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TR5/TR250 Free is not so free!

tinman58

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A friend of mine had a set of wire wheels 5.5" x 15" "They should fit your 250!" You can't beat the price FREE! So I ordered the new wheel studs, nuts, splines and knock offs. $450. O.K. not bad for a set of wire wheels. I take off the original rims and take all 8 to a wire wheel shop in Walnut creek to have the red line tires mounted to the new (free) wire wheels. Well of course the off set is 1 3/4" different....... But he just happen to have a set of Triumph wire wheels and tires already mounted just sitting in the corner. $400 bucks and they are in the back of my truck. The tires are a lower profile but the handling has improved quite a bit. The speedo is off now but we can live with that. So the free wire wheels only cost me $850 "it's only money"
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I don't know if I should keep the hub caps and wheels for shows or sell them.
P.S. I do like the look of the redlines with the funky hub caps.
 

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trrdster2000

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I too like the hub caps. They were also on the GT6 of that era, only 13 inch. The car looks great.

Wayne
 

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I'd hang on to them, they won't go down in value. But then again I'm biased, my first TR6 was a 69 with the same hubcaps and I kind of liked them!
 

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"Free is not so free" - reminds me of my favorite online car ad description "Rust free!"

(just means there's no extra charge for the rust)
 
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