Buying 18" Spider Wheels?

[AndyGarton]

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a set of 18" Spider wheels in anthracite, ideally with tyres, to fit a Griff. Could anybody recommend the best (cheapest!) place to buy these from please?

(If there are any gotchas regarding fitting these to a Griff I'd be grateful to hear them also please.)

Thanks in advance,
Andy

[rico23]

I know Racing Green sell them for around £80 each i think.

Sorry can't help with the fitment for a Griff.

[AndyGarton]

I wish - Racing Green list them at £230 front, £240 rear, wheel only. That seems expensive, but maybe it's just the market price for "rare" wheels?

[davepen]

Silly question, aren't the T series (Tamora, Tuscan, T350) wheel 5 bolt, and the Griff (Chimp & S) 4 bolt? Aren't the spiders for the 5 bolt cars?

Mine has 4 bolt 17" TSW fitted by TVR Centre back in the day. Others had the factory hub conversion, intially to take the Tamora 16" that were available cheap as people upgraded to 18".

[AndyGarton]

Not a silly question, sounds very pertinent! I have seen Griffiths running Spiders though I'm sure, perhaps they've just been converted?

[rico23]

AndyGarton said:

I wish - Racing Green list them at £230 front, £240 rear, wheel only. That seems expensive, but maybe it's just the market price for "rare" wheels?

I stand corrected! You could always give them a call and see if there'll do a deal

It might be market price as i guess there are not many made any more (if at all)

Maybe a breakers yard?

[aubrey9160]

You will need a conversion kit from 4 to 5 stud to fit 18in spiders. They used to do a kit from germany I think including the wheels for 1200 but havent seen them advertised for a bit.If you desperatly want spiders I might have a set for sale soon, but if I was you I would find some 4 stud wheels to go straight onto your car as spiders are not the best made wheel out there.

[AndyGarton]

aubrey9160 said:

You will need a conversion kit from 4 to 5 stud to fit 18in spiders. They used to do a kit from germany I think including the wheels for 1200 but havent seen them advertised for a bit.If you desperatly want spiders I might have a set for sale soon, but if I was you I would find some 4 stud wheels to go straight onto your car as spiders are not the best made wheel out there.

Yes thanks, I'm leaning towards that now. Anybody got any recommendations for good Spider-ish 18" wheels available in the 4 stud pattern please? (I know, time for me to enjoy the unusual PH search facility again.)

[aubrey9160]

I know a lot of the guys with spiders are replacing them with team dynamics jade rs available on ebay. Im sure they do them in 4 and 5 stud options.If you do go down the 5 stud route RLs look nice on the griff.

[davepen]

AndyGarton said:

Not a silly question,

Okay a further comment, a former RO in Hants (Woody) always used to have a few issues with his cars - his Griffith had a set of bling wheels - I think it took him a few goes to get the offsets and dampers set up to avoid rubbing the fibreglass on the inside or outside of the wheel arch. It might be worth talking to someone who as successfully done your planned conversion.

[Colin RedGriff]

Another option

http://www.actproducts.co.uk/shop/sp12-griffith-ch...

[Mellow Yellow]

There's a set on fleabay complete with the 5 stub hubs you need, no bids, currently £445.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TVR-Griffith-Chimaera-5-Stud...

It'll cost about another £200 to get them re-furbed in anthracite but a decent re-furb should include crack test and straightening out any buckled ones. No good if you can't collect from Hemel Hempstead though.

[AndyGarton]

I saw those but they're 16s unfortunately which isn't what I'm after (unlucky as I live 5 miles from Hemel!).

[scorcher]

Plenty of people running 18's on Griffs. Just search "wheels and tyres" in the Griff and Chim sections and you'll get loads of decent info and conflicting opinions on whats best.I reckon you could get 19's on the back and 18's on the front. Go on.........

[neal1980]

18" spiders rule

[AndyGarton]

That looks brilliant, if a tad draughty

[snatchbox]

I bought set of new 18" spiders, complete with Ap Calipers,larger discs (front & rear),correct offset spacers From Hans, he is a member on here & often advertises in for TVR parts section
I got the 5 stud hubs made, not sure of company name , but heres their number 017282333008. They usually make a batch up when they get a few orders.
Going to be fitting my wheels/discs over the next few weeks

[cs174]

Hi Andy,

What wheels do you have on your Griff just now? If you have 16" Estorils all round I might be interested in a straight swap. I have 18" aftermarket wheels on my Griff which are 4 stud so no need for the conversion. Pics in my profile. PM me if your interested.

Cheers,

Colin

[hansdaal]

Hallo Andy,

I still have a full set of NEW/ BOXED 18 inch Spiders (ET 33) in Anthracie left from conversions I did. You can contact me through my profile or [e-mail]

greetings
Hans.

[RichB]

aubrey9160 said:

You will need a conversion kit from 4 to 5 stud to fit 18in spiders.

Plus, you should also cost in a set of adjustable coil-over shocks like Nitrons so you can set the ride height correct and new brake discs and calipers because I can assure the standard ones will look tiny through those spiders. Reckon on about £1k for the shocks, £1k for the brakes and say £1.5k for the rims and tyres and you should see decent results for about £3,500.