Wheels
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[edit] OEM
[edit] Steel
Size 6J15
[edit] RR (Roues Resin)
- Glass fiber and resin (not carbon fiber)
- Resin and production process developed by DSM
- Wheel retaining nuts are not the same as standard.
- Produced by Michelin
- Produced a second run of them in the 1980s upon request from SMCdF
- Plant producing them was closed in 1992.
- Where did the molds go?
- Hemmings April 2007 article:
- Version 1
- 4.66 kg
- Rim size 6J15
- No center hole
- Competition and prototype use
- According to Norbye, used in Morocco rally
- Did not fit on early SMs without machining the hubs
- Later cars' hubs were able to take them without any modification
- Rounded rim does not allow wheel weights to be fitted other than by sticky patch
- Approved by Opron
- Supposedly only about 30 sets were made
- Version 2
- hub center cap
- Rounded rim as Version 1
- Design approved July 6, 1971 with code FH 5.35 RR (per Norbye)
- Produced from when to when
- Optional on cars as of Dec 15, 1971
- not sold in US
- Version 3
- European style alloy wheel rim shape for wheel weights
- Photo above shows this version
- Produced from when to when
- not sold in US
[edit] Rally car wheels
[edit] To add
- dimensions, pictures, notes
See also: Tires
