It depends. The factory bolt-on wire wheels on my '72 are definitely
hub-centric. The inside of the wheel's hub has been machined, and it
fits snugly around the projections on the front and rear hubs of the car.
(But I have no idea if TR7 wheel hubs have the same diameter opening.)
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 05:44 AM 4/24/01 , you wrote:
>The lugs on a TR7 and TR8 are larger, 7/16 as opposed to the 3/8 for a Spit.
>You can change these lugs fairly easy if you desire, or use the ones you
>have. That is not the largest problem though. Spitfire Wheels are lug
>centric, meaning the conical heads on the lugs center the wheel and hold it
>there. TR7/TR8 wheels are hub centric meaning, the center of the wheel sits
>on a centering ring to hold it inplace. You can machine the tr7/tr8 wheels
>to be lug centric.
>
>Patrick Bowen
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