anyone know someone good in the UK to restore a set of Empi 5s for Iguana
henk:
hey
are you sure about running whitout inner tyres on old wheels i have early fuchs wheels but i don't think it safe to run them whitout inner tyres when you put air in to them you don't here them jump into place my back wheels are a latter model who are made for tubless wheels and they do
Lids:
its the issue of the safety bead on the wheel, modern tires are not compatable with inner tubes. It has nothing to do with the wheel.
If the tube bursts at 70mph then you have a major problem.
If the tire deflates on wheels without the safety bead then its problem but not as serious. (the tire will come off the wheel, but this is not sudden like a major blowout with tubes).
spennyp:
VW changed to tubeless in the mid 60's and they never had safety beads until much later in there wheels.....I ran 4.5 fuch up front and deep 6's on the rear before the empi's without tubes....and a modern tubeless tyre.....some people have problems running early fuch without tubes because of the fact that with an early fuch the hole where the valve goes is massive and a modern valve is to small, however you can buy larger valves....my local tyre place get them as they have to work with lots of old wheels with a similar problem
Shubee2 (DSK):
I Have Had Both Empi 5 & 8 Spokes over the Years And Have Used The O Rings Also But They Always Leak I Run Tubes In Mine My Car Is A Weekend Car so by the time I am Ready to take it for a Cruise I Have A flat in the Garage Not My Idea Of A Fun Day I Have Also Had Original BRM's and Have Always Run Tubes In Them The Older 135's were all Tube Type tires anyway I would not run a 135 or 145 without a tube on a 5 inch wheel the tire is too small to run.
Lids:
i have 145 on a 4.5 rim no problems. Spencers tires have not gone down in almost a year. He has problems with one of the front ones but thats all. No more than my new tires on new wheels, that stand a round for a long time.
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