Alloy wheels on the campervan

[E_T_V]

Right I'm looking for some opinions as to whether these look bad, ok, great or fantastic etc.

I manged to "borrow" a wheel from a fellow forum member (many thanks again) to try them for fitment etc. If they look good I then have to persuade the owner to part with them and also to make them fit (as they don't quite at the moment)

What do you all think?

[Austin-Rover]

Very very nice - they look good on the Maestro.

[H48HPE]

just a thought but they look like wheel trims on normal wheels.

(just a thought)

[MGTurbo]

Once lowered, i reckon it will look pretty good.

Gareth

[E_T_V]

Once lowered, i reckon it will look pretty good.

Gareth

That is the plan eventually


The wheels are not just trims but alloy wheels which are a fair bit wider than the original ones 225 compared with 165. I take the point though they look similar to the later type hubcaps used.

[H48HPE]

I didnt mean they were wheel trims, I meant that they looked a bit like a wheel trim, (that particular design), I personally prefere those wheels that came standard on late MGs, but thats obviously just my preference.

[D87SMW]

Why Rover when it is badged an MG?

(It does have "2.0i" on the doors, and "MG" on the grille, doesn't it?)

No offence intended, they would look great on a Rover Maestro.

[Guest]

Just a question i thought the pcd was different on Rover wheels to the maestro 100 vs 95.25??

Otherwise thewheels look pretty good.

[E_T_V]

Why Rover when it is badged an MG?

(It does have "2.0i" on the doors, and "MG" on the grille, doesn't it?)

No offence intended, they would look great on a Rover Maestro.

My car is far from normal. It is badged austin on the back, MG on the grill and rover in the log book! It also has VDP door caps and a nice tasteful red and black leather interior

These alloys won't fit a normal maestro hatchback only the odd van like mine with 4.5 inch PCD.

[Guest]

These alloys won't fit a normal maestro hatchback only the odd van like mine with 4.5 inch PCD.

That explains it. Gives you a bigger choice of wheels.. I know where there is a set of 17" MG ZR straights.

[E_T_V]

That explains it. Gives you a bigger choice of wheels.. I know where there is a set of 17" MG ZR straights.

the MG ZR ones will be 100mm PCD I believe which will not fit my van. My van has 4,5 inch PCD (although other vans have 100mm PCD) which means I've got a very limited choice like the maestro hatchbacks unfortunatly.

[Guest]

Just realised they are 600/800 wheels so 114.3pcd doh!

[Guest]

They look rather good, in my opinion. I would start laying on the persuasion if I were you. They certainly show up the rusty battered steel wheels on my van.

[E_T_V]

Right after persuading the owner of the wheels in the photo to part with them if I can get them to fit I've hit a couple of stumbling blocks which I could do with some help on.

I need some alloy wheel nuts for the wheels in question. The nuts are larger than the rover 200 and maestro ones. any idea where I could get some?

Also is there any way to alter the amount of "full lock" to stop the front tyres fouling the inner wings?