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RobThomas
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Wide or Narrow?

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One has 145/70/14 on a 3-inch rim. The other is 175/70/14 on a 5-inch rim. Guess which is which.
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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Rob
Not a fan of either - especially with those high cut wings which though original to me do not look right - it is as though some one has raised the body in relation to the axle.
The later lower wings look more aesthetic.

As it is a guessing game I will go for the rusty rim.
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Post by les »

Agree about the wings, they don't look right, I'll go for the other rim :D. Whichever it is, is it a banded rim?

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The wider one is on the good wheel?
That arch gap looks enormous? Just been out to measure mine and it is 3 5/8 inches between tyre top and wing flange. (through wheel centreline)
My tyres are 175 14, so are a bit 'tubbier'

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Meant to say what a lovely finish under the arches!

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175 on the cleaner wheel. I agree with other comments.
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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Yeah, those high cut wings never look right to me, either. It doesn't help that this is the first ever set of BM springs that HAVEN'T settled. Even with 2 teenagers in the back it doesn't look great.
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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The original MM springs used 7 leaves of 7/32 in thickness, when I bought my replacements many years ago all that was available was 7 leaves of 1/4 in thick.
This gave a very hard and unforgiving ride, enough for me to remove the bottom leaf, still with a hard ride I removed the second leaf - I now only have a 5 leaf setup!
Seems to work ok.

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These are 5-leak M1000 ones. Wish I had saved up for some Rossendale ones or maybe just used a couple of leaves from this one and made a hybrid up.
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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RobThomas wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:18 pm nope3.pngnope1.png

One has 145/70/14 on a 3-inch rim. The other is 175/70/14 on a 5-inch rim. Guess which is which.
That paint finish though... :D :D :D :D :D

Amazing!
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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New car is even better. :D

Tyres not quite so good, though.
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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Rob

Could you not have found a larger stone to act as a sprag. :wink:

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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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Quite hilly in Wales, Y'know. :D
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Re: Wide or Narrow?

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Which nicely leads into 'A man who went up a hill and came down a mountain'...…………………….. :D

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