wheels, steel or alloy?

[thor]

I have a late +2S with the Lotus black/polished alloys with spinners, the wheels are a bastard to keep looking nice, and there's no one here that does refinishing or can do a proper mahine polish to the shiny parts. I'm thinking about switching to steels, as I have a contact which does a fantastic looking powder coating (and cheap!), and I like the look as well..

Is there a difference in width on the standard Lotus steels and alloys?

PS: before anyone mentions it, I think Minilites look silly on the +2..

[SADLOTUS]

Never seen it done on a car, but ever thought of a teflon coating? long time ago i saw it done on motorcycle wheels, supposed to work a treat.

Is there a non stick powder coating out there?

Good luck.

[Dave_Newcastle]

Thor

Standard Lotus OEM steel and alloy wheels for the plus two are both the same size - 13 x 5

Dave

[CBUEB1771]

Thor

Standard Lotus OEM steel and alloy wheels for the plus two are both the same size - 13 x 5

Dave

The steel wheels for the Plus 2 are 5 1/2 X 13, stamped right there on the rim for the world to see.

[thor]

Thanks all, the offset is the same too then?

[Dave_Newcastle]

Russ is of course right - sorry

[Dave_Newcastle]

width of lotus original 13x 5.5 steel wheel 165mm edge to edge with backspace of 119mm

width of lotus original 13x5.5 alloy wheel 168mm edge to edge with backspace of 118mm

Dave

[Over Steer]

I have a set of black steel with chrome rim/nut wheels on my +2 that I would be willing to swap for your alloys. Drop me a line on jansammut*gmail.com if you are interested.