Ferrari Mailing List: !985 Ferrari Testarossa Wheels.

[Dick Petrick (rtpetrick]

ATTN: Ric Rainbolt
Ric, the Ebay wheels look like the center splined hub is missing. The 5
bolts you see in the photo actually fasten the hub to the wheel. The splined
hub is usually the part of the wheel that either gets damaged, or scavenged
for some other wheel application. The hubs are pretty rare. If the wheels
advertised on eBay are in fact Testarossa wheels (1985) and not 512BB wheels
(1979), which look very similar, you could buy the wheels, remove the
splined hubs from your metric wheels, and bolt them in place on the 16 inch
wheels. Only the metric tires, like TRX's fit the metric wheels. A 16 inch
tire will not fit on the metric wheels you have. You need the 16 wheel for
the 16 inch tire. I think Coker Tire make metric TRX tire for about $400 a
copy. That may be a better solution than $4000 for a new set of 16's, plus
tires..

Regards
To: Ric Rainbolt <ricrain [at] airmail.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
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Ric,

Check out this eBay listing.  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-Testarossa-OEM-Rims-1979-Set-of-4_W0Q
QitemZ120058310599QQihZ002QQcategoryZ43956QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The wheels look like early TR which someone adapted to some other 
vehicle - bolt in spacer?  The 1979 date seems in error.


Ric Rainbolt wrote:

>I checked with them, and they're at $4000 + shipping, if I recall 
>correctly. That puts the cost with shipping and tires at around 
>$5,500... more than I wanted to spend, if I can help it.
>
>Maybe I'm spoiled by my 360, but 360 OEM wheels are running $1500 
>with tires on Ebay...
>
>RR
>
>
>At 03:50 PM 12/5/2006, you wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Ric,
>>
>>Try Compomotive Wheels. The last time I checked, a set of "TS" - 17"
center
>>hub wheels to fit my 512BBi were around $2,000 for a set of four. It's a
>>3-piece wheel that is very similiar in style to a "288 GTO" wheel. They
also
>>make them in 16" or 18" sizes too.
>>http://www.usacomp.com/ts.htm
>>
>>They will machine the wheels in England to fit your TR center lock hubs
and
>>then ship them to their USA distributor.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ric Rainbolt" <ricrain [at] airmail.net>
>>To: "Gary Reed" <gary [at] garyreedsales.com>
>>Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 12:28 PM
>>Subject: [Ferrari] Desperately Need Wheels for Spline Drive 1985 TR
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I have an 1985 TR that I've recently completed a large amount of
>>>mechanical and cosmetic restoration. I've rebuilt the motor and
>>>transmission and also have replaced the fuel system with EFI using a
>>>Motec M48 engine controller. However, I can't even tune my EFI! The
>>>problem is, my (crappy) TRX metric tires are completely rotted from
>>>use and age. I have no interest in buying another set of TRX tires,
>>>but instead would like something a little more standard.
>>>
>>>I've had no luck locating stock 16's, and the 17's and 18's that I've
>>>found are just too pricey (~10% the value of the car). OEM 16's would
>>>come up from time to time on Ebay, but I haven't seen any in many
>>>months. I will gladly pay a finders fee to anyone for information
>>>that results in my acquisition of a set of OEM 16's for this car.
>>>Please make sure to remember, they are the single-lug, spline-drive
>>>wheels, not the 5-bolt as used on the later TRs.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>RR
>>>
>>>
>>>_________________________________________________________________
>>>