Griffith 16" Tuscan Wheel & Brake Conversion

[starmist]

Spoke to Jamie @ TVR Power yesterday, who had made an enquiry about having this conversion done at the factory for me, and apparently there's about a nine month waiting list for this. According to Neil Anderson (have a got his name right?) they're struggling with the parts.

Is anyone on the waiting list, and if so, how long have you been on it, and have the dates slipped at all?

Ta muchly.

[anonymous-user]

Oh, must be coming up to a year now, and I'm near the top somewhere

[starmist]

So it's true then? Have you any idea what the hold up is?

[p7ulg]

dod said:

Oh, must be coming up to a year now, and I'm near the top somewhere

Was one of the first orders in about June and didn't get them till October so the waiting list has always been there.My delay was put down to Factory holidays.

[pedroman]

i had it done with a respray last summer, think the big bill helped me jump the queue though. They said there was around sixty odd people wanting it.

[whitechimp500]

Ive got the kit ordered for the Chim , preparing for a long wait.
The only consolation is,that you can be pretty certain the stuff will arrive .. eventually.

Anyone who went through the process of ordering Raceline RL7's knows the meaning of dissapointment 8/10 month wait.
Then they stopped making the buggers, before most people got 'em.

[mel]

Well we couldn't see this problem coming could we If it all gets too much Leven still have the ability to do the wheel converstion without the brakes.

[anonymous-user]

TVR said:

.. the return of the first flanges from customers has taken forever and the damage has been amazing..

The flanges are not produced (I believe) by Ford anymore, and TVR were negotiating a special order of new ones - it is likely things are hung up around this somewhere.

[starmist]

mel said:

Well we couldn't see this problem coming could we If it all gets too much Leven still have the ability to do the wheel converstion without the brakes.

Interesting! Where are they sourcing the wheels from?

[starmist]

Does anyone know if the old wheels, etc. are required back by TVR, or do you get them back to sell on after the conversion.

I understand you can't get hold of new Estorils anymore, so they should become quite vaulable, which will make the conversion really cheap

Would be interested in anyone's reports on how much differnce the conversion makes to handling, stopping, etc.

[pedroman]

the braking is definitely improved. The wheels look miles better as well, although mine are not spyders as prefered the look of their own wheel, not estoril either.

[icb]

Had this done on my Chimaera last year and definite improvement on brake feel and stopping ability, look much better as well. Re handling don't notice any difference but then don't throw it around that much! You keep old wheels to sell, but I left mine up there.

[chris43]

Last time I spoke to Neil at TVR I was 71st on the list and he expected me to have the parts in March.I think that I should have asked which year!!