You Want Alloys?

I think these wil be old scool funny money 4x4.5 inch which equals a PCD 4x114.3mm

They are very very very sexy though!!!

4-1/4" is 108mm don't try and talk english to me I build wheels they are not metric.

rich the mechanic wrote:4-1/4" is 108mm don't try and talk english to me I build wheels they are not metric.

Woahh woahh!! Big debate on

4-1/4 inches is a long way off 108mm, its 107.95mm.

These sizes are metric equivalents of imperial sizes. This has caused me some problems over the years. For example with plumbing:-

22mm copper pipe is nowhere near the size of 3/4inch pipe. You try and get a 3/4 copper O ring to fit on a 22mm copper pipe!

Where you backwards rim tweakers still live in the dark ages. Can't legally buy an ounce of tobacco anymore but you can still get a 15" tyre.

Bet those EU bods have kittens over this

Go and buy a length of 3"x2" timber and measure it. Short changed or what!! They never over sized them after all this decimalisation scam.

Yeah but 4 and a half is 114.3.......

Guess they don't fit a Hijet whatever they are .

Think these are 108's too

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/fox-15-4x110-35j-alloys/1004321298

Logi wrote:Yeah but 4 and a half is 114.3.......

Ahh ya bastard, stabbing me with my own steel rule.

Decimal maths is flawed from the outset from my messing with complex numbers. Pi is very real buy it has no decimal.

Now you've got me thinking here, dangerous yet enjoyable

........Gets on the wikipedia know its all sort of factually incorrect website thingie.

Now I've never quite bought that an inch is 25.4mm, its just too round of a number. But this makes sense...

In 1959 the "International Yard and Pound Agreement" was adopted where we all got screwed once again. Feckin politics!! Bet you pair remember this

1 Inch should be 25.4000508mm (to 7dp) the cheating French/Italian/German/Spanish bastards!!!! How many miles of yarn better off has that made them.

Got a message back off this wheel guy on ebay - they are off a triumph 2000 which makes them 114.3mm(ish)

HighlyJetted wrote:
4-1/4 inches is a long way off 108mm, its 107.95mm.

.05 overall so .025 a side Errrrmmmmm that will be well within the build tolerance it's 0.000984251968503938" to 18dp

HighlyJetted wrote:
These sizes are metric equivalents of imperial sizes. This has caused me some problems over the years. For example with plumbing:-

22mm copper pipe is nowhere near the size of 3/4inch pipe. You try and get a 3/4 copper O ring to fit on a 22mm copper pipe!

Where you backwards rim tweakers still live in the dark ages. Can't legally buy an ounce of tobacco anymore but you can still get a 15" tyre.

Bet those EU bods have kittens over this

22mm is much closer to 7/8" then 3\4" thats about an eigthtish and they tried metric tyres some metros and Granadas had them it didn't catch on even over in euro land.

I never realised the whole metric tyre failure attempt, turns out they made some 1990's bmw's with 230/55/390

Now the only people who have any are dunlop and your looking at over £300 a tyre if you can find any.

or if you have a dreaded metro you are stuck with remolds I think they even used a different PCD so you can't swap wheels unlike the granny which you could swap back to normal ford wheels or remolds.

No way, just been looking over some metro and montego forums!
Loads of these guys are literally stuck without rubber.

There are other wheels that fit the same PCD but are really hard to find, something like pcd 4x92.5 ?!

Sounds like the tyre manufactures were trying to corner the market with silly games like latest trend for run flats and no spare wheel.

HighlyJetted wrote:No way, just been looking over some metro and montego forums!
Loads of these guys are literally stuck without rubber.

There are other wheels that fit the same PCD but are really hard to find, something like pcd 4x92.5 ?!

Sounds like the tyre manufactures were trying to corner the market with silly games like latest trend for run flats and no spare wheel.

Makes us look like we have loads of wheel and rubber choice doesn't it

You never think it possible but yes

HighlyJetted wrote:No way, just been looking over some metro and montego forums!
Loads of these guys are literally stuck without rubber.

There are other wheels that fit the same PCD but are really hard to find, something like pcd 4x92.5 ?!

Sounds like the tyre manufactures were trying to corner the market with silly games like latest trend for run flats and no spare wheel.

But if you have one you can fit MGF / TF wheels

rich the mechanic wrote:or if you have a dreaded metro you are stuck with remolds I think they even used a different PCD so you can't swap wheels unlike the granny which you could swap back to normal ford wheels or remolds.

Yeah, my first car was a metro with the pain in the arse wheels, those remoulds were leathal too! I did like that car tho, the engine was so easy to deal with

Logi wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JDM-import-daihatsi-mira-coure-avanzato-tr-xx-4x110-pcd-13-alloy-wheels-/230918607210?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item35c3d2516a

Nice!! If only I hadn't spent so much cash the last 2 week's.

HighlyJetted wrote:

Logi wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JDM-import-daihatsi-mira-coure-avanzato-tr-xx-4x110-pcd-13-alloy-wheels-/230918607210?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item35c3d2516a

Nice!! If only I hadn't spent so much cash the last 2 week's.

Cant see them selling for that price, be worth waiting

Hmmm pricey!

Perhaps they're selling them to buy a camera

HighlyJetted wrote:Hmmm pricey!

Not cheap, though dependant on what tyres are fitted, maybe not too dear?

He's listed them here to http://www.daihatsuhijet.co.uk/show-ad/14/K--N-MINATOR-ALLOY-WHEELS--QUALITY-NANKANG-TYRES--FOR-DAIHATSU-HIJET/

YEEE-HA!"!!!!!!!!!

I dare someone to fit these!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18-Alloy-wheels-4x110-PCD-fits-some-quad-bikes-/170988427252?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item27cfb457f4

I might have them

And I'll worry about making them fit afterwards. I can see a fair bit of cutting the arches going down.

More

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-ATV-Buggy-Hijet-Alloys-4x110-with-Tyres-14-/130862115575?pt=UK_CartsParts_Vehicles_ATVQuad_Trike_Parts_Accessories_SM&hash=item1e77fd6af7

W_________I_________D________E

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-ATV-Buggy-Hijet-Alloys-4x110-with-Tyres-14-/130862115575?pt=UK_CartsParts_Vehicles_ATVQuad_Trike_Parts_Accessories_SM&hash=item1e77fd6af7

The guy selling this has a spare set of alloys

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=147413

Quote fancy that cuore!

HighlyJetted wrote:Quote fancy that cuore!

Looks like it was sold on the 19th.

Logi wrote:W_________I_________D________E

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quad-ATV-Buggy-Hijet-Alloys-4x110-with-Tyres-14-/130862115575?pt=UK_CartsParts_Vehicles_ATVQuad_Trike_Parts_Accessories_SM&hash=item1e77fd6af7

Logi likes these wheels so much.....he's posted them twice .