Wolfrace or GKN?

[pbharcourt]

I bought a set of Wolfrace wheels to act as slave wheels while i had the GKNs refurbished but actually quite like the look of them, what do you think?

Very Esprit S1 i thought?

Edited May 12, 2016 by pbharcourt

[Loose Cannon]

I've never been a massive fan of Wolfies, but they does match the psychadelic groove you have going on there so why the hell not!

[CharlieCroker]

Look fine, in period modification, d'you know they do 15" replicas, easy to get tyres for. 

[mikeeech]

The new anniversary slot mags are no where near to the original look. I always liked them but they ended up with a bit of a boy racer following. They were widely used in the day as fitment on scimitars, ac3000me, tvr's and a host of other big spec 70's cars and we're expensive.

Personally I'm loving the look on your car. Get them polished though.

[Advantage]

I agree with the polishing suggestion. It can be elbow grease time this weekend while watching a bit of F1.  

[Mark Blanchard]

I prefer them over the GKNs, but a set of Speedlines would be hard to beat.

[pbharcourt]

I agree with the polished idea but they are currently undercoated and silver painted (by the PO)

I might run around on them for a bit to get use to them and then have them properly re-finished back to original spec or get the paint stripper out.

Being a tight wad I got them really cheap for £60 (including good tyres) and am now baulking at having to pay another £60 for a set of wheel nuts...

I do think they look pretty cool though, speedlines would be even better but I would have to change all the hubs to 100pcd

[eclat22]

Hi Paul, I think the  speedlines were available in 114.3 as well, for the very early excel, certainly different pcd than on the s2.2 Eclat

[Mark Blanchard]

Speedlines were an option for the Elite.  I have an S2 Elite brochure from the early 80s showing an Elite with them on. Looks very cool.

[pbharcourt]

Yes I do like the speedlines, one of the best looking wheels on the Elite.

But.....I have a set of Wolfrace wheels 

Any hoo....I have ordered a new set if wheel nuts and will give them a try, very 70s

[williamtherebel]

just seen this thread. Can you tell me where you got the wheel nuts from? Im after a set for my Esprit S1. Cheers.

[pbharcourt]

I managed to buy a new set on ebay with the thick spacer washers.

I drove around on the wolfies for a while and then decided to sell them on as they had a wide track and the tyres rubbed slightly when you went over a bump.