I can only fully support what Rich wrote. I have the painted 48 spoke MWS
wheels with the Roadspeed 5.90x15 tires fitted to my 100 and I really like to
drive them. Its a very smooth and soft ride and when you are a bit to fast
round the corners you will get a direct feedback by the whistle of the tires.
No other wheel/tire combination has this great authentically look. On the
negative side, the Roadspeed tires are real pricey. And in rain you need to
drive a bit more careful as with radials, as the rear breaks out immediately
round corners. But I am not doing long distances with the car. And I only
drive in rain, when I have no choice.
Josef Eckert
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Von: Rich C [mailto:richchrysler@quickclic.net]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Mai 2009 14:44
An: Eckert, Josef; tadeusz.malkiewicz@plusnet.pl; healeys@autox.team.net
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Wire wheels manufacturers
Tadek, et al,
I have only ever bought and used the MWS painted wheels who use the original
Dunlop design. The quality of the India manufactured wheels has been very high
for over 20 years and of all the sets we've bought and installed on my own and
customers project cars, there have never been any problems, and some of these
have been driven extensively. Certainly as Josef stated, there is a difference
in the look of the MWS vs. the Daytons, both in shape and as far as I've seen,
colour of the paint. The Daytons are definetly a darker silver gray than they
should be, where the MWS are spot on.
Certainly your choice, but I would definetly recommend the painted 48 spoke
MWS wheels with nothing bigger than the 165x15 or equivalent tires. If you
care to go all the way back to originality, these wheels fitted with new but
original design Dunlop Roadspeed 5.90x15 tires (as originally fitted to your
car) will give the car it's original look with full and even wheel arches,
ride height and driving characteristics, admittedly quite different from a
radial tire, but no stress on the wheels or the car, and great fun to drive.
These were the best and highest performance tire of their day.
Now come the comments....
Rich Chrysler
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