Pics of Chimaeras with after-market alloys

[swisstoni]

subhas said:

Folks

Sadly After owning my lovely Paris blue chimera, living in london ULEZ coming in October is now forcing my hand.
So I’m thinking of selling her, it’s a 96, 1 owner me, 27,000 miles.
What do you think is a sensible price , 12 months MOT, never raced, tidy car with a few scruffs from neighbours who can’t park ;-) straight.


Seb

That’s a shame. Especially as you have had the car from new 25 years ago and averaged 1k miles a year.

One option would be to just pay the ULEZ charge on the days you decided to use it?

[kbj149]

[andrew_r]

Here’s another of mine with RL7s, taken earlier this week at Goodwood



Andrew

[phazed]

andrew_r said:

Here’s another of mine with RL7s, taken earlier this week at Goodwood



Andrew

Excellent choice!

[RobXjcoupe]

kbj149 said:

Looking low! 5 spokes always a good choice. Possibly needs spacing on the rear

[kbj149]

Had it risen up a bit since my last set of photos! Much better now, doesn’t grind out on speed bumps

[s p a c e m a n]

Just as a warning because your one looks clean, be careful over bumps on full lock. Mine hadn't rubbed anywhere in the past 5 years since I'd changed the coil overs and lowered it but I managed to rip a big chunk out of the arch doing a u-turn in a layby last month because I didn't see a pothole

[Gazb88]

Just fitted these today with Avon ZV7’s all around. Really pleased with the update - plus the old estoril wheels can be kept in mint condition.

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[Classic Chim]

s p a c e m a n said:

Just as a warning because your one looks clean, be careful over bumps on full lock. Mine hadn't rubbed anywhere in the past 5 years since I'd changed the coil overs and lowered it but I managed to rip a big chunk out of the arch doing a u-turn in a layby last month because I didn't see a pothole

What a nightmare. When your wheels are straight how many fingers can you get in between arch and tyre and do you use wheel spacers at all?
I have standard ride height but slightly larger tyres than standard which reduces my gap from 3 fingers (standard) down to two and I use 5mm spacers.
That’s expensive

[phazed]

[quote=Gazb88]

Just fitted these today with Avon ZV7’s all around. Really pleased with the update - plus the old estoril wheels can be kept in mint condition.

[s p a c e m a n]

Yeah I am taking the pee a lot with my wheel choice and ride hight, they're spaced out and probably only a couple fingers gap at most. I've always driven it knowing that full lock is an issue and occasionally it would rub when turning in gravel car parks and the like but this time I had a moment of madness and was doing a u-turn on a country lane using a bit of a gravel lay-by, totally self inflicted

[andrewbr]

Gazb88 said:

Just fitted these today with Avon ZV7’s all around. Really pleased with the update - plus the old estoril wheels can be kept in mint condition.

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Lovely, what kind of wheels are those? And what size(s)?

[Gazb88]

andrewbr said:

Lovely, what kind of wheels are those? And what size(s)?

17’s all round buddy. Luckily the lads in the unit next door to me from the garage ordered them in but customer never returned for them.

So as I’ve got a signage business, we just did a bit of a deal for the next lot of banners/embroidered workwear, so only had to get the tyres. I made the centre caps myself whilst the lads were on dinner break

[Wolvesboy]

Ford Focus 17s. 32 offset with a 6.5mm spacer on the fronts. I didn’t really want black but ultimately didn’t want to spend shed loads either.
225x45x17 rear. 215x40x17 fronts - so pretty close to the original Imolas diameter.

[rockits]

[RobXjcoupe]

Anyone have a set of wheels fitted with a deeper dish on the rear compared to the front?

[swisstoni]

Just my personal view that the Chim looks best on 18s.
But it’s very hard these days to find much in the right PCD and in that diameter.

I suppose the answer is billet wheels but that is ££££.

[phazed]

RobXjcoupe said:

Anyone have a set of wheels fitted with a deeper dish on the rear compared to the front?

3 piece Image. 10” rear, 8.5” front. All 17”





Better photos on a hard drive unfortunately.

[Zener]

Staggered wheels just look so right on these cars

[Riff Raff]

RobXjcoupe said:

Anyone have a set of wheels fitted with a deeper dish on the rear compared to the front?

Mine are slightly deeper at the rear, although it's hard to see in this photo. The wheels are Image BRS 7.5x15 and 8x16. The wheels are built to order, so you can make the offsets whatever you want. I could have had a deeper more pronounced dish by playing with the offset and going for a larger diameter. I'm happy with the way that they look though.

Unlike others on here, I personally don't think the car suits larger diameter wheels. To me, it has very 60's lines, and suits tyres with a larger aspect ratio and smaller rims rather than the other way round. Yes, you are limited by the choice of rubber, but I'm currently using Toyo TR1s (note, not the T1Rs) and I think they are OK for normal road use. I don't do trackdays, and I don't cane the car in the wet either.