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[GMH-01X]

As advertised P20 offset

https://www.ebay.com...EMAAOSweWZbmLFc

[Adam77]

Had a look,are they a one piece wheel?
Original V5 were 3 piece.

[Shiney005]

I thought your car looked shit hot with the gold Hotwires Ken.

 

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[ReplicarSLR]

So no excuses Lauire, I expect to see the original 3 piece Simmons that came with my car you bought off me on it with gold centers when you get it finished

[mugginz]

V5 is 3 piece

V51 is 1 piece according to the Simmons web site

Edited by mugginz, 22 December 2018 - 12:26 PM.

[GMH-01X]

Found this old thread that answers all your questions on the offset Ken

http://www.gmh-toran...fset-confusion/

[grumpy xu1]

The new 1 piece simmons & tyres are roughly 3 times cheaper than the 3 piece. I saw a knock off copy of the 1 piece fr's yesterday & the 1 piece simmons fr today. At $400 dearer or $100 per rim, they are a much nicer looking wheel. They probably don't do a huge offset in the 1 piece, but they still are a pretty nice looking rim up close. I would definitely like a set. Gary.

[grumpy xu1]

V5's look flamin good on lh lx toranas for sure. Simmons are a beautiful wheel.

[Shiney005]

So no excuses Lauire, I expect to see the original 3 piece Simmons that came with my car you bought off me on it with gold centers when you get it finished

I just need to get some wider outers for the rear.

[axistr]

What Tyres are available for 8 & 10 x 15". Tempe tyres have listed rim & tyre packages. I have never heard of the tyres listed, so I am thinking Chinese crap that are probably deadly in the wet and dry. 

[grumpy xu1]

It's not that much more to buy a good tyre, that you like, i think. Tempe does do rims only aswell. I use a particular tyre on my clubsport for that exact same reason, I'm going to run them on the ss next, i find even the same brand & size tyre, with a different tread pattern makes a big difference in traction. The series 1 achillies is not as good as the series 2. Tread bar shape is the only difference. Hopefully another lx owner can steer you to a really good tyre, Gary.

[axistr]

I was hoping to get some rear tyres around 265x15 & 245x15 for the front. Not sure what decent tyres are available for 15" these days. Good sizes in 14" are getting hard to get these days. I was hoping to get some new 10"& 8" V5 for the hatch, but no sense buying 15" if I cant get good new tyres. Tempe list a wheel tyre package for V5s but doesn't list the width or section and the brand is lists as Winrun and that bothers me. They also list different offsets but doesn't indicate if its positive or negative.

[mugginz]

I think those offsets are positive.

That picture of the blue Torana is probably running a 0 offset and just using really large tyres to puff out and fill the guard that way.

[Max's SS]

I think those offsets are positive.

That picture of the blue Torana is probably running a 0 offset and just using really large tyres to puff out and fill the guard that way.

I'm interested in a set of these rims in 15x10 and 15x8.

Looking at Ebay it appears they do these simmons in P0, P10, P15 and P20.

I have older hotwires in 14x10 and 14x8 but they have no offset markings.

 

Were the majority of the older hotwire a 0 offset ??  How do I measure to find out.

[Bigfella237]

I'd think you'd want negative offset to fill the flares on a Torana?

 

P0 is zero offset, that means the mounting flange (the face where the rim contacts the hub) is in the centre of the rim.

 

P10 would be +10mm offset, P15 is +15mm and so on, positive offset means less dish in the outer rim...

 

 

I suppose their main market these days would be VE / VF Commodores and whatever ford are selling these days, and all that new stuff usually runs positive offset rims.

 

Having said that, I'm sure they'd be happy to take your money and make a set for you.

 

[Max's SS]

Thanks for that Bigfella. I knew positive size (10, 15 and 20) offset was no good but hoping P0 was OK.

 

Just went for a dig through some of my wheel information and found some details from when I visited the Performance wheels factory about 10 years ago.

 

The challanger rims made in 15x10 were -19 and the 15x8 was -9.

 

Looks like I will dream for a bit longer about having simmons rims.

[mugginz]

0 offset's certainly no good if you're gunna run the max legal 255s. For them you'll need about neg 20 offset with L34 flares. God knows what offset they'd need with A9X flares. If you're chucking more rubber on then I guess you can get away with less negative offset.

[mugginz]

The challanger rims made in 15x10 were -19

They'd fill em out pretty well.

The price Jax gave me on the 3 piece Simmons was $1200 per corner for the three piece so I'm gunna be saving for a while I think.

[axistr]

When I built the SLR I purchased a set of FR17 8"&10" 3 piece rims from Tempe Tyres. With 275 rear and 235 front tyres Hankook front and rear. This was approximatly six years ago $3,200 I enquired six months ago for an identical set for the hatch and was told it would be a six month wait and $5,850    

[mugginz]

I guess their wheels must still be in high demand if they're able to charge these prices