Mini lights ?
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Mini lights ?
Met a guy at Laguna Seca yesterday who really liked my car.... said I ought to put a set of "mini-light" wheels on it.
Does anybody know what those are? I'm old school with slotted mags.
Does anybody know what those are? I'm old school with slotted mags.
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Minilites were added to many British and Europeon sports cars.
See the below website:
http://www.minilitewheels.com/
Classic style, but not on America's favorite sports cars! For that, I would go with the American Racing Torq Thrust D (in the original "mag" finish - not the new chrome plated). Note that American Racing also has a rim very similar to the Minilite called the "Silverstone". See both at the below website:
http://www.americanracing.com/wheels....asp?section=V
The old slotted mags work as well!
Plasticman
See the below website:
http://www.minilitewheels.com/
Classic style, but not on America's favorite sports cars! For that, I would go with the American Racing Torq Thrust D (in the original "mag" finish - not the new chrome plated). Note that American Racing also has a rim very similar to the Minilite called the "Silverstone". See both at the below website:
http://www.americanracing.com/wheels....asp?section=V
The old slotted mags work as well!
Plasticman
Last edited by Plasticman; Aug 19, 2007 at 11:22 PM.
Melting Slicks
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If the guy you met was a vintage racer, actually, he would probably recognize the TT-D or 200S (both with "mag" finish) as the classic for vintage Corvettes as soon as he saw it. ("yeah, thats what I mean.")
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One of the reasons they don't look right is that they were designed for 4 lug wheels (8 spokes).. they never looked right with a 5 lug center.
Guldstrand sold a 15x7.5 wheel with 5 mag finsh spokes for C-2 road racers (SCCA rule was stock rim width plus 1.5"). Anyone recall who's wheel that was?
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