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Title: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: erb91 on 05 June 2009, 23:22

Now then, got the new MK1 project the other week and the old fella i bought it off threw in a set of wheels he said hed had laying around in the shed for years ! soo me being me i never turn down something thats free. . . .  especially wheels =p got them home and had a decent look and saw they were Compomotive wheels, i will probably refurb them and put them on the MK2 for a while. but has anyone got any ideas what they are worth ? if it helps they have Compomotive and 7jx16 on the front near the stud holes and on the inside there are a few bits of writing including Made In England and they are 4 by 100. any help would be great

Cheers, Ethan

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww132/Ethinsane/05062009375.jpg)

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: danny_p on 06 June 2009, 01:24

i likes compomotive   how much do they weigh ?

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: erb91 on 06 June 2009, 22:52

Quite a bit to be honest dude. . . .well more than a Sebring anyway  :laugh:

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: danny_p on 06 June 2009, 23:08

there proper tough tho

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: erb91 on 06 June 2009, 23:15

Aye,just speeking to a lad i know before and he recons these ones are quite rare too :undecided:

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: Wayne on 06 June 2009, 23:29

I believe they were called MO very old wheel now.

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: Horney on 06 June 2009, 23:40

These are MO's

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/406409718_3686f7812c.jpg)

I don't know what the baove ones are bu they're cool as funk.

I love old school compos, got the ones below which I've been told were original fitment on MKI Rocco Storms.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Horney_mini/Track%20Slag/IMG_3594.jpg)

Nick

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: erb91 on 06 June 2009, 23:44

I thought that at first but all the pics of the MO's i find, even the old ones, have a dish around the 4 stud holes and on these its just flat  :undecided:

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: A7 UFO on 07 June 2009, 10:17

compomotives are good strong motorsport rims and as you order direct from them...fairly cheap.  You've got some mid 90s design there.

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: erb91 on 07 June 2009, 20:29

i see, cool  :cool: well the RA's are staying on the mk2 so these are up for sale PM me with offers.

Ethan

Title: Re: Compomotive 7j 16's hmmmm ?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 08 June 2009, 07:47

If they weigh more than a Sebring then they'll make the car feel lead-footed and horrid - Sebrings weigh 9.3kg, which is a LOT.  As an example a modern Team Dynamics 15X7" rim will weigh about 6.6kg and transform the way your car feels.

Unsprung mass has a major impact in the way your car feels and rides.  I'm sure they're very nice period items, but it's a heavy, old design by the sound of it.