Chimaera wheels.

[chris43]

What are 4 Chimaera wheels in excellent condition worth.
Mine will become surplus to requirements in the next month or so.

[edward1]

Could be interested depending on price, one of my rears appears to beegg shaped. Don't notice when driving but it was very obvious when they were balancing it.

[M@H]

Hmmm.... a set of those 15"s could look nice on my S..

[trefor]

I've got 2 16 inchers for sale in classifieds at the moment.

[M@H]

trefor said:

I've got 2 16 inchers for sale in classifieds at the moment.

£200 with bald tyres.. is that the going rate !?

[trefor]

Less than I paid for the wheels. You don't have to buy them.

Edited to say: Those tyres too a lot of effort to wear out so well

>> Edited by trefor on Thursday 18th March 11:37

[M@H]

..was only asking.. I refer you to the opriginal posters question. (plus I said 15"s for the S)

>> Edited by M@H on Thursday 18th March 11:39

[trefor]

There are 4 15 inchers for sale here for £400 for any S owners wanting to maek their S's look more modern

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=20631&s=309

[N17 TVR]

trefor - thats controversial and won't go down well with 'S' boys.

......well done !

[trefor]

chris43 said:

What are 4 Chimaera wheels in excellent condition worth. Mine will become surplus to requirements in the next month or so.

So, to finally answer your question I think they are worth around £500. Simply because you can't get them any longer - the only ones out there are sitting on Chimaeras (and the odd ones pilfered by S owners ).

[M@H]

I think £500 is a bit much... as there is a set with New Bridgestone tyres included at £400 in the classifieds at the moment, I'd use that as more of a benchmark perhaps..?

Cheers
Matt.

[Incorrigible]

I paid £50 a rim but they needed a little spruce up

For what it's worth

[M@H]

I sold a set of Wedge rims to Carzee for £25 a go as trackday wheels for the S... ..really wish I'd kept them now.

Cheers
Matt

[the dodger]

M@H said:

I sold a set of Wedge rims to Carzee for £25 a go as trackday wheels for the S... ..really wish I'd kept them now. Cheers Matt

Matt, aren't wedge rims 5-bolt (Granada) fixing?

mine were

[joospeed]

trefor said:

chris43 said: What are 4 Chimaera wheels in excellent condition worth. Mine will become surplus to requirements in the next month or so. So, to finally answer your question I think they are worth around £500. Simply because you can't get them any longer - the only ones out there are sitting on Chimaeras (and the odd ones pilfered by S owners ).

Crikey, I use two complete sets of chim wheels for rtack days .. if I could sell them for 500 pounds a set that's a whole bunch of engine mods
I phoned around the TVR breakers once to find prices .. there's a firm that advertises in the back of Sprint, they wanted, wait for it , 700 pounds for chim wheels and 900 pounds for griff 500 wheels .. when i said it sounded a bit high they said "well you won't be buying any from me then will you?" ..
LOL .. I didn't and paid less than 200 pounds for each set i own! .. with tyres!! .. oh how i laughed .

[M@H]

the dodger said:

M@H said: I sold a set of Wedge rims to Carzee for £25 a go as trackday wheels for the S... ..really wish I'd kept them now. Cheers Matt Matt, aren't wedge rims 5-bolt (Granada) fixing? mine were

Yeah, but I can't really explain what else they were.. and they had a 4 stud fixing. I was also confused by them, I got them off Steve Parker.

Cheers
Matt

[the dodger]

Maybe very early 'Tasmin' wheels were 4-bolt then? Were they like the early 502 Elan/Eclat wheels or painted cross spoke? I can't remember how many bolts they had.

[M@H]

the dodger said:

Maybe very early 'Tasmin' wheels were 4-bolt then? Were they like the early 502 Elan/Eclat wheels or painted cross spoke? I can't remember how many bolts they had.

they were like this:




..and had a standard ford fitting under the cap.. wish I still had hold of them.

Cheers,
Matt

>> Edited by M@H on Monday 22 March 09:57