wheels

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)]

Bear in mind that there are a few variations around on Westfields SEis, and an offset that suits one car, may not suit another without a completely different set of spacers.

For instance, my original rears were (IIRC) ET15 15x6 which filled the arches really nicely, the current Team Dynamics are ET38 + 20 mm spacer, (the biggest I could use at the time, though for the life of me I can't remember why     ) and have always sat a little too far into the arches for my taste. Though the ET38 was fine on the fronts - after the traditional bending of stays.

It's worth finding out whats on there at the moment, then you can work out what you want.

[jedi]

doesnt rim width have a bearing on et       ive got 7 inch rims et24 perfect

[adamnreeves]

doesnt rim width have a bearing on et       ive got 7 inch rims et24 perfect

isnt the offset the measurement from the rim to the centre boss meaning it is relative so makes no difference?

[jedi]

surely a 6 inch rim et 24 would not stick out as much as 7 inch rim et 24  hence you would need a lower et to compensate on the 6 inch

[adamnreeves]

surely a 6 inch rim et 24 would not stick out as much as 7 inch rim et 24  hence you would need a lower et to compensate on the 6 inch

yep, come to think of it probably!

this might help

[davebo]

I got my Pro Race 1.2 wheels. They look really good. The only probelm is that the nuts I received with the wheels don't fit the studs on the rear hubs. The front hubs are Cortina ones, whereas the rear are westfield ones. The nuts fit fine on the front.

I phoned westfield and they said rear ones were standard Ford 12mmx1.5. I have looked at other posts on here and some suggest that fronts might be 7/16in and rear are as westfiled said.

So I ordered some 12mmx1.5s and they do seem to have a slighlty bigger bore (7/16 being 11.1mm). But these are too small for rear hubs too.

Can anyone confirm what size the thread is on the westfield rear hubs ?

Thank you