Transport Wheels

[gtolds]

Hi Y'all,
I have a question about transport wheels.
I purchase a "Roadster Shop" chassis which is due to arrive
in February, and I'm not sure what kind of wheels will clear the brakes
so that I can move it around.
Any ideas ?
thank you,

[Jim Streib]

I've seen shops around here like Classic Car Studio use these: https://www.guniwheel.com/shop-now/guniwheel-45-set-of-4

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Jim

[gtolds]

I was trying to avoid spending the $ on the Guni wheels.
Any other suggestions ?
Maybe a factory wheel ?
Thank you.

[Jim Streib]

Out of curiosity I looked at some pricing from the Roadster Shop and some chassis start out at 12K, then progress to 25K, then 40K, and who knows what on a custom one as I didn't see pricing on them and who knows, one might be looking at a 50K or even more chassis from them.

If I had the budget of a 12k chassis then I might not be concerned about spending $720.00 for a set of Guni wheels BUT I know how it is some times and it's not like those could not be sold later if needed.

Maybe look as some space saver style rims and tires and if they cleared obstructions but were the wrong bolt pattern, drill your own holes. It's not like you would be driving around on them.

Also too to get more replies, maybe add what kind of brake calipers these rims and tires need to clear, what kind of bolt pattern you need, any kind of special offset, and such. We just don't know at this point what you are working with except some unknown chassis from the roadster shop. The more info you supply, the better the responses.

Jim

[ryeguy2006a]

If you don't want to spend the cash, find some cheap GM wheels/tires and remove the brakes. I've seen some 15" wheels with tires go for $100 bucks for 4.

[btmatt]

i bought a set of transport wheels a while back. you will spend more on wheels and tires than the Guni wheel

[gtolds]

Ok,Thank you for the input.
I will make a decision shortly.

[Jim Streib]

Last night I took some pictures of the Guni wheels and tires on a roadster chassis shop full frame under a mid 70's Trans Am.

Looked like there was PLENTY of room with them.

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Jim

[joeko23]

Typically with large brakes manufacturer recommends minimum 18” wheel so I just went to the junkyard and found some 18” spares. Finding them was pretty easy, finding ones with the right bolt pattern is hard. The 4 I found didn’t have my bolt pattern so I just drilled them out at home. I paid $20 per spare. Typically BMW’s have a 5x120 pattern which is equivalent to 5x4.75” which GM uses a lot

[RUTHLESSZ28]

buy a cheap set of skinny wheels and cheap spacer/adapters to clear every thing