Adrian,
I've had a set of 13x5.5 bolt on Miniators on my MKIV Sprite for four years
now and I'm very pleased. I mounted Michelin 175x70's on them and they in
turn improved the car's handling and ride. The car is vibration free (at
any speed). I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.
Brian
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At 10:14 PM 5/6/99 -0400, J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
>I got my wheels from Moss and they are the Minators as well. I got the
>bolt-on ones (not the knock off version) and they look really good and were
>reasonably priced. Mine are 13X5.5s I think. I ran into a woman at Pep
>Boys the other day and she had some of the knock off wheels from VB for an
>MGB and she had had some problems with them. I think out of 4 she had to
>send three back for replacements. Not sure if that's a VB thing or a
>Minator thing. When I had tires mounted on my wheels, however, out of 4
>wheels they only had to put a small weight on one of them. The others
>balanced out perfectly (with Michelin tires, of course!).
>
>adrian
>
>Scott Fisher wrote:
>
>> Mark Endicott wrote:
>> >
>> > I am thinking about the knock off Minilite reproductions.
>>
>> While we're talking about Midgets and alloy rims, anyone using the Moss
>> Panasport replicas from the current accessories catalog? Any fitment
>> problems on round-arches? I'm going to suffer through the Rostyles for
>> this year, but before next summer I can see myself splurging on a set of
>> those with suitably sticky rubber on them.
>>
>> --Scott Fisher
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