Another 15 incher comes out of the closet

[SaskStag]

Just an update on projects I had over the winter lay-up

1. Rewired the power feeds for the new headlights to off the battery with stonking big fuses. Lights appear to work ok. Bucket of water was on standby. No fire.

2. Local club guys came out and overhauled the rear brakes with new adjusters (thankyou Ian (Milo) for the adjuster set photograph posted on another thread). While the brakes were off, the wheel studs were changed. I had already done the front wheels.

3.....and the main winter job was to get rid of the old wire wheels with worn hubs. I had replaced the spokes with stainless steel, but that, in hindsight, was a waste of money. But they will make great shiny garage wall-hangings. I love the look of minilites, but importing a set from the UK to Canada was expensive and I couldn't find a north American equivalent for the Stag. But hey, those 15 inch wheels on Graham's car (Staggard) look the cat's whiskers. In a flagrant display of copy-catting, I decided to follow Staggard's lead. Thankyou SO much to Staggard for all his help and patience over the past few months as I worked through the wheel stud change-over and fitted the new wheels and tyres. I think the wheels really suit the Stag.

I took the car for a short, slow run yesterday and all seems ok so far...

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[Guest]

They look fantastic, very nice

[Stagdad]

Very nice Tanya

[GDPR]

Welcome to the 15 incher club Tarn - I went for a much faster run Friday night - still have my teeth so much improved. I feel some tyre pressure experimentation is on the cards though, maybe even down to what the book says....

Yours looks the mutts nuts with those wheels in the red - good choice - I'm also sure Graham was very happy to help... a much maligned character

Russ

[KOY 23]

I like them, modern wheel design that looks the part.

[mike@thenook]

I feel some tyre pressure experimentation is on the cards though, maybe even down to what the book says....

Russ,
I've found that even with my 16" wheels and 205/55 tyres the pressures you would normally run a Stag at are perfectly suitable - there's is a common miss-understanding I believe that lower profile means higher pressures and all that happens is the side wall becomes so hard it leaves no cushion at all and resulting with broken bones and broken wheels!
We've demo'd this with our RRS too - on the info on the door frame of the car it shows the same pressures whatever wheel/tyre combo are fitted and having listened to a tyre expert who said use 43 instead of 33 in our wider than standard wheels we've had 3 cracked wheels -some expert!