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Mike,

Looks very nice ! I'm glad that the new Minilites and fenders worked out so well. I still have your old wheels but haven't mounted tires yet.

Bob

Gary just read today the jap wheels are now back in production www.japearceengineering.com
Ian

Ian,

Thanks for that link. Very interesting.

Pity they are only offering spinners with wheels as I quite fancy a set to go with mine.

Spinners, that is!

Thanks for the link and also getting me motivated to get the front wheels installed. I did a bit of work to get close but I am afraid that to get these wheels (and some tyres that are in keeping with the idea), I am going to have to do some more bodywork. Thats just how it goes sometimes, at the very least I will need to relieve a lot more of the right arch down low to get the wheel and tire to clear on left hand turns, I think that the right turns will be alright. I put in about 120 lbs in the front to see if it would help. It did some and will get several hundred more but I am uncertain if it will be enough.

Gary

Many years ago I fit a set of 13" Chassis Engineering wheels together with Goodyear 4.74x8.50 to my S2.
They fit in front without modification but the rear was a different story. Still, with modification to the inner wheel wells, not to mention springs and struts, they fit nicely without modification to the outer body.

That was a lot of rubber and a long time ago...

AMA

I think the jap wheels are just back on the market I only read it the afternoon of my post so they may expand the options
Ian