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Alloy Wheels

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 3:31 pm
by Manwithaskoda (deleted)

I ordered my new Eriba 320 Familia with steel wheels, but would now like to fit alloy ones. However, Automotive Leisure advises that Eriba don't supply alloy wheels as an after-market accessory. Does anybody know of a suitable substitute? For example, does Al-Ko produce these wheels?

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:21 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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It's not a case of having to make do with a substitute - the alloys fitted to Eribas aren't special Eriba-only ones.

There are two or three different types which are used on Familias, all of which can be bought from this place here.

Have a look on the Automotive Leisure website to see which ones you like the best and then e-mail Gunnar Braasch (the bloke who owns Caravanreifen) for advice.

He's very helpful, and his prices are very good. I've bought alloys from him, as have several others on here.

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yy-R56kh

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:32 pm
by eribanaut •

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Easier to do it in English
http://www.caravanreifen.de/en_GB
Dave

Citroen C4 auto 1.6 Hdi

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:33 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: eribanaut wrote in post #3
Easier to do it in English
http://www.caravanreifen.de/en_GB
Dave

It's not that difficult to click on the little Union flag...

yy-R56kh

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:37 pm
by eribanaut •

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Very true but if I can help someone along why not?
Dave

Citroen C4 auto 1.6 Hdi

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:47 pm
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: eribanaut wrote in post #5
Very true but if I can help someone along why not?
Dave

No reason at all. I was just winding you up.

Seems to have worked...

yy-R56kh

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:10 pm
by eribanaut •

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You'd have to try a lot harder than that.
By the way we haven't heard anything from Rod [Crow ] on either forum,for a long time, is he OK do you know ?
Dave

Citroen C4 auto 1.6 Hdi

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:16 pm
by hob (deleted)

Quote: eribanaut wrote in post #7

By the way we haven't heard anything from Rod [Crow ] on either forum,for a long time, is he OK do you know ?
Dave

He got upset at something said on here a long time ago , so no contact here either.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:18 am
by cabbie37 •

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Not quite thread drift, but am I right in thinking that the wheel nuts that suit alloy wheels don't suit steel wheels and vice versa - or did I make that up?

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:31 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: cabbie37 wrote in post #9
Not quite thread drift, but am I right in thinking that the wheel nuts that suit alloy wheels don't suit steel wheels and vice versa - or did I make that up?

Yep, they are different. Studs for alloys have a deeper seat (the tapered section below the hex head) because an alloy wheel is thicker than a steel one.

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yy-R56kh

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:29 am
by eribanaut •

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I think they also have a slightly longer thread.
Dave

Citroen C4 auto 1.6 Hdi

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:35 am
by Randa france •

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I really like these:-

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Fitted by Mike Tebbs, Eribafolk Facebook, to his Pan Familia. He describes them as "Slot Mag Wheels with White Band Tyres".

Randa

1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:05 am
by cabbie37 •

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Thanks, that's good to know - and relevant. I have alloys on the Troll but the spare is steel. I don't have a spare set of wheel nuts, however. Perhaps I should look into that..

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RE: Alloy Wheels

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:29 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: cabbie37 wrote in post #13
I don't have a spare set of wheel nuts, however. Perhaps I should look into that..

Our Troll came with steel wheels. I replaced them with alloys and used the new studs that they came with. Like yours, our spare is steel, so I kept the original studs in case I needed to use the spare.

So now I've got two sets of steel studs but only one spare wheel. I can't see ever needing more than one set of studs, so if you'd like the other set you can have them for nothing.

Let me know and I'll stick them in the post.

Cheers

Pete

yy-R56kh