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Oct 23, 2012 9:00 am
Oct 23, 2012 9:00 am
Subject: Re: Wheels and tyres for the Rapide
Simon, my personal view is that 5 1/2 rims will be too narrow (even if carrying 205 tyres) for the weight of the car and the forces exerted when cornering etc. With the de Dion it is possible to really hustle a Rapide on winding roads, keeping the power on, and I suspect narrow wheels will lead to too much tyre roll and wallow
I also recall an LR that had been completely rebuilt (it might be 147) and was splendid, but it had 670x15 crossplies on (too-) narrow wheels, and looked so wrong in each wheelarch
Simon, my personal view is that 5 1/2 rims will be too narrow (even if carrying 205 tyres) for the weight of the car and the forces exerted when cornering etc. With the de Dion it is possible to really hustle a Rapide on winding roads, keeping the power on, and I suspect narrow wheels will lead to too much tyre roll and wallow
I also recall an LR that had been completely rebuilt (it might be 147) and was splendid, but it had 670x15 crossplies on (too-) narrow wheels, and looked so wrong in each wheelarch