Hi Guys,
Looking for some spacers for my Alpine, thought you might know were to get them. It says England on them but don't know the manufacturer.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
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Hi Guys,
Looking for some spacers for my Alpine, thought you might know were to get them. It says England on them but don't know the manufacturer.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
PimAttachment 9371
These days it's 'Grayston' Pim.
I'm not sure who made them in period?
There was a four stud version often used on Minis. I can't say I ever liked the look of them though.
I can see that you're limited for off the shelf 3 stud spacers though. There isn't much out there?
Pim,
It looks like COSMIC made them in period?:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cosmic-Uni...YAAOSwhkRWe7xt
COSMIC also made wheels to fit the A110 and R8, so it's seems more than likely. 'Some of the Cosmic Renault wheels here for example:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-8-...AAAOSwyjBW8Ghg
Some R8/A110 3 bolt spacers on US ebay here Pim:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RENAULT-COSM...dW3d~Y&vxp=mtr
I am afraid they are not for sale anymore as new. Sometimes they appear at the French selling site "Leboncoin" . I mostly try to e mail and ask if the seller is willing to ship abroad, but often enough some sellers are reluctant to sell or post abroad. I will keep trying.
Thanks for the link, Cosmic never thought of that make, thanks a lot!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
Hi Pim, do you have any updates on your alpine?
Now i know why the name Cosmic seemed familiar, i had those wheels on my racing bike ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ProtoTipo
Just bought these from E bay, Thanks again for the tip Prototipo!!
Not much going on with the Alpine, still buisy with the new garage so Alpine in storage as shown in this picture some time ago. Hope garage wil be finished soon so i can get on with the project. If so i will post some pictures of the progress.Quote:
Originally Posted by bosmass
This is how far the car is now:
Those are real classics - so beautiful. I watched a video on petrolicious a while ago where they interviewed a gentleman who had 7 or 8 of them. Racers and street versions both. Good luck with yours.
By far and away the best place in the UK to have spacers made is Superforma. If you google PCD adapters, Superforma you will find them.
They will make any combination of PCD and hub bore & centre bore (within engineering constraints) you could wish for.
They generally come in around £140/pair and within two weeks. Not only that, they even e-mail you updates of where they're up to machining.
Here's some they did for me:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...psbdtekelm.jpg
from memory they converted 5x100 and 56.1mm hub bore to 5x114.3 and 67.1cm wheel bore. These were 25mm deep and had their own studs incorporated.
regards
Iain