wheel fitment

[martyboy]

hello bought second hand 4 BRM after being told they would fit a treat , went to fit the rears and found they would foul the arches .

could anyone tell me please the best combo for rear of 71 westy the ones that didnt fit are 5.5 et6 the tyres i had on were 195/50/15

i have seen many 12et BRM would these be ok ??? my bus is lowered on horseshoe plates .

my idea is to buy to wheels instead of selling and sarting again

any help would be great thanks

 

[creationblue]

Hi

ET6 is really poor for a bay as you found out, you want something like ET45, but something around the mid 20s would be ok.

Just

 

[martyboy]

thanks for reply ,yes i found out the hard way ,little p----d the bloke i bought them from didnt tell me the truth ,plenty of clearance he said :?

i dont fancy me chances of finding that sort of et on a brm so mite have to start again

thanks

 

[creationblue]

I guess you could look at getting the wheel skimmed on the hub face.....

Wheels for an EB is a mine field really, people are reluctant to tell the truth so they can pass the rims onto the next unsuspecting buyer :evil: Good luck with it.

Just

 

[martyboy]

I have got all the machines at work to skim the wheel ,but wasnt feeling the saftey side of it with me kids etc

may have got away with a little skim if the wheels had a 12et but 6et i dont reckon i will gain a lot tbh

and i wont be passing them on with out informing the buyer ,not my style

 

[VeeDubMan]

I think I've got the same rims (from MWS) and just about got them on the rear. Not much space at all but tyres are 195/70/15 so profile may be slightly different. Check out my thread for more details.


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[martyboy]

i have just taken a look at your wheels veedubman very nice but from what i can tell from the photo ,it looks like you are going to have alittle trouble when you stick the engine back in ,looks pretty close :shock:

i was looking in to finding some BRMS with a better offset ,i have seen 12s but would know if thesewill still be ok .

good luck any way if i see anything i will give you a shout .

 

[slammedresto]

hello bought second hand 4 BRM after being told they would fit a treat , went to fit the rears and found they would foul the arches .

could anyone tell me please the best combo for rear of 71 westy the ones that didnt fit are 5.5 et6 the tyres i had on were 195/50/15

i have seen many 12et BRM would these be ok ??? my bus is lowered on horseshoe plates .

my idea is to buy to wheels instead of selling and sarting again

any help would be great thanks

they sound like midland wheels brms, poor offset id the probles marty

 

[sparkywig]

I've replaced the BRM's, probably MWS, on my bus with 15" steels, but until last week it had 195/60/15 on the rears, and one spline drop.

They're very close to the rear arches, but don't touch.

 

[bac2ba6]

Have just fitted some SSP brm's ET12 and they have fitted fine on my 72 bus with 185/60/15 on the rear running horse shoe plates , and 175/55/15 on the front but it is lowered a good 5-6 inches and have no issues with rubbing or clearance ! Went for the SSP wheels as i have read and heard that people have had a right game fitting MWS wheels to lowered vans as the offsets are so crap.
Although it may be a bit close witha 195 tyre