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Refurbished Steel Disc Wheels are in
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Just had my steel disc wheels I bought a few months ago refurbished at Rust to Riches. They did a really good job and for a very reasonable price. Wheels look really quite great.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
Mar 24, 2017 06:34 AM
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In reply to # 3475462 by kuddlesworth55
Just had my steel disc wheels I bought a few months ago refurbished at Rust to Riches. They did a really good job and for a very reasonable price. Wheels look really quite great.
They look great Adam, what size wheel are those? 14's?
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They are the 5.5J 14". For the GT not the Roadster. I found them on Ebay a while ago for £290 I think and picked them up straight away because I knew how rare they where. £150 to get them up to scratch. They where pitted pretty bad but he cleaned them up nicely.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
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They are the 5.5J 14".
Wow!!!!! I didn't know these steel wheels were available in that width. Is your post a typo!
My understanding, is the standard wheel was a 4J whilst the GT a 4.5J width, your post is even wider than the later RO Style rim, 5J.
Where did these wheels come from?
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Wondering the same thing
Maybe a pic of the wheel stamping
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Maybe a pic of the wheel stamping
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Sorry I missed out some important information. I did a lot of research on wheels for the MGB's a while ago trying to find the size and style I wanted. Turns out they stamped 5.5J on the 5J wheels for no discernible reason. They did make 5.5J wheels for MGA police cars in the UK but those are incredibly rare as you would imagine. So these are 5J wheels for the GT the 4.5J wheels are for MGB Roadsters. They are stamped 5^5J to be precise. I guess the police wheels are stamped 5.5J instead but I'm not sure. http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/variants/vt110.htm Doesn't tell you everything but there was a guy on these forums somewhere with a set of police steel disc wheels.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
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In reply to # 3475516 by kuddlesworth55
Sorry I missed out some important information. They did make 5.5J wheels for MGA police cars in the UK but those are incredibly rare as you would imagine. So these are 5J wheels for the GT the 4.5J wheels are for MGB Roadsters. They are stamped 5^5J to be precise. I guess the police wheels are stamped 5.5J instead but I'm not sure. http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/variants/vt110.htm Doesn't tell you everything but there was a guy on these forums somewhere with a set of police steel disc wheels.
Still confused.
The MGA sported 15" diameter wheels, so I ask where/what was the application of this wheel you have? MGB police car wheels? as shown below?
FWIW as you can see from my avatar I am a supporter of this 'archaic' style wheel. Will you install inner tubes or chance the tubeless?
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-03-24 08:53 AM by riley1489.
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I actually just posted the stamping just above your post. Never thaught about tubes. Never did any research about them. What are the benefits and disadvantages of them precisely.
Edit: I decided to measure them myself because I am also getting confused. These are 5j wheels. I think the 5^5j is the measurement of the entire wheel width. 5J is just the bead seat from bead seat.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-03-24 08:52 AM by kuddlesworth55.
Edit: I decided to measure them myself because I am also getting confused. These are 5j wheels. I think the 5^5j is the measurement of the entire wheel width. 5J is just the bead seat from bead seat.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-03-24 08:52 AM by kuddlesworth55.
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I actually just posted the stamping just above your post. Never thaught about tubes. Never did any research about them. What are the benefits and disadvantages of them precisely.
Yes Adam, apologies on the photo, so these are 5J wheels. You have an interesting set of wheels.
The early steel stamp wheel was not designed as a tubeless wheel, and is referenced a 'non safety' rim. This refers to the shape of the bead on the rim. A great many run these wheels with out inner tubes so either or I guess. I run some with inner tubes, and frankly a bit of an annoyance if a puncture happens.
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Apparently I am very susceptible to punctures. Since I've owned y car for about 2 or so years I've gotten about 6 of them I think. So I guess I'm running without tubes. Andrew at Rust to Riches said to run tyres with the thickest depth you can because the steel is soft but easy to repair which is fine because I'm getting some really deep ones.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
MGB GT 1972 Black hand painted.
Future plans:
Rover K series conversion, in the shop.
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I have a 1964 MGB with the 4 inch disc wheels. When I first registered it in Germany in 1988, the tyres were the wrong size (not the original 165R14) so was told off by the TüV and sent to get the correct ones.
The tyre bloke threw his arms up in the air and told me off for not having tubes. Fortunately they had some in the correct size.
So after a double bollocking, I have been driving with tubes in the tyres for the last 29 years or so. I have not yet had a single puncture, despite driving on the grotty ex-East German roads. The car is on its third set of tyres and third set of tubes. These days, the tyre people don't like the tubes and have forgotten about humpless rims. I have to explain the difference between these rims and modern hump-rims and insist on the tubes. HTH.
Mike
The tyre bloke threw his arms up in the air and told me off for not having tubes. Fortunately they had some in the correct size.
So after a double bollocking, I have been driving with tubes in the tyres for the last 29 years or so. I have not yet had a single puncture, despite driving on the grotty ex-East German roads. The car is on its third set of tyres and third set of tubes. These days, the tyre people don't like the tubes and have forgotten about humpless rims. I have to explain the difference between these rims and modern hump-rims and insist on the tubes. HTH.
Mike
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Sounds like German's are a bunch of sticklers for rules.
Adam,
Perhaps,
but all you need to do live out an enthusiastic cornering incident by rolling the tire off the rim.
If you decide to install tubeless pay attention to tire pressure and verify often.
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In reply to # 3475546 by kuddlesworth55
Sounds like German's are a bunch of sticklers for rules.
Yes, you're right, though they seem more relaxed these days than they did back then. The tyres were quite wide though, would probably have gone on a 5J rim ok. They did look pretty stupid if not plain wrong.
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