[TR] Dayton wire wheels - quality issues?

[Benjamin Zwissler]

I bought the painted Dunlop 60 spokes for my TR4A about three years
ago and have been very happy.  After hearing lots of stories about the
bad quality of the Dunlop's I was a little afraid of them.  But the
story I got at the time was that the painted Dunlop's are better than
the Dayton's now. Got them from Moss, took them to my local tire shop
that I've had do lots of wire wheels for me and they mounted and
balanced the tires.  No tubes, no issues with about 5000 miles on
them. Very smooth up to 70+ mph.

Ben....

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM,  <triumphs-request at autox.team.net> wrote:


> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 15:51:05 -0400
> From: Angelo Graham <agraham at execulink.com>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Dayton wire wheels - quality issues?
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> Hello List:
> Scouting around for a set of new wires for my '2. I would like to
> upgrade to 60 spokes and possibly a tubeless rim. I thought that Dayton
> would be the logical choice, but some of our local Healey guys have
> reported quality issues with some recent Daytons. Any credence to these
> stories? I
> I can't think of an alternative to the Daytons, given the very real
> quality issues associated with the Indian made Dunlops.
> Someone did mention an Anglo/Indian wheel assembled in the UK, but I
> couldn't find any info on these wheels.
> Thanks for any insights on this one.
> Angelo Graham