chimaera alloys

[POE5 TVR]

hello fellow chimaera lovers, iam just about to purchase my first and love everything about the chimaera except the alloys. does anybody know if the cerb spider alloys would fit on or any off the more recent tvr's. Any feedback on this will be much appriciated

[900T-R]

Not without changing the hubs - Chimaera/Griffith 4 bolt, anything later 5 bolt. TVR used to do a conversion using 5-bolth hubs, Tuscan front brakes and 16"spiders (of which they had a boatload going spare, hence the motivation for offering such a conversion) and I think I've seen similar conversions offered by TVR specialists.

Edited by 900T-R on Sunday 9th November 21:09

[tvrbob]

The Chimaera is a Ford 4 stud whereas most other TVR's are Ford 5 stud hubs. It is possible to change the hubs so that modern TVR wheels can be fitted. I and many others have done this but that job is not as simple as it sounds.

[V8 Animal]

can be done but it will cost you dearly.
5 stud conversion before you start with the wheels then tyres.

[scotty_d]

If the 5 stud convertion puts you off, like said above 4 stud ford 108 pcd fitment so loads of after market wheels out there. my chim came with white oz motersport wheels (will not be white for much longer sick of trying to keep clean)

[crispian22]

i enquired about doing a similar mod on my chim with a company called wheels uk,they do solid billet ali hub converters that bolt directly onto existing hubs(not sure how it works exactley) but they do come in at £120 a pair

[rigga]

Theres a conversion kit in the classified section with a brake upgrade included,not mine i might add but worth a look if your interested in going down that route...still need the wheels/tyres though

[POE5 TVR]

cheers for the feed back. Think i might try looking for some four stud after market rims that look pretty close to TVR's own style. You cant beat those spiders on the cerb though they look great.

[900T-R]

POE5 TVR said:

You cant beat those spiders on the cerb though ...

for weight or lack of resistance to potholes too, sadly. I'd look at some SP12s from Silverstone Performance instead.

[dhf]

I have an excellent set of 5 litre estorils with tyres for sale in the classifieds...

[raceboy]

The 'what wheels' thread appears to pop up every week at the moment.
This still appears to be the definative thread on the subject though.....
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
Other threads are available though.

[bigdods]

dhf said:

I have an excellent set of 5 litre estorils with tyres for sale in the classifieds...

Plenty of chims with estorils fitted (or as per the quote you an buy a set and upgrade). They look much better than the standard fit Imolas IMHO. But then I would say that as I have them on my chim .....