Interchangeable wheels

[harff]

I appreciate that this has probably all been done before. However my Griff OZ wheels look a bit worse for wear and I have seen the threads about cost to refurb and it does seem to be a reasonably big number. I have noticed in the clasifieds a selection of wheels for sale and thought I might go down this route.

What wheels can I fit on the Griff, for example can I fit Cerb 16's and do they look good. What are my options ? Any do's and dont's

[alex200mph]

Cerbera 16" wheels have a 5 stud nut layout

Your griff will have 4stud wheels as standard, so they wont fit I am afraid. There are loads of other tasty wheel options around so try them

[Northern_Paul]

There's a pop-up on this website that sell new wheels for TVR's - it's red and black and has something with TVR in the title but I can't find it now.

I was looking at it yesterday in the 'Gallery' section and I was very impressed with the Hockenhiem copies on the light blue T350 - there shouldn't be any probs with fit as they advertise as TVR replacement alloys.

Sorry for the vagueness..

[harff]

Many thanks, I have seen a number of photos on this site with Griffs and spiders on them, they look good but what would be the cost

[Guillotine]

not much, bout £1200inc vat

but waiting list is about a year long!

[starmist]

TVR's price as gone up to £1599 inc VAt for a full kit with no exchange parts, but then you've got about 8 hours labour on top to carry out the conversion. Still very good value for money, considering you get four wheels and tyres, 4 discs, AP Racing / TVR 4 pot from calipers and new braided steel brake lines.

[DustyC]

The website in question is TVR motion and they currently have some Griff/Chim wheels on offer in the PH classifieds.

That TVR conversion, does it really include wheels and tyres too? What wheels are they?

[steve-v8s]

The same style of OZ spilt rims were used on some 80’s Lotus cars, I found that by doing a google search and found a lotus forum with a detailed report of re-ferbing a set of split rims. Don’t know what the site was but it was quite a good article, worth searching out. What I can confirm is that the original Griff OZ wheels fit OK on a more recent Griff. So I guess the opposite applies. I gave up trying to buy aftermarket wheels from “experts” because I couldn’t find any expert experts who understood the offset and pitch issues.

[starmist]

DustyC said:

The website in question is TVR motion and they currently have some Griff/Chim wheels on offer in the PH classifieds. That TVR conversion, does it really include wheels and tyres too? What wheels are they?

Tuscan / Tamora 16" Spiders. Apparently the factory ordered a shedful, but everyone opted for 18s, and they're knee deep in them, so they're basically giving them away with the conversion.

[DustyC]

Shame, I dont really like those wheels much.

[simpo two]

Wheels from a Chimaeara should go straight on.

[glena]

Had my Oz's recently refurbed by Tony at Renowheel in Bridgend and fitted 30 new Titanium bolts at the same time.
They look the dogs doo dahs !!! highly recommend him.
Email me if you need further info.

[stesrg]

WHEELS I am also looking for wheels for my griff as i have had a tyre change recently and it was stressing to say the least?
best option i have considered are 17" tuscan look a like wheels 7" on the front and 8" on the rear the tyres are more available in this size, if any one else has a better combination i would like to hear from them as i am all up for even better handeling.

[harff]

If the chim wheels fit, what do they look like on

[simpo two]

harff said:

If the chim wheels fit, what do they look like on

Like a Griffith with Chimaera wheels fitted. Have a look at a standard Chimp (not the 500) and squint.

[stesrg]

Found some wheels today spider lookalike, very very similar. These would be good for some Owners who want to keep their car original 4 stud, and keep their wheels for when they sell their griff. these were 18"rear 17" front x 7 1/2 sorting out the off set at the moment, watch this space.

[stesrg]

Wheels again yes as i sorted out my spectfications which were 17" x 7.5 front E25 4 stud and 18" x 8 E32 rear the sales man gave me the price without tyres, Great i thought, oh by the way what car is it he said ? i told him he said we do not recomend fitting these to TVR'S
What are they made out of chocolate i said .
It seems i will have too look a bit harder .
any suggestions 4 stud please