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Alistair H.
Original Poster
996 posts
140 months
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Gazzab
15,116 posts
151 months
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Ouch that is not good. Well done for spotting it!
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Tang Soo Tim
438 posts
38 months
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Blimey that will get us all looking later ! Easily done around bolt hole if over tightened but cracked on the spoke 
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scotty_d
5,652 posts
63 months
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Spiders are pretty but they are junk i have a flat spot on mine only after the drive to chatsworth and back and around 100 miles of local roads around here.
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Gazzab
15,116 posts
151 months
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NEver had a spider issue in the 10 years that I have driven around on 3 different sets (on 3 different cerbs).
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DJR 7
394 posts
126 months
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The consequences of wheel failure doesn't bare thinking.
Took mine off last week and checked them as I'd hit a couple of pot holes, I found nothing so sinister!
It's a worthy post that may get owners checking, I very much doubt yours is or will be the only case.
Well spotted sir! Good luck with the resolve.
D
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tr7v8
4,008 posts
97 months
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Looks like overtightened to me.
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DJR 7
394 posts
126 months
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Just a thought would it be worth moving this post to the general forum as Many
TVR models are fitted with the spiders?
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Alistair H.
Original Poster
996 posts
140 months
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tr7v8 said: Looks like overtightened to me. Thats a definite no. I do them myself with a torque wrench. Fronts unaffected. It may be my wheel spinning starts, as I ry and improve my 64 foot times, but also check the cracks in the rim as well as the points where the nuts are. oh and Gazza...these rims are actually about 11 years old. I ordered 2 new rims this morning.
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Mr Cerbera
2,953 posts
99 months
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.... and may I ask where you ordered them from Alistair ?
Ta !
PJ
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Alistair H.
Original Poster
996 posts
140 months
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Mr Cerbera said: .... and may I ask where you ordered them from Alistair ?
Ta !
PJ Hi Paul, I got them from TVR Power. - They are actually on offer and only cost me 132 GBP a corner! - I was going to think about changing for something lighter/stronger, and also maybe a change as these puppies have been on for 11 years, but the low price and my Northerm tightwad instincts took over. I am hoping as the ones I took off are "rears" and the new ones are "fronts" that my wheel arch rubbing days will be over.
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Mr Cerbera
2,953 posts
99 months
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Alistair H. said: Hi Paul,
I got them from TVR Power. - They are actually on offer and only cost me 132 GBP a corner! - I was going to think about changing for something lighter/stronger, and also maybe a change as these puppies have been on for 11 years, but the low price and my Northerm tightwad instincts took over.
I am hoping as the ones I took off are "rears" and the new ones are "fronts" that my wheel arch rubbing days will be over. It's true that my memory was not.... ummmm... I've forgotten now BUTDoes that mean 42 offset all round ?? (and doesn't that mean that your rears are more likely to rub on the outside of the arch ?? Like I said, memory like a ..... Ummmm .....
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mikethebike1127
161 posts
40 months
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Mr Cerbera said: It's true that my memory was not.... ummmm... I've forgotten now
BUT
Does that mean 42 offset all round ?? (and doesn't that mean that your rears are more likely to rub on the outside of the arch ??
Like I said, memory like a ..... Ummmm ..... It's the other way round MrC.....the more the offset - the further inward your rim sits
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Alistair H.
Original Poster
996 posts
140 months
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mikethebike1127 said: It's the other way round MrC.....the more the offset - the further inward your rim sits Yep...rears are 33, fronts 42. So I guess I gain 9mm?
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spongy
2,124 posts
30 months
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mine wobble like dale wintons butt cheeks in a gay night club,only at 72 mph though.love the look of spiders but do fancy a wheel with a big outer rim(POLISHED).
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skidoo
375 posts
59 months
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spongy
2,124 posts
30 months
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bouldster
55 posts
45 months
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wow! never seen any cracks there,plenty on the inner rim edge though!
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scotty_d
5,652 posts
63 months
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spongy said: mine wobble like dale wintons butt cheeks in a gay night club,only at 72 mph though.love the look of spiders but do fancy a wheel with a big outer rim(POLISHED). 
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TVdinneR
232 posts
19 months
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spongy said: mine wobble like dale wintons butt cheeks in a gay night club So yours have a big crack up the middle too  And a polished rim
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