BBS RS on jag etype, noob needz help :(

[scoobiedoo2029]

the family e-type is due for a round of major maintenance, but while in there i want to attend to the biggest short coming of this car, in that it cannot fit wide sticky modern tires, so want a wire wheel like wheel, for a setup with more tire then the wussy wire wheels on there now, i want to keep the wire wheels though and be able to use them, and i want the new wheels to fit the crazy jaguar canter lug thing...............

im not trying to stance the car, the suspension on it is very nice and modified enough.. its quite slammed for a stockish car from 1971...

issue is these cars have knockoffs, not as in cheapo wheels but as in there is one crazy nut holding the wheel on, not several...... and this is a serious issue while considering wheels, however i figured the best place to ask about wheels is here.

[DCJodon]

Not sure what you're asking here. Are you trying to fit RSs on a single lug jag?

[scaredofstance]

If youre wanting to put RS on it, dont do it, its blasphemy. Keep the spoked ones on, keep it thorough and true.
That said, will any of the newer jag hub retrofit to it, to allow a conventional wheel to be fitted, say a hub from a 80s XJS saloon?

[scoobiedoo2029]

If youre wanting to put RS on it, dont do it, its blasphemy. Keep the spoked ones on, keep it thorough and true.
That said, will any of the newer jag hub retrofit to it, to allow a conventional wheel to be fitted, say a hub from a 80s XJS saloon?

this is not blasphemy, i am not trying to have a stanced out etype, but i am trying to have a 2nd set of wheels that can run a modern tire. not a set of wheels to be on the car for cosmetics, but a set to throw on when you want to go for a sunday drive through the back roads, certanly not a car show wheel, the wires are for that.

you cant question that tires have come along way since 1971, there is alot to be had in a car like this with a modern tire, an thats not going to happen in a 15x6.5 wheel. id even be interested in custom wire wheels, but the cost is just a bit ridiculous i think considering what ive seen wire wheels be built for.

[scaredofstance]

hence why i asked about retrofitting a hub from a new type jag to run a more modern wheel.

[volvo=win]

buy another set of same rims mount different tires......done!

[scoobiedoo2029]

hence why i asked about retrofitting a hub from a new type jag to run a more modern wheel.

issue here is originality, the car is very modified but is all period correct, correct to the chassis and hand built by john talbot, the original Rolls Royce N.A. tech. hacking together parts off of other cars is not an option, a custom set of wheels that can easily come right off is. the original wires must still be usable or nothing will happen.

buy another set of same rims mount different tires......done!

not only would that be very expensive, i still would only have a 6.5inch wide wheel. or if i spend ridiculous money and time maybe a 7 inch wheel. that is still a wire wheel, have you ever seen old le mans pics that have piles of trashed wire wheels? they really arnt strong.




i knew the kind of responses stanceworks would give me but i know there is real knowledge on this forum about wheels. and that is what im looking for is to be able to run something like a Michelin pilot sport tire on this car. i have drivin a very similar jaguar that had a set of jaguar racing wheels, i think they where 8.5 inch front an 10 inch rears, an had a set of star specs on them. i have been drooling since, even though i know the cost is going to be ridiculous to upgrade wheels on this car.

even in the 60's and 70's jaguar made steel wheels for racing etypes, wires where never on a tracked etype. here you can see factory lightweight wheels, witch are incredibly rare and worth several grand, and not easily replaceable. any modern 3 peice wheel would be able to give me the offsets i want, in the width i want, and parts for the wheels would be available off the shelf. suspension wise my dads car is pretty much identical to the lightweights, so id like to have the same wheel specs as they do.

[yurotrash]

[righteousrags88]

I see an e28 in the garage

[Francois Dillinger]

i doubt it is possible without spending several thousand dollars for a set of centerlock bbs racing wheels, etc.

[Sutton]

I have done this for E Types and a 330 GTC in the past. The question is does your budget really allow what you dream of?

Steel wheels can be made to accept the tooth pattern of the knock off hub. (Most economical but still a few thousand dollars.)

Or you can change the hub to accept lugs.

Panasport also makes wheels that use English style knock off hubs.

https://www.mossmotors.com

https://www.stocktonwheel.com

Good luck.

[Byron]

Image can make center lock wheels, I've seen a couple old E-Types with them. They're not the cheapest wheels, but they're not outrageous either

[Stephen]

How big are you thinking? The bigger issue i see is having to roll and pull those fenders, which seems kind of pointless for a car thats going to get babied. Ive actually driven an e type on stock size tires fairly hard, a better compound and you wouldnt need to go much bigger.

[scoobiedoo2029]

How big are you thinking? The bigger issue i see is having to roll and pull those fenders, which seems kind of pointless for a car thats going to get babied. Ive actually driven an e type on stock size tires fairly hard, a better compound and you wouldnt need to go much bigger.

ive run nicer tires on theise wheels, its pointless when a 185 width tire is about as big as you can get, im not after huge wheels but anything is better then the donut size wheels on there now. and regardless of what you do the speedometer is off with anything but vintage repo tires. so its nice to have the correct wheels with the right tires on them for cruizing to a car show, but i want something that i can use to really drive the car, it currently only gets babied because not babying it will result in an accident, any 1960's car was far to easy to put into a ditch, regardless of what it is. VW bug to lotus F1 car.

i have an e36 m3 and had a highly modified e28. i run 245/45/r17 fronts and 265/40/r17 rears on my m3 in a Michelin pilot sport ps2, and ran 235/45/r17's ps2's all around on my e28. both these cars have 2 to 3 times the grip of the etype. and its very uncomfterbal to drive the etype after getting out of my m3, it feels like your on ice skates.

it sux to not be able to drive this car because there is no grip available to you, its absolutely pathetic with the stock setup. its also very hard to takeoff without spinning wheels. and the local highway on-ramps on I-83 require acceleration from a stop... so adding a larger tire is very much so a safety thing as well as providing the ability to drive the car. the car is modified enough that it can easily overpower the available grip. and as my dad found out several years ago, dumping the clutch on warm tires in the summer will trash both rear wheels.... and cost about $5k to restore all 5 wire wheels on the car currently, it certainly will not be done again. thankfully the insurance covered the body work repairs for the damage of exploding wire wheels.




Byron, do you have a link to image wheels?