Had the factory wheel/brake upgrade?

[antonyj]

I am looking for some griff/chim 500 brake bits ,has anyone had the upgrade done and wants to recoup a bit of the outlay?

[tiny]

Yep(but my own set up not the factory's! - see Tiny's pics post)Peninsula may still have some of my old brakes which I PX'd with them.

[antonyj]

So only one person has had it done?

[pebbledash]

Have had it done, some of the parts go back to the factory for rework. if you don’t have the bits or they are not reusable its £60 per item and there are 6 items, how much or little of it is "spare" at the end I would not know, suggest a call to Richard smith of peninsula as I know they have done at least 2 now.

[pedroman]

ant: you got mail!

[Guillotine]

Mine's done...luverly

[antonyj]

Yeh, looks great
Any bits to sell on????

[Guillotine]

sorry...

had TWO sets of wheels and the brakes ofcourse, all went in a couple of weeks.

(via Pistonheads and Sprint)

more will be available as other cars are done, but as there's only around 100 sets of silver and 9 sets of anthracite available (and they won't all go on 500's), the prices are likely to stay "keen" for second hand stuff.

my wheels went to a guy who'd smacked his rears and a repaired car in Australia!!!

the factory say that they "may" have some more ordered if the demand stays as unlike the Estorils they own the tooling this time, but this has been a real "pain in the butt" for them, so i wouldn't hold your breath out there. last i heard the waiting list went for nearly a year, and thats based on optimistic returns (part-ex stuff coming back).

good luck

[antonyj]

Sorry , not after the wheels....
Going to either have my OZ's refurbed or get some detroits.
Just maybe after front calipers now.

[Guillotine]

they're gone too!

[adamc]

hey Guillotine, do you know any more about the ones that went to Australia? You've got me worried now....

[Guillotine]

don't understand the question...

[antonyj]

Do the spider wheels have the same centre bore size as the griff/chim?
I.e 63.5 mm???
What are the offset/sizes on the wheels the factory supply?

[_DJ_]

The factory wheel upgrade is to the 16' Speed 6 Spiders. I can't answer your question specifically, but do know that they replace the 15/16' setup on the Griff and have a different stud pattern (5 studs rather than 4) thus the need for different hubs...

DJ

[antonyj]

Arent the hubs the same size just re-drilled for the new PCD?

[_DJ_]

I'm not sure, quite probably. TVR exchange hubs (but whether that is just to re-drill them for the next conversion or not I don't know).

[RichB]

antonyj said:

Do the spider wheels have the same centre bore size as the griff/chim? I.e 63.5 mm??? What are the offset/sizes on the wheels the factory supply?

I may be talking out my bottom here but... the spider wheels are essentially for Tamoras which have the same 5 stud hubs as the Cerbera. The Cerbera wheels have a larger centre bore that the Griff/Chim so if the set-up simply retained the Griff/Chim hubs but re-drilled then the weels would be too large to locate properly on the hub flange. I expect they are replacement hubs. Rich...