tires and wheels American Racing Libre wheel repros!

[HarryPR]

Found an ad for this company on the Classic Motorsports 2010 calendar. They come in 13" , 14" and 15". Sweet wheels for an '02!

http://www.vtowheels.com/retro4.html

[golf73]

did some poking around on that site and finally found some numbers:

offset for 13"x5.5 / 4x100mm bolt pattern is ET+19 and

for 14" x 5.5 / 4x100mm bolt pattern is ET +23

not sure but those numbers seem a little on the small side of being ideal for the 2002?

[Harv]

Looks like it's on their web site.

19mm ET On the 13X5.5

http://www.vtowheels.com/13x55retro4.html

John

[golf73]

ah, john ya beat me to my own turtle-paced research and editing.

[Harv]

Ha!

John

[Inka114]

These are beautiful, but I want 13 X 7, not 13 X 5.5 !

[c.d.iesel]

and look closely at the reflection in

the headlight trim - Sir Williams car ?

[golf73]

These are beautiful, but I want 13 X 7, not 13 X 5.5 !

I agree that they are beautiful, but the finish isn't really vintage-correct. Picky, picky, picky...

Other thoughts - wonder what the center caps will look like? Chrome to match the lug nuts? BYO center emblem?

Another thought regarding their other wheel offering - I wonder if the world needs another Minilite 8 spoke-style wheel manufacturer? By golly I think not!

How about making a repro of the American Racing Le Mans wheel, similar to the Libre? See super sweet Valencia Blue Triumph TR250 attached.

[TobyB]

those offsets will work, with smaller tires. Not ideal, but not bad.

Looks nice...

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[roadhog0]

Someones trying to sell a set like that on the Seattle Craigslist. They don't look to bad in grey.

[peteinjp]

If they had a 15x7 in a 25-30mm offset I bet they would sell a good handful.....

pete

[Jaycen_PNW2002]

not an actual image of the wheel so it's hard to say whether or not the finish is period correct.

[HarryPR]

I once had a set of the 200S, which was basically the same wheel, but with five spokes, and it was a bitch keeping them clean.

[TobyB]

beats the turbines, tho!

Really, the only believable offset's the 14x5.5-

everything else, you'd want flares of the turbo size, or a bit smaller.

They do look perfect on a roadster, if I do say so myself...

(he says, having a set that he likes very much)

(also wishing that the 2002 minilites fit the 122, which they emphatically

do NOT!)

t