Pics of Chimaeras with after-market alloys

[phazed]

Any time Derek. The life of a retired gentleman!

[KarlMac]

Does anyone have any experience of running 8x18 et20 front and rear? I suspect they’re too big and too low and ET for the front but I’ve been offered some decent wheels. Come with 225/40r18 fitted.

[QBee]

They will be further out in the wheel arch at the rear by half an inch than the standard wheels. You might get lucky, but my suspicion is that they will catch on the outer wheel arch at the rear. Depends on the profile of the tyres. Track tyres tend to have squarer shoulders so cause more catching issues than road tyres,

They may also simply be too big for the fronts - on my car fitting 225/45 17 road tyres on 7 inch wheels made them catch on the back of the headlamp hatches on full lock. 245 and 18 is a whole 20 mm wider and 25 mm bigger diameter. Nuff said.

So unless you can take the car along with wheel brace and jack and have a trial fit, I would say don't buy them.

Patience is a virtue, more come along all the time.

[s p a c e m a n]

There's a few sets of rl7 wheels in ford fitment on eBay at the moment

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134131950286?mkcid=16&a...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165447893482?mkcid=16&a...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165381607207?mkcid=16&a...

[Ollie3]

AceOfHearts said:

What size wheel nuts did you use for these JapanRacing wheels?
Cheers,
O