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Jay, Who's Absolutely Beautiful Alpine ? Sy Block ?
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72 spoke?
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Wow. What a beautiful car!This is my son's Series IV. It is on 14" MGB wheels and hubs supplied by MWS with Dunlop Street Response 2 175/70R 14 T tyres.
The lower profile tyre on the larger wheel gives a small (just under 2%) increase in overall tyre diameter. MWS Technical staff told us that the wheel and tyre set up was correct and fine for an Alpine. The inner rim of the MGB wheel will run 4/5mm closer to the suspension strut and the outer rim will protrude by 8/9mm more than the standard 13" Alpine wire wheel. These are very small differences and are not noticeable in daily driving. The car looks lovely with the wheels filling the arches nicely.
Tim R
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My experience with MWS wasn't so positive. I called them to inquire about replacement wheels for my series V. I specificially asked the person who took my call (a lady) that I really wanted to buy 14 inch and specifically asked if the MGB wheels were compatible. She said "no" and that mounting them on an Alpine was "not recommended". With that advice, I ordered 13" Alpine wheels, painted silver grey. Getting suitable tires was a problem, but that's another story. the wheels are good quality and work well, but an old set of MGB wheels I got later make me happier.Jay, They are not bolt ons, they are normal Alpine hubs, no conversion.
Here is the receipt for a set of new Alpine Hubs and a set of 14" MGB wire wheels. Everything fits correctly and it all works well. It is possible that there is a difference of some kind between original MGB wheels and Alpine hubs and the only reason that this works is because it is all new from MWS but I don't think so.
The MWS technical department are first class and very helpful, if you have a query just call or e-mail them. I nearly bought a wider (5.5) 72 spoke wire wheel that they call a Tiger wheel (even though Tigers never had wires originally) but I decided that I preferred the 4.5 60 spoke version.
You can match up the part numbers with what is shown on the MWS website to see what we bought. In England (or anywhere in Europe) we can't get decent chrome anymore but these wheels are chromed in India (so it its done as it used to be) and the spokes are stainless. They are very high quality, well made product.
Tim R
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And that's the question: is 4 comparable to 6?Compare to the stock Alpine.....if comparable then I might be OK, if not, No Way....