Wing Stays

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Sitting bored in a french hotel room, my mind has started wandering over things to do over the winter...........

 

Currently have 195x45xR15 CR500's, look awfully close to the cycle wing

 

Don't know what stays I have, I was assuming 15" / 16" ones but then never safe to assume.

 

Question is :-

 

Are the 15"/16" the "biggest" stays in terms of what you can fit underneath them or are the 13"/14" stays larger ?? I assume the 13" race stays are the smallest

 

Same sort of question for the cycle wings, which one will accomodate the larger wheel ??

 

Vague thoughts of bailing out of 15" and going to 14" as my focus is moving towards road touring.

 

TIA

 

Rik

 

 

 

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Ric

 

I think tyres that are close the the cycle wings look smokey cool So much that I cut the ones down on the car I built a couple of years ago.

 

But if you do want some 14" wheels then I'll have a brand new set of Minilites with whatever tyres CC fit coming with my new kit in a month or so. Yours for 400 quid but I don't think they will drive as well as 13" and won't look as well as your 15"

 

France is so dear for a beer init!

 

Jason

 

 

[Stationary M25 Traveller]

14" isn't good for tyre choices ... very limited.

 

Bend the stays if they are close to the inside corner of the tyre tread

 

 

[Windy Corner]

Thanks both

 

Ian, tyres I was looking at are A021r's in 185x60R14 so would be available, probably from Polleys, I know they won't be as good as CR500's, but they should be okay as an all rounder

 

Jason, Thanks for the offer, give me a shout when your kit arrives, would certainly like to try one underneath the current wings

 

The other reason for the thoughts are apart from slightly higher ride height (to offset lowered floors), better cruising engine revs (albeit slightly), are that I just don't think my car looks that good with anthracite wheels, much better with silver ones. I even toyed / am toying with getting the anthracites sprayed silver

 

Sorry, I'll get my coat now.............

 

Rik

 

 

 

 

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I just don't think my car looks that good with anthracite wheels, much better with silver ones. I even toyed / am toying with getting the anthracites sprayed silver

 

Sorry, I'll get my coat now.............

 

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Ric

 

I was going to offer to get your coat for you but after looking at your photos I can see where you are coming from. I think the anthracite wheels only suit black packed cars. Do you prefer the silver look to black pack? What size are the silver minilites in the pics?

 

jason

 

 

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Jason,

 

Big shiny headlights, windscreen surround, shiny wing protectors are the way to go ....... 😬 Goes with the nice shiny paint colour

 

Those are 13", which I still have with 185x60R13's on, looks much better but lowers the car too much. I have raised the rear to raise it back up again, but now the wheels look lost in the rear wheelarches

 

If I could get 14's on under the existing arches, that would be my preferred option, I would then keep the 15's in case I ever sold it, hence my original question..........

 

Rik

 

 

 

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Rik

 

I'll have some horribly high wing stays to go with those horrible 14" wheels too. I'll give you a shout in a month or so when they are here

 

 

Jason

 

 

 

Edited by - Jason Fletcher on 6 Sep 2010 21:38:55

[Piers Rendell]

Looking at R300's of 2003/4 vintage at Stow Maries on Sunday, all the ones I looked at had the cycle wings very close to the tyres.

 

 

[Windy Corner]

Back in Blighty now

 

Thanks Piers, I had done the same and guessed that they were all like that.

 

Jason, let me know when, but you have perhaps answered my original question, are the 13"/14" Stays "bigger" than the 15"/16" ???

 

Logic tells me that the 14" wheel and tyre combo is bigger than the CR500, but the 13" combo should be smaller...................

 

Rik

 

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