Or 8" Minilite front and 8" Revolution rear............
I don't recommend Revolutions, not enough caliper space, but I can't afford 10 new wheels as well as the new calipers!
Who'd have thought a simple question about wheels could have prompted 4 pages of discussion?I mean 'wheelie'.
Thanks for all the replies - going decide once I've seen a completed Stradale LB in the flesh, I think! Having seen Paul's pic, they don't look quite as oversized as I thought they might, so we'll see!
Your fronts are 7" Chris.Originally Posted by ChrisCar6
He can tell that just from the photo y'know. The man's a legend!
Well that, and it was me that sold you them!He can tell that just from the photo y'know. The man's a legend!
I like the proportion of the 215/275 combination & logically a wider tyre on the rear makes a huge amount of sense when combined with the weight distribution & reputation of a Stratos. A 255 size rear would probably be optimum but it doesn't exist so the 275 will have to suffice. I do however feel that on your Hawk Chris the rear wheel protruded just a little too far & would have caused an issue had the car had to go through an IVA test, the car had the same issue when the PAG wheels were fitted but only with the rims in this case. Whether this was due to the wheel offsets used or the slightly wider rear track of the Hawk vs the Lancia I am not sure.
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
The test wasn't an issue, and I thought it looked spot on.
Omicron Stradale runs even wider 10x15" rear coffin spokes, which must be at least as wide, if not wider than a Hawk with 9" rears? Here:
https://drive-my.com/images/mews2015...Stradale-5.jpg
From the back:
Is that why 12" coffin spokes are marginal on round arched Hawks?
Alan (Skelly's) extensions, for example.
IVA or SVA? The SVA only looked at the wheel rims, the IVA takes the tyres into account aswell. A rear 3/4 shot or from directly above would clarify. The original Compomotive split rims fitted to the car look to feel the arches really nicely, more so than the 9" Sparwald rims. IMHO
On the Omicron car despite being a 10" wheel the rear rim looks to be no more than flush with the arch and the tyre is stretched a little on the rim which pulls it back in under the arch subtly. The stance of that car is as good as it gets for a Stradale, I prefer the spoke design of the 9" wheel though. What the tyre size I don't know, I can't make it from the pictures.
The yellow Stradale with the 9" rear wheel also sits really well. The 9" wheel with the extra 20/25mm of outer rim is the optimum look for a Stradale IMHO
"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"
Stan Laurel
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