18 inchers

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Was talking to the service manager of a certain SE based main dealer a couple of weeks back about the spiders/brakes upgrade that TVR are offering. I said that it'd look much better with 18" spiders instead of the 16" ones, his response was that there was no way to put 18" spiders on due to tyre/bodywork & tyre/hub clearnce issues.
Now I know that several PH'ers have Griffs with aftermarket 18" rear wheels fitted - did you have to mess around with spacers & different offsets to get them to fit (or go to a smaller width rim)?
Anyone managed to put 18"ers on the front yet?

[Leadfoot]

Hi Gerjo, must say that your wheels look the dogs danglies! The only aftermarket set yet that would make me think of changing. I know you've given details of them before, but would you mind repeating?
Already done the suspension/brake upgrade thingy btw.

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gerjo said:

what brakes did you go for? like 'm?

I've got 4 pot HiSpec billet calipers with 283(or 285 - can't remember)mm drilled/grooved discs on the front & standard sized drilled/grooved discs on the back, EBC green pads all round. Yes I'm happy with them, although I'd fit bigger front discs if I was to go up in wheel diameter.

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B19GRR said:

Problem with the 18" spiders is the narrowest width they do is 8.5J

Ah, didn't know they were 8.5" wide. I can see why that'd cause probs.

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RichB & Monaco: What offsets are your wheels (front & back)?

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johno said:

LF, How near is the Griffith to being ready then ? Just to jump a thread .... what would be the biggest disc I could fit into a 16' wheel. Would it be 300 mm ??

At the beginning of last week I was told 2 weeks time, so fingers crossed it'll be pretty soon - you'll know I've got it back when the weather turns!