17" rims standard on Vitesse?

symonh2000 · Post by **symonh2000** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:18 pm

Hi could anyone tell me if the 17" wheels were a standard fit on the 1996 onward (200ps) model Vitesse. As there is a guy selling one on e-bay with 16"'s fitted and he tells me the 17's were an option. The car he is selling is also lux spec.
Thanks.

benno_bro · Post by **benno_bro** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:19 pm

Standard on the 200ps models (and vitesse sport) so i believe.

16's are prob from a ti....making a quick buck selling the 17's

symonh2000 · Post by **symonh2000** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:25 pm

The 16's on it are from a standard 180 vitesse. I wasn't going to bid on it but the seller seems adamant they are the correct wheels.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:06 pm

The Vitesse in my 96/97 brochure was on the 17s, absolutly no mention of 16s in the spec list. As far as I'm aware the 16s were dropped from the Vitesse when the Sport became the standard model

darwin · Post by **darwin** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:30 am

Hes telling porkies . I think I was looking at the car you're talking about the other day , but I cant find it now so I presume its ended .
Theres a Vit on eBay on the mo that is strange . Its a P-reg (Dec 96) which should make it one of the "facelifted" ones , but it has a distributor , coloured rear lights and black rubbing strips . Although it has the high level brake light of the facelifted model .
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-P-ROVER-800- ... dZViewItem

Slickster · Post by **Slickster** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:52 pm

Hi mate,

The Earlier Vitesse Sport and later Vitesse(197BHP) 800s all came with 17' Roversport alloys. Only the 180BHP early nineties Vitesse's had the 16' IMO the 17s look so much better and probably drive better too (Never tried 16s.) You could always get a set, but you'd be looking at over a ton. Plus the if the guy didn't just sell them, he may have had an accident with them, and picked up some cheap 16s to throw on (I myself once tore up a 17' Vitesse wheel bong-ing off a kerb.) Be sure to check the steering/suspension is bob on pal.

Slickster · Post by **Slickster** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:57 pm

Oh and that white Vitesse is a bit wierd. I thought perhaps the engine had been replaced and the orange lights were because it was a white one, but I've just found a picture of an R reg in white with clear lights and white rubbing strip! Even more confusing is the Jonny Dapp Sticker on the bumper!

Post by **Punx0r** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:25 pm

Don't the pre-facelifts have a different style grill aswell, with black fins?

Couple of other things different in the engine bay to mine - fuel filter and ECU both mounted to rear bulkhead/firewall. On mine, the ECU stands behind the battery, and the fuel filter is down on the N/S wheel arch.

Odd one that car