banded steels on a transit anyone?

[oldskooler]

They look great what colour silver is that

not sure mate, the lad in the bodyshop had it. i told him i didnt want anythin too blingy!! i think he got it spot on!

[oldskooler]

just wondering how wide you can go, staying within the original arch profile, and would you want to go that wide? say you could squeeze a 9" rim on the rear, you'd be looking at 295's. wouldnt think theres any performance benefit in that on a transit! plus i'd imagine they'd cost £££'s.

well considering the std rims are 5.5 inches wide, my fronts are now 7 inch and rears are 7.5. the rear axle is well over an inch narrower each side than the front by my calculations. i was toying with the idea of goin to 8 inch on the back when i was ordering them but decided to play it safe, would have loads of room in the arch but as i found tyre choice is somewhat limited in 14"

you probably could squeeze 9 inch rims on the back but id say you id end up stretching a narrower tyre a lot to clear the arch which may not look the best.

im over the moon with the way mine turned out, i like the way they fill out the van but also look subtle.

[AlanN]

One thing about the MK2/3 rear axle is... you can put phattest tyre on

Phattest - spell checker hated that

[oldskooler]

as promised, some pics of all four rims on with the tyres i finally decided on. i think they give the van the finishing touch.











have a few more pics but photobuckets acting up!

[AlanN]

Yum Yum

[stevo]

thats one smart Mk2 mate, the dogs

[Luke]

that looks better than i thought it would

i'd have them over wellers any day

[stevo]

They should copy that van as a template for the Mk8

[oldskooler]

ya, theyre a real nice lookin wheel to start with, just need the extra dish!!

[imustloverust]

They look lovely! Nicely understated and original looking yet still filling the arch! Mmmmmmm!

[familybanger]

That looks mustard It's sealed the deal for me too, just wish I had a mk2 to hang them on. I've been toying with the idea of banding mine, just gotta check funds then shall run um over to James.

Heard nothing but good on RR about JamesP's banding and I know he has done stock car rims too (seen a pic of a dented one with no weld/band affected) they are plenty strong, the man can weld. (wonder if this plug gets me a discount )

Will need to check how far I can go on mine as don't want to obstruct the sliding door, 2 1/2 on rears and 2 on front if poss

[Gavin]

that looks like the wheels the mk2 should have been shod with from the factory.....very nice

[malta transit]

I Love those rims!

[JimJams]

Wide steels, i love em, takes me back to the good old days, thats a good looking mk2 you have there!

[oldskooler]

photobucket recovered so heres the remaining pics!!!