Spot the difference - which looks the best?

[Graham Robertson]

Graham



1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[seven]

Hub caps [:D]

Triumph TR7 DHC
Triumph 2.5 Estate
Bentley Turbo R RL
Mercedes 320SLK
Jaguar X-Type Estate
Kawasaki GPZ

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

[dursleyman]

Bit hard to decide isn't it, both types of wheels look good.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

http://tr7russ.blogspot.co.uk/

[Reddragon]

I like the wheels over the hubcaps.

Dale
1974 TR6
1977 TR7 FHC

[Stevie P]

Definitely the Alloys, look lovely.

Steve

[Odd]

Definitely the TR8 Wheels
(but maybe not on a TR7 imho - YMMV though)
OK I'll go hide now [B)]

<font color="red"><b>My two 1980 Wedges...</b></font id="red">

[Maxwell]

Hub-caps, they are rarer!

Maxwell [;)]


2.0 TR7 FHC \ Current
1.8 Mazda MX5 \ Current

[busheytrader]

Is there a 3rd option with the later plastic wheel trims?

They had the scallops painted black. My car went into Grinnall's bodyshop with the earlier version and exited with the latter.

Personally, I prefer the alloys.

[Beans]

Definitely the TR7 alloys.
Hubcaps look to cheap i.m.h.o.

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<font color="blue"><i>1976 TR7 FHC (needs some TLC ...)
1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, a.k.a. Kermette)
1981 TR7 FHC (Sprint engined a.k.a. 't Kreng
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[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Odd</i>

Definitely the TR8 Wheels ...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Why do you call them TR8 wheels?
They were standard fitment to TR7 DHC's sold over here in the NL.
So more TR7 than TR8 I'd say [:p]

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<font color="blue"><i>1976 TR7 FHC (needs some TLC ...)
1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, a.k.a. Kermette)
1981 TR7 FHC (Sprint engined a.k.a. 't Kreng
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[FI Spyder]

Standard on the Spiders (all 2,000 of them, albeit a silver colour rather then the TR8 green tinged ones) and optional on the other TR7's except 30th Anniversary which had beauty rings so I suspect there where more TR7's than TR8's with the alloys.

I always like the alloys over most other types of alloys as they where unique to the Wedge and just seemed to "fit" the shape and the time (I know there was another make that had similar design but it was different when side by side).


- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[Neil_W]

Depends on the cars colour – alloys look better on lighter colours & the original plastic covers on darker cars.
Your car should have the later black insert on the wheel trims which can lift the look.
Me I go for alloys on a gold car & plastic on my dark burgundy red one as that’s how it was delivered to the 1st owner who didn’t buy the optional alloys for the DHC. ( Standard on the FHC)

Oh is that Carmichael's Garage Sticker in the back window from Edinburgh as I see you have a SC Registration.They had 3 Garages in Edinburgh in the 1980's ?

[whitenviro]

I made the same change from cheap plastic hubcaps to a set of Spider alloys. A big improvement, both in the look and in eliminating the 55 mph front end shake.


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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

[Cobber]

I'm all for the alloys, It's a bloody sportscar not a poverty pack econobox!

"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"

80'Triumph TR7, 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.

[Graham Robertson]

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Oh is that Carmichael's Garage Sticker in the back window from Edinburgh as I see you have a SC Registration.They had 3 Garages in Edinburgh in the 1980's ?


<font color="maroon">Yes indeed it is. The first owner was in fact Carmichael Baxter Ltd (the car was perhaps a demonstrator?) and the second keeper was "David A Hall Ltd" (Hall's of Broxburn - of Sausage fame!).</font id="maroon">

Graham



1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold