30 years old, some mega-mileage Renault erm... Alpine?

[Gary C]

therealsamdailly said:

Haha never heard of a part stud, part bolt arrangement before. Does make a certain amount of sense I suppose.
I suppose if you mess about with longer studs, bolts etc you'll have to be careful not to throw the hub out of balance

Sort of reminds me of one car I had with a 6" long guide that you screwed into one of the bolt holes to line up the wheel as you put it on.

Can't for the life of me remember which car. Might have been an Opel Manta

[alpgta]

Gary C said:

therealsamdailly said:

Haha never heard of a part stud, part bolt arrangement before. Does make a certain amount of sense I suppose.
I suppose if you mess about with longer studs, bolts etc you'll have to be careful not to throw the hub out of balance

Sort of reminds me of one car I had with a 6" long guide that you screwed into one of the bolt holes to line up the wheel as you put it on.

Can't for the life of me remember which car. Might have been an Opel Manta

Harry Metcalfe had something similar on one of his project 8 videos. They are used to line the wheel up when you put it on and avoid hitting the carbon ceramic disks. Quite clever really - but even Harry hadn't realised what they were for, they had just been in the boot.

[Zedboy]

Only found this thread today OP. Cracking read... brought back very early backseat motoring memories from my dad’s 12TS and 16TX... love the brand. So good you’re looking after Renault heritage so well, and using it too!

[RC1807]

Your Alpine is the same as one a mate of mine had for a short spell in the early 90s. It developed an electrical fault that a number of auto electricians and Renault couldn't solve, so he got his money back. When it went, though, it really flew!

alpgta said:

Gary C said:

therealsamdailly said:

Haha never heard of a part stud, part bolt arrangement before. Does make a certain amount of sense I suppose.
I suppose if you mess about with longer studs, bolts etc you'll have to be careful not to throw the hub out of balance

Sort of reminds me of one car I had with a 6" long guide that you screwed into one of the bolt holes to line up the wheel as you put it on.

Can't for the life of me remember which car. Might have been an Opel Manta

Harry Metcalfe had something similar on one of his project 8 videos. They are used to line the wheel up when you put it on and avoid hitting the carbon ceramic disks. Quite clever really - but even Harry hadn't realised what they were for, they had just been in the boot.

My 2001 Audi S3 had this wheel fitting guide, made of plastic, but it worked well so you didn't ding the calipers on the rims. I only knew of it as I actually RTFM!

[alpgta]

Zedboy said:

Only found this thread today OP. Cracking read... brought back very early backseat motoring memories from my dad’s 12TS and 16TX... love the brand. So good you’re looking after Renault heritage so well, and using it too!

Thanks! There's a lot more publicity around the Alpine brand now obviously and I think that helps in general. The new Alpine dealer network have been keen to involve the old cars which is great, as I think most mainstream Renault dealers had tended to look on them as a bit of an anomaly and a hassle. There's a lot now being restored too which is good news as it avoids cars being broken for parts.

The GTA was technically homologated for GroupB too. That reminds me, I need to fix the suspension on the Tamiya Celica GroupB.