Laurence Wilson Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Trawling through old posts I noticed that there is a percentage of people who prefer the old style five spoke wheels that were fitted to the SLR. While their faults have been well documented and their lack of availability now is well known, I have by chance come across a similar alternative that those interested may or may not be aware of. Compomotive do a variation on the 5 spoke split rim theme and from the image on the web page it seems that with the greater number of bolts holding the whole lot together the problem of sudden tyre deflation is much reduced, if existent at all. They do do a nice 3 piece Mini-light style wheel also (which I prefer), although images of that are not yet on the product pages of the site. If anyone's interested I could mail them a flyer. Just a thought smile.gif! I bet you'll all disagree with me now tongue.gif! If anyone does consider either of the above, please say as there may be another bulk buy opportunity (and I'm tight, but also lazy). Cheers! teeth.gifid=orange> Laurence 'LOZ' Wilson id=purple> Edited by - Peardrop on 16 Jul 2002 16:41:16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Can someone summarise what were the problems with the SLR wheels...apart from them being buggers to clean, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 laurence was this the wheels i saw on a car at olton you had just got them if it was they look very good .i would be in on bulk by if price is right fredid=blue> eek.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Wilson Posted July 18, 2002 Author Share Posted July 18, 2002 Mark, from what I can gather on the forums here early SLR (5 spoke) split rims had a problem with tyre deflation. This is (don't sting me if I'm wrong) down to the lack of bolts holding the wheels together. Was it KN who manufactured the wheels and then Image who had to remedy the problem through welding the rims together? You can no longer purchase the wheels in whole or part (should you buckle one, etc.) and Image have destroyed their tooling for welding the wheels anyway. Most people go the route of the R500 wheels manufactured by M.B. as they have a suitable number of bolts holding the lot together, and are able to be more easily disassembled as they have not been welded. The reason I brought this up is I did find that some people are more aesthetically pleased by the SLR 5 spoke style than the R500 option. You'll want to run a search of the forums for 'split rims' and have a look through what you find. Perhaps someone could just say whether I got that right or not? Fred, I don't own a Seven so I don't know! I'm looking into it for next year so was considering what options I should go for when I came across these wheels. Cheers! teeth.gifid=orange> Laurence 'LOZ' Wilson id=purple> Edited by - Peardrop on 18 Jul 2002 11:37:27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I'm pretty sure Loz is right Mark. So don't go buckling any rims! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I prefer the look of the Superlight wheels and that's not only 'cos Andy Murphy's gone for the R500 ones either tongue.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 It's because they remind you of the Revolution ones you used to have on your 1600L MkII Capri. Orange with brown vinyl roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Andy, I aspried to owning a Capri Mk 1, but never did....get your facts right first...mind you I like your choice of colours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph7355 Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Stating MkII was meant as a deliberate slur as you no doubt realised. My dad had one - in orange but he didn't go for the vinyl roof - and they were truly the most awful of the Capris. Some of which weren't actually bad cars (even though I don't come from Essex). Fortunately my mother took it upon herself to write it off. I must have inherited the car genes from her (though the 3.5 Rover SD1 my dad had for a bit was a good laugh, especially the square steering wheel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 SLR Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Would happily PX my SLR 5-spoke wheels for a set of R500 equivalents. Worcs L7 club joint AO.id=red> //id=blue> Membership No.id=red> 4379id=green> //Azure Blue SLR No. 0077id=blue> //Se7ens List Tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 Oht the stories I could tell you about 3.5 SD1s - understeer, understeer, understeer...then oversteer, oversteer, over...**** I've run out of road. Posting in the day Andy? no loose ends to tie up before Le Sept? teeth.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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