[Fot] Alloy Race Wheels Spitfire

[John Hasty]

Same experience for me as well

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On Mar 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, "R. John Lye" <rjl6n at cstone.net> wrote:

> Many years ago, when I bought Panasports for my GT-6, I
> bought them from Spruell Motorsports and I can attest to
> their good customer service.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, March 20, 2013 11:20 pm, Rocky Entriken wrote:
>> About two years ago when I needed wheels for my HP Spitfire I got some
>> Panasports through Spruell Motorsports (www.spruellmotorsport.com --
>> 800-552-2532).
>>
>> Don't worry that their website at the moment doesn't show any 13" wheels
>> under Triumph. Call 'em up, tell 'em what you need. They'll order direct
>> from Panasport. I was in a big hurry, so they put me in contact with the
>> Panasport guy and I ordered them direct from him, but he only sells
>> through
>> dealers so I did the sale through Spruell.
>>
>> In my case -- because I was in a rush -- the Panasport guy had wheels on
>> the
>> shelf with 4" backspace, so I bought them and he drilled them for the
>> Spitfire bolt circle and my stud size. Then I had a local machine shop
>> make
>> me spacers. And they use regular lugnuts.
>>
>> If you have the time, you can get them with the right backspacing and
>> setup.
>> Spruell and Panasport both worked to take care of me with the speed I
>> needed
>> at the time. It was much appreciated.
>>
>> --Rocky Entriken
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bud R" <levilevi at comcast.net>
>> To: "Friends of triumph" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3:30 PM
>> Subject: [Fot] Alloy Race Wheels Spitfire
>>
>>
>>> List,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a set of 13 x 6 inch alloy race wheels for my Spitfire
>>> (4" x 3.75" (95.25mm).  I need two with zero offset and two with -
>>> 0.75 inch offset.
>>>
>>> So far the only 13 x  6 inch wheels I've found are made by Revolution
>>> in the UK which means lots of shipping costs, etc..
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a US source? I called about some VTO wheels at the
>>> Acme Speed Shop in South Carolina and haven't heard back from them but
>>> they only list 5.5 inch and not any 6 inch in 13 inch diameter wheels
>>> on their website so I'm not sure about availability.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Bud Rolofson
>>>
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