Lattice Wheel

[redweapon]

Ok chaps, any idea what car the standard 350i lattice wheels are off. I always assumed they were off a Jag, but on closer inspection it appears that they are different.
Bent one of mine so looking for a spare at a sensible price.
Cheers.

[Wedg1e]

Look closely at the SD1 There were a couple of different wheel makers supplying Rover at the time so you can find what's apparently the same pattern but very slightly different, the makers' casting marks will tell you which yours are (MSW for example).
You also need to make sure you get the correct offset, something like ET23 rings a bell...

[wooly350i]

Are they Mercedes by any chance,its just that when I first bought my car back in 2000 I was five-star some paper work with Merc wheels featured on it,still got it somewhere.

[adam quantrill]

sierra - I have proof!

Edited by adam quantrill on Wednesday 16th May 20:58

[redweapon]

SD1 wheels look like the ones I have from the photos I can find on the web, will need to go hunting some down as there is chaff all on ebay.

Ta.

[Convert]

I think the PCD on SD1 wheels is 5x127mm; these won't fit the Wedge.


The Wedge PCD is 5x112mm.

I know that Ford Granada, and most Merc wheels have the same PCD, as do some of the newer VW / Audi wheels.

The only thing with the VW / Audi wheels will be that the offset is too big as they are FWD cars.

[Wedg1e]

Convert said:

I think the PCD on SD1 wheels is 5x127mm; these won't fit the Wedge.

Doh!

[redweapon]

Looks like the hunt continues, I can't believe that TVR had a special wheel made up. Its got to be off some old standard car from the 80's

Grrr.

Ta

[Wedg1e]

redweapon said:

Looks like the hunt continues, I can't believe that TVR had a special wheel made up. Its got to be off some old standard car from the 80's

Grrr.

Ta

No it doesn't. It'll certainly have been made by the same people (MSW, TSW, OZ etc.) but they design the pattern and then change the bolt circle and offset to suit, so just because Merc, Jag or Ford wheels will 'fit' doesn't mean they are 'correct' - the wrong offset can load the hub bearings something drastic as many a chav-chariot driver has discovered.
The original Tasmin wheels were made by Telcast specially for TVR; to be fair they didn't have much of a choice back then as very few run-of-the-mill cars had alloys. The Telcasts are massive things, way heavier than a steel wheel but they predate the CAD/CAM techniques that took off in the 80s meaning that there's as little metal as they can get away with in modern wheels.

Edit: here's an SD1 wheel (complete with Rover badge), it's a dead ringer for the wheels on my car but as stated earlier, the PCD is wrong - however you can clearly see they're from the same maker:

Edited by Wedg1e on Thursday 17th May 18:30

[mrzigazaga]

You could always try the TVR graveyard...
http://www.douglasvalley.co.uk/item.asp?prodid=106...

[wooly350i]

Ive found the bit of paper i knew i had,its a copy of a fax from TVR engineering stating a reference no:03SG 041A at a price of £86.10.
Rim size
7 x 15

E.T.
32

PCD
112
It also shows a picture of a mercedes and somebody has written on the page Mercure 350se tasmin A frame.