angelfj1
Yoda
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I have always felt that the early sidescreen cars look best this steel wheels and hubcaps with wire spoke wheels second. The problem with TR2/3 steel wheels has always been strength and durability. Anyone who has driven one of these cars knows what I mean. When restoring my car we had to sort through at least a dozen wheels before we found 4 wheels that were reasonably true and cosmetically acceptable and a spare that was true yet not so pretty. Being steel, most of spares in circulation are either rusty or badly pitted even after media blasting and painting. After restoring five wheels I realize that a sudden kerb or other road mishap could easily result in a bad vibration, excessive tire wear and possible poor handling.
So, I came across this site
https://www.realmengineering.com/dunlop%20style%20wheels.html
These wheels
https://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s504/Fireman049/DUNLOP%20ALLOY%20WHEELS/
are cast aluminum alloys that look very much like the steel wheels used on TR's and other period sports cars. The only downside is price and inability to fit the TR hubcaps. But, the spinners do look sharp!
At least there is an option if your original steel wheels go square!
So, I came across this site
https://www.realmengineering.com/dunlop%20style%20wheels.html
These wheels
https://s1055.photobucket.com/albums/s504/Fireman049/DUNLOP%20ALLOY%20WHEELS/
are cast aluminum alloys that look very much like the steel wheels used on TR's and other period sports cars. The only downside is price and inability to fit the TR hubcaps. But, the spinners do look sharp!
At least there is an option if your original steel wheels go square!