RL7 Wheel Help Required

[Jester7]

Hi All
I am after a pair of rear 18's RL7?? I ve tried the usual breakers etc but with no joy so far, thought it might be worth a post?? If any one can help just let me know

Cheers

[Storer]

Try putting a "wanted" ad in the Parts section

[Jester7]

Storer said:

Try putting a "wanted" ad in the Parts section

I have it hasn't been published yet, But as the Cerbera was the only TVR fitted with Racelines as standard I thought i would post here.

[ridds]

I have a set I'm thinking of selling. email me through my profile and we can go from there.

[rigga]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-CERBERA-17-INCH-ALLOY-WH...


ETA...My mistake just re read you want 18's

Edited by rigga on Wednesday 2nd July 22:48

[markh1]

Where 18inch RL7's ever made??

[malman]

Yes but they were prone to being porous. They looked lovely on the car though if you got a good set ebtter than spiders IMHO. The 17" didn't suffer the same problems.

[Flashheart]

Mine do!!!!!

[Mr.Cerbera]

Mmmm, does that mean that RL7s are not Spiders ?

If not then what is the serial number for Spiders ?

What is this ?

[caduceus]

Flashheart said:

Mine do!!!!!

I was under the impression 17" RLs were prone to being porous, and the 18's were prone to fracture.

Thats what I heard today anyway, after speaking to a very decent chap at a dealer.

[ridds]

Mr.Cerbera said:

Mmmm, does that mean that RL7s are not Spiders ?

If not then what is the serial number for Spiders ?

What is this ?

That is a Spider.

18" RL's do exist. Here's some.

[Jester7]

ridds said:

Mr.Cerbera said:

Mmmm, does that mean that RL7s are not Spiders ?

If not then what is the serial number for Spiders ?

What is this ?

That is a Spider.

18" RL's do exist. Here's some.

Are those the 18's your going to sell to me Matt

[The AJP Griff]

caduceus said:

Flashheart said:

Mine do!!!!!

I was under the impression 17" RLs were prone to being porous, and the 18's were prone to fracture.

Thats what I heard today anyway, after speaking to a very decent chap at a dealer.

A very well respected indie told me that the only 18's he'd ever seen cracked,were always the fronts.I asked for confirmation on here a while ago,and no-one came back and reported rears cracking.Cant see why this should be though

[BCA]

Flashheart said:

Mine do!!!!!

Ours too, always have... its a pain.

[HarryW]

The AJP Griff said:

caduceus said:

Flashheart said:

Mine do!!!!!

I was under the impression 17" RLs were prone to being porous, and the 18's were prone to fracture.

Thats what I heard today anyway, after speaking to a very decent chap at a dealer.

A very well respected indie told me that the only 18's he'd ever seen cracked,were always the fronts.I asked for confirmation on here a while ago,and no-one came back and reported rears cracking.Cant see why this should be though

Maybe the 9" rears were a slightly thicker casting

[JR]

HarryW said:

The AJP Griff said:

caduceus said:

Flashheart said:

Mine do!!!!!

I was under the impression 17" RLs were prone to being porous, and the 18's were prone to fracture.
Thats what I heard today anyway, after speaking to a very decent chap at a dealer.

A very well respected indie told me that the only 18's he'd ever seen cracked were always the fronts. I asked for confirmation on here a while ago and no-one came back and reported rears cracking.Cant see why this should be though

Maybe the 9" rears were a slightly thicker casting

Hi, I've measured a set of RL 17s off the car: the offset isn't stamped on the inside and all of the wheels have both the same rim width and the same offset.
They are 8J x 17 with a 41mm offset (calculated by measuring the overall width of the wheel, 9", and subtracting half of that from the distance from the outside of the rim to the hub face, 6 and 1/8th", giving 1 and 5/8", or 41mm.) The PCD is the traditional english 4.5" or 114.3mm.

It would be odd if the width changed for RL 18s and stranger still if the RL 18s had differing front to rear widths.

[HarryW]

RL7 18" are deffo 9" rear

[warpig]

had 18's on mine for a while, looked the nuts but sadly made of toffee.
o/s/f one fractured about an inch long on the inside edge.
best looking wheel on the cerb imho but i'd never use them again

[Jester7]

With all these cracked 18's someone must have a set or even just the rears they no longer want??

[The AJP Griff]

JR said:

It would be odd if the width changed for RL 18s and stranger still if the RL 18s had differing front to rear widths.

The rears are 9" width,and the front are 8" in the 18" dia RL's.I have a set in front of me One thing for sure is that they(18's)seem quite cheap to buy,as i guess people dont like the safety asect of them cracking?I bought my set for £200 delivered,and all are good!(need a re-paint though)