16" wheels.........

[Hedgehopper]

15" Estoril wheels seem to be two-a-penny on eBay but 16" wheels, on the rare occasions that you see them, are usually part of a set of four and priced at around about £1000!

I have emailed TVR PARTS Ltd and enquired as to whether it would be possible to commission a run of 16" wheels but have not had a reply.

Fitting big brakes to 15" wheel shod cars can be done but there is little choice. 16" would allow the much vaunted Brembo set-up to be utilised at reasonable cost.

Apart from all of that pothole damage is an ever increasing risk, welding and re-machining being the only cure.

Anyone know how we might pursue this?

[ou sont les biscuits]

I can't really help you, but I would be interested in a pair of 16"s too, if anything can be sorted.

I'm sure I could Google this, but who made the alloys for TVR?

[RichB]

I just typed in TVR Estoril Wheels and several sets popped up for sale usually 2 x 15" and 2 x 16" - If you're going with 16" all round wouldn't that work? Then you can sell the 15" wheels you don't need to recover some of the cost.

[ianwayne]

The 15s are quite often bought by the TVR S1 - S4 division. But getting extra 16s to start with is an issue.

Specialists / breakers are asking mental money for Estorils IMHO. You can go aftermarket brand new for less.

https://www.wheelbasealloys.com/alloy-wheels/tvr/g...

ACT do a 17 / 18 combination for £675 + VAT:

https://www.actproducts.co.uk/product/sp12-griffit...

[griffer500]

You can use Ford softline wheels, They look for 90% like the estoril wheels and even the TVR wheel cover will fit.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Softline-17-Wheels...f:0

[Hedgehopper]

There are some attractive alternatives out there and the Softlines are very close in appearance, albeit 17" diameter. However many people, like myself, want originality and that is becoming difficult to maintain.

[ray von]

Hedgehopper said:

There are some attractive alternatives out there and the Softlines are very close in appearance, albeit 17" diameter. However many people, like myself, want originality and that is becoming difficult to maintain.

Pedant mode. You say you want originality but are going to fit 16" wheels to a car supplied with 15" wheels and then look to fit Brembos, doesn't sound original to me
If you want Estorils unfortunately you're just going to have to pay the going rate, which at the minute seems to be around £1000.
Some of the wheels in the link are horrendous as well

[Hedgehopper]

ray von said:

Pedant mode. You say you want originality but are going to fit 16" wheels to a car supplied with 15" wheels and then look to fit Brembos, doesn't sound original to me

16" wheels were of course fitted to the final 100 cars so a reasonable alteration to allow the fitting of more effective brakes. Personally I am prepared to deviate from originality if it makes the car safer, more reliable and with improved drivability. Hence I have upgraded to a Canems ecu.

However, it's a shame that TVR Parts Ltd won't, or can't, commission a limited run of wheels as I am sure that they would sell.

[RichB]

Hedgehopper said:

However, it's a shame that TVR Parts Ltd won't, or can't, commission a limited run of wheels as I am sure that they would sell.

Maybe you're being a little harsh considering the cars are now 20+ years old and TVR no longer exist.

[phillpot]

I fully agree with remanufacturing parts to keep these cars on the road but not so sure about reproducing rarer options so they become "common"