be really careful that you get the offset right at the front also as it will be detrimental to handling. I recognise that this may not be the priority though.

[QBee]

Suspect you may be better to go to a man wot knows, rather than the best Internet price. Be armed with the Internet price by all means.......
Scrolling back will give you the contact details for where Chris got his.....

[ratboiler]

Best wheel I have seen are on very sideways car, look under pictures of you car it is the 3rd or forth picture in. What sort of wheels are they? Sorry I could not copy the picture to here.

[Basil Brush]

I like these as a modern take on the spider. It's a shame they only do them in 8.5 or 9.5 widths.

http://ultralitewheels.com/atec-2.htm

[VerySideways]

ratboiler said:

Best wheel I have seen are on very sideways car, look under pictures of you car it is the 3rd or forth picture in. What sort of wheels are they? Sorry I could not copy the picture to here.

These:



They look like the old TSW Venom but they aren't. Not sure what they were, and don't own the car any more

[Webbo700]

Broon time to change the wheels on your Tuscan pal!!!!

[Green Fly]

VerySideways said:

These:



They look like the old TSW Venom but they aren't. Not sure what they were, and don't own the car any more

Hi Pete, nice to see you still frequent the Tuscan site.
Ian

[VerySideways]

Hi Ian! Yep, couldn't use it for work but i still miss my old batmobile

[Flying Penguin]

Dark grey Jade R's with added brake dust effect (latter fully reversible)
[url]
|http://thumbsnap.com/P6LMMSzZ[/url]

[Toady1]

Nice! What size are they 19's?

[QBee]

Main conclusion of this thread seems to bet that the colour of the wheels is at least as important as the style, and it is very dependent on the colour of the car

[Flying Penguin]

Toady1 said:

Nice! What size are they 19's?

That's right, 19". Maybe 18,5 now, after being confronted with Belgian potholes last week

[Toady1]

Flying Penguin said:

That's right, 19". Maybe 18,5 now, after being confronted with Belgian potholes last week

They look awesome! where did you get them from and how much if you don't mind me asking?

[Flying Penguin]

Toady1 said:

Flying Penguin said:

That's right, 19". Maybe 18,5 now, after being confronted with Belgian potholes last week

They look awesome! where did you get them from and how much if you don't mind me asking?

Ordered them from here:
http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/19_Inch_100_Plus_Ja...

I think they were £585 delivered (set of 4). Ordered them in silver and then got them resprayed for £75 each (after having the passenger side ones properly curbed at France toll stations, that is). The new tyres required were actually more expensive than the wheels.

I have received them with incorrect offset but they were friendly enough to pick up the wrong ones and deliver the right offset for me next day free of charge.

I use:
Rear: 10x19 ET35 5x114.3
Front: 8.5x19 ET35 5x114.3

Hope this helps

[dvs_dave]

QBee said:

Cats said:

So are these Calibre Volantes? Standard colour? If so where can you get them and what offsets?

Liking these muchly!!

Track back -
I gave a link to a supplier i found forthem back near the beginning.
Or just google Calibre Volantes 19.
Or read the quote I posted from my friend Chris, who gave all the offset details etc and who he bought them from.

+1 loving these on the Tuscan. Although these from the same maker Calibre Decorus) might look even better as they have a totally smooth spoke curve.

[QBee]

Ageed

[Toady1]

Flying Penguin said:

Ordered them from here:
http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/19_Inch_100_Plus_Ja...

I think they were £585 delivered (set of 4). Ordered them in silver and then got them resprayed for £75 each (after having the passenger side ones properly curbed at France toll stations, that is). The new tyres required were actually more expensive than the wheels.

I have received them with incorrect offset but they were friendly enough to pick up the wrong ones and deliver the right offset for me next day free of charge.

I use:
Rear: 10x19 ET35 5x114.3
Front: 8.5x19 ET35 5x114.3

Hope this helps

Thanks for the info. Thats not much more than the cost of having spiders refurbed and straightened!