Gary, been there, done that. I bought the Dayton 72 spoke wheels from
British Wire Wheel. I have had them since Christmas (my wife bought them
for me, with my assistance!). To date no one as said anything about
noticing the stainless steel spokes. I will say the chrome spokes tend
toward a blue color and the stainless steel are more golden; but in fact
it is unlikely you would notice unless they are side by side. My
stainless are the regular polish not the show polish.
On my Jaguar I broke some spokes (older chrome Daytons) and the local
wheel shop interlaced the stainless spokes with the chrome spokes and
it's very hard to tell which is which. They did do the "show" polish on
the stainless.
I bought the 6' X 15" Daytons and mounted 195/60X15" Avon "V" rated tires
on them. Yes, everything clears. The circumference is *very* close to
the original 560X14 or 165X14 that were stock sizes.
The information British Wire Wheel gave me on sizes is this:
560X14 = 620mm OD
165X14 = 622mm OD
195/65X15 = 635mm OD
195/60X15 = 615mm OD
British Wire Wheel is a good company to do business with and has very
competitive prices.
Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 15:23:29 -0400 Gary Burrell <garyb@pentek.com>
writes:
>Well, I had a flat on my B on the weekend. Which caused me to look
>at my tires and notice a lot of sidewall cracking. So I need new
>tires.
>
>This in turn causes me to consider moving up one of the items on my
>major acquisition list. Namely new wire wheels. When I restored my
>car I had my current (originally chrome) wires sand blasted and
>painted, and while they look all right they just will never compare
>to chrome.
>
>Anyway Browsing the British Wire Wheels catalog I see I have
>several choices to consider.
>
>Dayton vrs Dunlop
>
>Dunlop are all chrome, whereas Dayton has stainless steel spokes,
>which are supposed to be stronger. If I go for dayton is it worth it
>to get the show polish on the stainless spokes. (How much duller
>is this than chrome)
>
>60 vrs 72 spoke.
>
>Do I go for the larger rims. Then I can use 185/70R14 as opposed
>to the much harder to find 165R14. I think there has been some
>mention of the larger tires causing problems. Any input?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Gary
>
>--
>Gary Burrell
>Design Engineer
>Pentek Inc. One Park Way, Upper Saddle River NJ 07458
>Phone: (201)818-5900 Fax: (201)818-5941 Email:garyb@pentek.com
>
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