Dayton wire wheels banned in UK?

Daveyboy · 18 Oct 2008 at 11:04

Does anyone know if Dayton wire wheels have been banned in the UK?

I went to a large wheel retailer locally to see about prices for my '62 Impala and was told they are not legal to sell over here anymore

Is this true or are they just not able to get hold of them and want to sell me something else??

SoliD · 18 Oct 2008 at 11:06

Probably are banned from selling them to you, but there would be no problems importing a set I would imagine.

Daveyboy · 18 Oct 2008 at 11:10

SoliD said:
Probably are banned from selling them to you, but there would be no problems importing a set I would imagine.

How does that work then? I'd imagine if they're banned from selling them there might be an outright ban - are they dangerous?

33L · 18 Oct 2008 at 11:30

i love 100 spoke rims - I cant see why they would be illegal.

Twentymac · 18 Oct 2008 at 12:06

could be a danger of them snapping off i suppose ?

MrFunex · 18 Oct 2008 at 12:20

I get bored cleaning the 7 spokes on my car's wheels. 100 spokes would take that to a whole new level!

Sam · 18 Oct 2008 at 12:29

MrFunex said:
I get bored cleaning the 7 spokes on my car's wheels. 100 spokes would take that to a whole new level!

Agreed, like to see what the polish guys at the local car wash would say

panthro · 18 Oct 2008 at 13:04

You cant not have an Impala sitting on daytons :cool:

lets see some pics

Daveyboy · 18 Oct 2008 at 15:14

panthro said:
You cant not have an Impala sitting on daytons lets see some pics

Here's a link to my older thread with pics

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17924601&highlight=impala

I agree, thats why I want 15" Daytons with stretched whitewalls

EvilDreams · 18 Oct 2008 at 17:39

Nice wheels....I heard that with wire wheels you have to regularly adjust/maintain the spokes somehow?

Bmwww · 18 Oct 2008 at 17:44

Even if they are illegal to fit to modern cars and I did not know they were they would be very unlikely they were for a car from back in 62. Normally such laws are set from a date and car from before the said date the law does not apply. I have a quick look though and could not see any sort of law that could stop you using old school spoked wheels on a car from 62. But even if they were it would still be 100% legal to sell then as long as there sold for off road use only. It is like those retrofit HID headlight bulbs you can get. Even though there 100% illegal to use on the road people still sell them.