Alloys aftermarket or Something else?

Alloys aftermarket or Something else?

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Jenson87

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18 posts

4 months

Tuesday 27th August
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Morning all
I would like to change my alloys
Currently I have the Saturns, which I’m not really a fan of.
I believe the Spiders seems to be the go to for cerbs, but have a nightmare finding any.
Would anyone recommend anything else? Or would I be mad to go aftermarket

mk1fan

10,622 posts

231 months

Tuesday 27th August
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17-inch RL7 SCHWEEEEET!

Byker28i

66,037 posts

223 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Basil Brush

5,200 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Bola B7s if you want the spider look.

sixor8

6,512 posts

274 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. frown

Jenson87

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18 posts

4 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Thanks all some great suggestions
Is it true 5 stud Ford is the same offset as a TVR?

softtop

3,071 posts

253 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Get in touch with Sportmotive or Motaclan, they are designing a spider replacement but better.

Byker28i

66,037 posts

223 months

Wednesday 28th August
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sixor8 said:
Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. frown
Thats a shame. didn't someone suggest they were Team Dynamics Pro Race with the correct offsets?



OP is it the 16" saturns you have? Didn't think there were many Cerberas left running those, is it an early one you have?

Going 17" means you can stick with the 40 profile, but watch for tyre availability
Going 18" means 35 profile so a slightly harsher ride, but more tyre availability

Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 28th August 17:49

Jenson87

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18 posts

4 months

Wednesday 28th August
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softtop said:
Get in touch with Sportmotive or Motaclan, they are designing a spider replacement but better.
Thank you will do

Jenson87

Original Poster:

18 posts

4 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Byker28i said:
sixor8 said:
Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. frown
Thats a shame. didn't someone suggest they were Team Dynamics Pro Race with the correct offsets?



OP is it the 16" saturns you have? Didn't think there were many Cerberas left running those, is it an early one you have?

Going 17" means you can stick with the 40 profile, but watch for tyre availability
Going 18" means 35 profile so a slightly harsher ride, but more tyre availability

Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 28th August 17:49
Thanks buddy, yes it’s an early R reg with 16 Saturns. I just prefer the spiders and something a little bigger.
18s with 35 profile is a good shout

mk1fan

10,622 posts

231 months

Wednesday 28th August
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Bolt PCD is 113.5mm or something odd - Merc and Mitsubishi use it.

Someone had a set of RL7 with 25mm offset and 5-bolt up on facialbakue marketplace last week. Didn't have the size, may have been 18s.

sixor8

6,512 posts

274 months

Wednesday 28th August
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5 x 114.3mm I believe. Bore of 71.6mm, the same as Jeep Wrangler, Cherokee, Chrysler etc. although offsets may be slightly different. I remember having to get locking wheel nuts for my Cerbera and bought Jeep ones to fit, 1/2" UNF.

Basil Brush

5,200 posts

269 months

Thursday 29th August
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softtop said:
Get in touch with Sportmotive or Motaclan, they are designing a spider replacement but better.
They are making forged replacements at c.500 quid a wheel. Sportmotive have posted pics of them fitted to one of their cars on FB.

FarmyardPants

4,163 posts

224 months

Thursday 29th August
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It very much depends what you want from a wheel: good looks (spiders/sp12/spider clones) or performance (by that I mean ride quality mostly). You can save 5.5Kg per wheel with the latter.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

FarmyardPants

4,163 posts

224 months

Thursday 29th August
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Having said that, LW wheels can still look ok..




Jenson87

Original Poster:

18 posts

4 months

Thursday 29th August
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FarmyardPants said:
Having said that, LW wheels can still look ok..



That looks really nice

Jenson87

Original Poster:

18 posts

4 months

Friday 30th August
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Thanks all some great suggestions
Is it true 5 stud Ford is the same offset as a TVR?

sixor8

6,512 posts

274 months

Friday 30th August
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No, it's the 4 stud that use Ford hubs and brake discs..

fredd1e

783 posts

226 months

Thursday 5th September
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If my memories are correct I think early Cerbs ,used a ET43 offset (for 18" Spiders ) front and rear , but later ones used the T-Car Spiders which are ET43 front and ET33 rear . All are 8.5" width. There are views that an ET40 offset works better for front steering feel/kickback? etc but an 8.5" rim width may put the tyre close to wheel arch (and other bits when turning) . Bola do (or did ) a range of wheels that offer custom offsets to fit, the downside (imo) is they use hub center rings (plastic) to take up clearance between hub diameter and wheel though most aftermarket alloy makers will do the same as few offer custom wheel hub bore measurements to fit CERB/T-car hubs (in Blighty) . Maybe the sportmotive/Motoclan wheels will be a direct hub fitment ? I have a set of Bola B11 (19" up) for my T350C in ET40 offsets front rear (9.5" rear 8.5" front) with 225x30 front and 255x30 rear tyres. These are lighter (with tyres) than the 18" spiders but I recently started to get rear axle vibes at national speed limit speeds so have just refitted my spiders (no more vibes) . Note the car drove fine with the 19"s upto the point the vibes started and I had decent wheel arch/tyre clearance but I also dont have it sitting on the bumpstops & have Sagaris dampers/springrates to counteract potential bottom out issues at the rear , which they seem prone to on undulating roads on stock factory spring rates. also the Sag bilstiens have a longer progressive bump rubber, unlike the oem or billy retrofit shocks for Cerbs/T350C etc so assist in bottom out as the car transitions to the solid state from the suspended spring rate unlike the originals which is a hard bump/bottom out.

Mr Cerbera

5,064 posts

236 months

Saturday 7th September
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If yoiu can afford 'em, I thought the 'Monaco' Wheel, fitted to Jags, was quite attrractive....