Wheel Spacings

[Northern Banana]

Apologies for this question to you seasoned techies in advance.

 

I want to purchase a spare set of wheels, but am unsure what spacing (PCD???) to quote in an ad.

 

Car is a 1997 1.6k Superlight.

 

Please help?

 

Thanks.

Paul

 

 

[Mike Bees]

4.25". Specifying 'Ford' (or 'De Dion' if you're looking specifically for Caterham sourced wheels) will probably do.

 

Mike

[Casbar]

If you go to http://www.superlite-wheels.co.uk/, they explain how to measure the PCD.

 

Robert

[Northern Banana]

Thanks for the help chaps...now for the ad!

 

 

[Petrolhead]

Following on from the above qestion you may also want to know the correct offset and inset, again does anyone know this, say for a 6" rim

 

 

[simonray]

I recently bought two sets of 6 x 13 superlites and the offset was +23. This seems to place the wheels further outboard than before, but Superlite were quite sure that this was the correct offset for a Caterham. I note that KN also quoted this as the offset of the 6 inch wheels they've supplied to Caterham by the hundred. The difference between +23 and -19 as quoted in my build manual (circa 1993) is huge.