Spider wheel conversion.

[chris43]

I may treat myself to the spider wheel conversion in the new year.
Where in Kent is the best place to have this done and does anyone have an idea of price?
Mine is a 1993 4.0 litre Chimaera.
Any help or advice will be welcome.
Cheers,
Chris.

[shnozz]

around £1400 IIRC

[tvrbob]

Well the waiting list is many months long. This is a TVR offer; you need to speak directly to Neill Anderson [e-mail] to get on the waiting list. You then arrange with any competent motor engineer to get the work done.

[spend]

Just done the conversion myself, excellent! The delivery may be getting better, there have been many problems with worn exchange parts. 2 rebuilt hub flanges were too loose when Neill pressed them into the carrier bearings (he had accepted these as usable exchange parts) so more new bearings and try another 2 flanges - glad I took my uprights to be rebuilt - only 2 hours labour. Neill is looking at increasing the cost and sourcing more new parts (about £200 more I think) to alleviate the exchange / machining delays / problems. The kit is comprehensive - excellent value.

You will need ventillated rear disks (thicker than early solid disks) to do the upgrade (the calipers are different - not sure about the mounting ears) I just bought a set of rear uprights & brakes complete from Douglas Valley.

Its taken me about a week to fit everything, but I have painted all parts, fitted new tubular upper wishbones, poly bushes, U/Js, B/Js, engine mounts and a lot of chassis needle scaling + painting. (Damn now I have to wait till Sat to get all wheels pointing the right way!)

BTW projects like this make you realise why Joolz is so good - he copper slips everything - previous Main Dealers definitely had not done this!

Dave