15" wheels on a Stradale LB?

[ProtoTipo]

Well that's a role reversal! There's me suggesting 15's with TB15's in the 215/270 combination on Roin wheels

That's more or less what I had on the orange Prototype Hawk, but Richard can't afford them.
Personally, I can cope with the 16" LBs. The proportions look right, and the extra 1" isn't nearly as obvious as the 17" (I know the 17" are group 4 only).
I don't really like the 8x15" Hawk coffin spoke on the rear. 'Fine on the front.
It's that depth on the radius thing, but that's just me. Although John H. doesn't seem to like them all round either.
Photo of 8x15 Hawk on 215 TB15 and 9x15 Mavic on 270 TB15:

[ProtoTipo]

Photo of when it had 8x15 Hawk wheels all round:

[Strat Fan]

That's more or less what I had on the orange Prototype Hawk, but Richard can't afford them.

Photo of 8x15 Hawk on 215 TB15 and 9x15 Mavic on 270 TB15:

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.

[ProtoTipo]

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.

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

[Strat Fan]

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

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

[ProtoTipo]

The test wasn't an issue,

Because it was already tested, I meant.
'Like those mirrors on long stalks that turn into Vitaloni Californians.

[ProtoTipo]

From the back:

[ProtoTipo]

or the slightly wider rear track of the Hawk vs the Lancia I am not sure.

Is that why 12" coffin spokes are marginal on round arched Hawks?
Alan (Skelly's) extensions, for example.

[Strat Fan]

Is that why 12" coffin spokes are marginal on round arched Hawks?
Alan (Skelly's) extensions, for example.

This along with the extra -ve offset in the rear wheels when compared to the Roin or Marvic versions would equate to almost 20mm per side extra protrusion across the rims, add on to that the overlap of the 345 P Zero's and you can see why the arch extensions came to be, especially if the car went through IVA on those wheels.

[Griff]

To illustrate Craig's point