Shawn and others,
Yes, Konig will be introducing a 15x7 wheel. Konig made about 50 sets in
January and Konig are all sold out... for now.
A Konig rep showed me a wheel in mid-Jan and they are very nice, light and a
good bit cheaper than Panasports.
I have five sets on order, expecting delivery sometime in April. The price
will be about $140 per wheel.... we'll see how long that stands, the price
has changed three times ($155/ea -> $125/ea -> $140/ea) since I got the
initial price list in my hand in Jan. Wheels come with center caps, but no
lug nuts from the distributor. The wheel sets I sell will have lug nuts
included, hopefully without any effect on price.
Colors will be charcoal or plain silver finish (like Panasport), both colors
will have a polished outer rim as standard.
The 15x7 KRs, Konig Rewinds, will ONLY be available in 0 offset... which
means that they will fit only the big TRs. No MGs, no Healeys, no Spits or
GT6s. 14x7s will be available in a -9mm offset, which again seems pretty
useless for any British sports car.
After seeing one in the flesh, I must say they are pretty nice wheels and a
nice take on the original Minilite design. The first set of five I get in
will be going on my TR6.
Cheers,
Kai
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Kai M. Radicke
Wishbone Classics
* British Car Parts *
www.wbclassics.com
Ph: 215.945.7250
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>
To: "6pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>; "bgreen99" <bgreen99@frontiernet.net>;
"Chuck Arnold" <chuck.arnold@oracle.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 6:02 PM
Subject: RE: Racing wheels
> All... FYI
>
> Konig, a European wheel manufacturer, is supposed to be producing a
mini-lite
> style wheel with the 4X4.5 bolt pattern with zreo offset in a 15X7 size
with
> dark gray colored spokes. Specifically for classic sports cars, the wheel
> should soon be available through the Tire Rack.
>
> At least that is what I read in one of my car mags, don't remember which
one
> though. It might have been European Car, a few months ago.
>
>
> Shawn J. Loseke
> 1972 TR6
> Fort Collins, CO
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