Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

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citzx
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Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by citzx » Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:25 am

I have a set of four 15" series 2 Monte Carlo (Spider) wheels that need a new home. None of them have tyres. Open to offers.

Located near Glasgow.

Thanks for looking.

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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by chris8189 » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:55 pm

Hi mate,

I'm after a set of alloys for my S2 XM. Could you please post a photo of them?
'98 'R' XM 2.0L SX Auto RP 7309

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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by citroenxm » Sun Feb 14, 2016 7:13 pm

These wheels In this post are wheel type no.7 in the other post that has the wheel pics in it..
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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by citzx » Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:22 pm

I'll try and get a pic of them. Don't mean to disappoint but perhaps not in best condition I'm afraid. They could do with a wee tidy.

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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by xmexclusive » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:34 pm

If you look through the forum posts on wheels you will see a number of comments about the XM Monte Carlo wheels.
They are centreless 5 bolthole wheels, and this requires an expensive special balancing tool.
Very few tyre places have the balancing tool but some still attempt to balance.
This leads to cost or vibration problems.
Most other XM wheels do not suffer in this way so are more popular options.
Only those true to original spec Mk 2 XM enthusiasts tend to stick with the Monte Carlos.

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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by normanlindley » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:39 am

When i bought a set i took them to be refurbished which cost me about £60 a wheel there is a post somewhere the i had them shod with michelin energy savers fitted by Kwik fit who have a mobile fitter who had the 5th stud for the balancing machine, all done in less than a hour.

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Re: Monte Carlo (Spider) Wheels

Post by citzx » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:39 pm

I managed to find a few garages that had the balancing tool for center-less wheels.

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