Trophy 160 wheels

Am I right in thinking they are larger diameter and fitted with lower profile tyres than a standard MGF?

I am an old fart and find the ride a bit hard especially given the current states of the roads.

Could I fit a standard set? Where could I find some with reasonable tyres at good price?

davidej wrote: Am I right in thinking they are larger diameter and fitted with lower profile tyres than a standard MGF?

I am an old fart and find the ride a bit hard especially given the current states of the roads.

Could I fit a standard set? Where could I find some with reasonable tyres at good price?

They will be 16" with 40 profile Tyres, people report softer rides on 15" wheels, you should find 15" wheels easily and reasonably cheap as most people want 16s but if you have the 304mm front discs and calipers you are stuck with 16s I'm afraid as 15s will not fit over the calipers.

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Thanks - I had not thought about that.

I have just measured the clearance at the front and it's only about 8mm so I can see that the smaller wheels would not fit.

Would it be mad (illegal?) to just fit them at the back? After all that is where most of the spine-jarring jolts come from.

The MGF is generally thought to provide a comfortable ride, especially compared with the TF and its coil spring set up.

Could it be that the F's suspension needs a pump up, or even the spheres need re-gassing?

davidej wrote: Would it be mad (illegal?) to just fit them at the back? After all that is where most of the spine-jarring jolts come from.

It would be MAD

It would be ILLEGAL

And worst of all it would INVALIDATE your insurance

My 2001 'F' 1.8i isn't one of those whizz bang whollop Trophy machines but it is fitted with 16" wheels, but as the Hydragas suspension is in amazingly tip top condition then the ride isn't at all bad................... And with a spine like mine I can assure you that anything other than a magic carpet ride would have my spine screaming in next to no time !!!!

Even with the hydragas suspension the Trophy has been lowered from standard MGF spec, so I would imagine the ride would be harsher than a standard F. If the hydragas and tyres are at the correct pressure and you still can't stand the ride I cannot see a way out, but.....

You could change the front calipers to standard to allow smaller wheels all round but you would loose the better braking you get in a trophy. Another way to go would be to swap the shocks and spheres to those on a mk2 VVC, but the handling wouldn't be quite as sharp.

Either way you go would probably cost a few bob and you would loose a lot of what makes a Trophy a Trophy. It's your car though.
If it were me I'd get a TF160 with the comfort pack fitted

It isn't illegal to mix wheel or tyre sizes on a car as long as they match across axles, however it would be fool hardy to fit a softer set up at the back of a car already touchy about its tyres.

FYI not illegal at all.