15" rims and 13"/14" wingstays

[Shaun_E]

Will 15" rims fitted with 50 profile Stunners fit under a standard Caterham 13"/14" wingstay? My existing stays are very close to a 13" rim with CR500 fitted so I suspect they may be the race wing stay - the 15" Stunners won't fit under them. I want to be able to switch between 13" and 15" wheels and would prefer not to have a huge gap with 13" rims and 15"/16" stays.

If they won't fit a 13"/14"stay would having the 45 profile Stunners make enough difference?

 

Yellow SL #32

[CageyH]

If the CR500's are close to the wingstay, I would suggest they are the race version, so 15" wheels probably won't fit.

 

Only dead fish go with the flow....

[Richard Price]

Will 15" rims fitted with 50 profile Stunners fit under a standard Caterham 13"/14" wingstay?

Yes, they will ❗ I've had a set of 195/50-15's on my car with 13"/14" wingstays.

But if your existing wings are a good fit on 175/55-13 CR500's then I would guess you don't have standard 13"/14" wingstays!

175/55-13 CR500's are 527mm diameter

195/45-15 Stunners are 556mm diameter

195/50-15 Stunners are 576mm diameter

When I helped Griff fit his first set of 195/50-15's to his old VX, we had to remove the wings and bend the stays quite a lot to give suitable clearance.

 

 

Edited by - Richard Price on 5 Oct 2006 22:33:09

[Shaun_E]

Richard - that was the answer I was hoping for - thanks. I'm pretty sure my stays are the race version so I will probably order the standard 13/14" stays.

 

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[Alex Wong1697456877]

Definitely no probs with standard stays and 15 inch wheels.