Spider wheels

[philburch]

Bola make a wheel ( B7) which looks identical to the Tvr spider wheel , Do they supply tvr parts , or is it a better made wheel as you hear people damaging spider wheels on a regular basis .

[bobfather]

philburch said:

Bola make a wheel ( B7) which looks identical to the Tvr spider wheel , Do they supply tvr parts , or is it a better made wheel as you hear people damaging spider wheels on a regular basis .

The 18" Spider is fragile, 16" is rock solid. The fragility is mostly down to overly large diameter leaving little room for the tyre wall to absorb sudden impacts. Rim-bump, (inner tread surface making contact with the rim) is common on TVR's wearing 18" wheels. Especially so with Chim/Griff cars as the overall rotational diameter is smaller than the T cars.

I've had 16" Spiders since 2005 having covered over 35k miles with many tours including twice around the NC500. Those roads will kill wheels quickly if they're oversized

[mk1fan]

Bola do not supply TVR Parts.

A few on here have bought the Bola wheels. They are slightly different design.

[philburch]

Are the bola wheels stronger,16inch on a Tamora might not look right ,Will see if bola make a 17inch wheel that would fit and use a 45 series tyre

[philburch]

Bola have a 17inch wheel but it's only 7-5 inch wide, would that take a 235 wide tyre?

[rigga]

From what I've seen in pictures, the Bola wheel does not have the curved spoke design of the spiders, more like a flat face, so kinda loose the appeal of them for me.

[bobfather]

rigga said:

From what I've seen in pictures, the Bola wheel does not have the curved spoke design of the spiders, more like a flat face, so kinda loose the appeal of them for me.

Correct, the Bola Spider is somewhat flatter

[philburch]

I agree don't look so good in that picture, they don't look like that in there advert, guess i will have to go with Tvr spiders and try to keep out of the pot holes