16 inch fronts

[leerdam23]

Dear Heads

Does anyone have 16 inch front rims on their griff? Opinions please as I am thinking of putting the same rubber front and rear on mine, ie 225/50/16.

Please discuss.

[Ant.]

My griff has had 16's on the front for many years. I run 225/45's

[lockhart flawse]

All SE Griffiths have 16" all round.

L.F.

[V8 GRF]

Well worth it, reduced understeer and made the car feel more 'planted' It's also easier to get tyres, I run 225 on the front 245 on the rear.

[leerdam23]

so, next question is what offset etc, or is it the same as the rears?

[Ant.]

leerdam23 said:

so, next question is what offset etc, or is it the same as the rears?

The SE's ran the same offset at the front as the rears.

I do happen to know where there is a set of SE estorils for sale.....

[griff50tvr]

Ant. said:

The SE's ran the same offset at the front as the rears.

I do happen to know where there is a set of SE estorils for sale.....

Condition? Pix? Price?

[leerdam23]

griff50tvr said:

Ant. said:

The SE's ran the same offset at the front as the rears.

I do happen to know where there is a set of SE estorils for sale.....

Condition? Pix? Price?

What he said....

[V8 GRF]

I run rears on the front, which I assume is the same as the SEs as I can't imagine TVR had 100 pairs made just for the last cars.

They sit slightly inset on the front but it's not really noticeable. I needed a couple of rack stops to stop the offside inner rim catching on the lower suspension arm on full lock but I believe it all depends how centrally mounted your rack is.

I had to buy a full set and and then sold the unwanted 15" rims.

[Hedgehopper]

I had always assumed that whilst SE's had 16" wheels all round, the front wheels were narrower than the rear. Is this why using 16" rear wheels on the front of a non SE car the rims hit the rackstops?

[V8 GRF]

Hedgehopper said:

I had always assumed that whilst SE's had 16" wheels all round, the front wheels were narrower than the rear. Is this why using 16" rear wheels on the front of a non SE car the rims hit the rackstops?

I wouldn't be surprised to find that SEs have rackstops or that they simply took more care centring the rack. As I said I doubt that TVR got a batch of 16"s especially made for the last 100 cars

[Ant.]

Gents, one member has mailed me already and has been given the asking price.
If he doesnt want them I will post back up, but feel free to mail me and show an interest if you like.

[leerdam23]

Can someone check my maths on this.

rear 16" wheel on a Griff standard ET is 35 with 7 1/2" width.
front 15" wheel ET is 25 7" width

so if you put the 16 j7.5 on the front, to get the wheel centered same as the 15 j7 you need a 10mm spacer? (giving a 6mm extra wheel width each side of the original 15")

Discuss.

http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

Does anyone run spacers on 16" on the front?

[leerdam23]

Also... anyone got any 16j7.5 rear OZ split rims they would consider selling??

Thought not.

[V8 GRF]

leerdam23 said:

Does anyone run spacers on 16" on the front?

I don't run spacers and I don't think they're needed, apart from the rack stop requirement if necessary they just bolt on.