V8S Wheels

[tvrmk363]

What is the donor car for the V8S wheels? are they TVR specific? Does anyone have a set they might like to part with?
This is the wheel I'm referring too.

[RayTVR]

These eight spoke wheels were made by Oz and are known as ‘route’. Although it’s a Ford pattern they are almost always seen on TVRs. Not too many people on here these days, sure if you ask the question in the TVR S series Facebook group you will find a few people with sets stashed away.

P.S, do you have a V8S in the US?

[mk1fan]

I thought the V8S came with BBS cross spokes / lattice. Those wheels were on the V6S (not that it would be beyond possibility for TVR to have fitted them). Need to be careful with offsets ast the V8S had a wider track than the S1 through to S3.

[v8s4me]

V8S had 8-spokes as standard. OZ split rims were an option. Both fit perfectly. The other option you might like to consider is the Estoril. Quite rare now but they look the biz on darker coloured cars.



I just happen to know where to find a set of 15" Estorils if you're interested

[phillpot]

I have a set of the OZ "eight spokes" for sale but they are in UK

Edited by phillpot on Tuesday 8th August 17:17

[MisterTee]

I’ve also got 2 refurbished and never fitted wheels along with some V6 engine bits if anyone is interested?

[tvrmk363]

RayTVR said:

These eight spoke wheels were made by Oz and are known as ‘route’. Although it’s a Ford pattern they are almost always seen on TVRs. Not too many people on here these days, sure if you ask the question in the TVR S series Facebook group you will find a few people with sets stashed away.

P.S, do you have a V8S in the US?

I own a 91 V8S that is currently on its way to the US.

[tvrmk363]

phillpot said:

I have a set of the OZ "eight spokes" for sale but they are in UK

Edited by phillpot on Tuesday 8th August 17:17

Would you be willing to sell them and post them to the USA?

[phillpot]

tvrmk363 said:

Would you be willing to sell them and post them to the USA?

Yes, lets continue this on FB

[RayTVR]

mk1fan said:

I thought the V8S came with BBS cross spokes / lattice. Those wheels were on the V6S (not that it would be beyond possibility for TVR to have fitted them). Need to be careful with offsets as the V8S had a wider track than the S1 through to S3.

No specific wheels on V8S. Most of the UK cars have the eight spokes but lattice (Oz wheels not BBS ) was an option. A lot of the export V8S have the 'slot' style wheels.

Track is wider but wheel offset is the same on V8S so wheels are interchangeable with V6.

[lordofthewings]

My V8S that I owned 20 years ago came with lattice wheels. (The car is currenlty for sale, not by me but by the person I sold it to).

[v8s4me]

The "lattice" wheels were also known as OZ Split Rims.

There's an interesting post on FB at the moment comparing the weights of the different wheel options on the 'S'. Copied here for future reference (weights excluding tyres).

Estoril 9.8kg
Imola 9.5kg
OZ Split Rims (Lattice) 8.3kg
Slot Mag 8.1kg
OZ 8 Spoke 7.5kg
Minilites 8.1kg

Thanks Phillpot!

[phillpot]

v8s4me said:

Thanks Phillpot!

First 5 styles were all factory options, some only in later years of production, the "Minilites" are an aftermarket wheel