Has anyone found a way to easily switch back and forth between wire wheel
adapter splines and disk wheels?
I have 48 spoke wires, on my TR3A, which I will not use for autocross (too
weak.) Yet, I really don't want to go back to disc wheels or mags, like
minilites, on a daily basis. I really like the look of the wire wheels. I
would like to be able to run occasional autocrosses for fun, so a seperate
set of ordinary steel wheels would be fine.
I know that TRF, Moss & Vicky Brit, now carry a splined, minilite type
wheel, but they are about $300 each ($275 ea. from BPC). NFW, not even
close. I can't even afford to think about those wheels (+ tires.)
Two possible solutions:
1. I have heard about shouldered lug nuts, which would engage the full
length of the shortened stud. Does anyone have any knowledge of these and a
source?
2. I have seen flanges similiar to the flange on the splined hub, but with
additional bolts for the wheel lugs instead of the spline. Whitney has them
for VW's; do these exist for TR's?
Or the easy way. Does anybody have a set of those, really nice, splined
minilites that are just taking up too much room in their garage. I could
help out by taking them off your hands. Heck, I'll even come pick them up
or pay the freight! :-)
Thanks in advance, from a frustrated former autocrosser who wants to have
his cake and eat it too.
Jack Brooks
1960 TR3A
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