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Derek UK · Apr 22nd, 2014, 12:10

Corona #1387 157-9 5.5 x 14 available from '75 on. Offset 20mm.
Same wheel available with large and small caps.

Cap(small) #1129 021-0
Chrome domed nuts #1273 332-5
Lockable wheel nut kit #3529 830-6 (high, suits Galaxy, Scorpius, Corona with small cap)

Cap (large) #1129 031-9
Lockable wheel nut kit #1333 684-7 (low for cap clearance)

Numbers from 1993 200 accessories catalogue.

timoleon · Apr 28th, 2014, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Magnumpi

Coronas are 14", Virgos are 15", from the factory with stock size tyres the roling radius would be the same, oherwise the speedo reading would be out on one or the other. A Glt on Virgos and Standard size tyres are by no means low profile, i feel the roll in he tyres, i can imagine it being even worse on 14"s, but then thats just my opinion.

Thanks for the info from you & others. So glad I did not dispense with my wheels thinking they were wrong, being 14" as well did seems a little small.

Having said that there is no roll on this car, but it has lived a sheltered life in Central London so rides better than any other Volvo I have driven & that is quite a few!

timoleon · Apr 28th, 2014, 18:32

Just will need to have these refurbed unless someone can come up with a mint set of 4 at least original Corona rims. I obviously would pay top money for them.

If I have to get refurbed any suggestions how they should be finished. I hate powder coating & laquers used in the past went bad quite quickly.

jonah · May 1st, 2014, 10:49

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Originally Posted by Prufrock

I don't know about the wheels with the hubcaps: but the wheels - with exposed nuts on the maroon car - are Corona's.

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Originally Posted by Paul240480

I think the wheels without the nut covers went by a different name, even though they were effectively the same?

Paul is correct, I have a 1979 240 accessories brochure that lists the wheels, without caps, as "Sunburst's", I believe they only become "Corona's" when fitted with the larger cap. Even the naming makes sense, as the Sun's corona becomes visible when its centre is obscured by the moon during a solar eclipse.

Apr 22nd, 2014, 12:10	#11
Derek UK VOC Member Last Online: Today 15:13 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chatham	Corona #1387 157-9 5.5 x 14 available from '75 on. Offset 20mm. Same wheel available with large and small caps. Cap(small) #1129 021-0 Chrome domed nuts #1273 332-5 Lockable wheel nut kit #3529 830-6 (high, suits Galaxy, Scorpius, Corona with small cap) Cap (large) #1129 031-9 Lockable wheel nut kit #1333 684-7 (low for cap clearance) Numbers from 1993 200 accessories catalogue.

Apr 28th, 2014, 18:32	#13
timoleon I've Been Banned Last Online: Nov 29th, 2016 13:37 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Cambridge	Just will need to have these refurbed unless someone can come up with a mint set of 4 at least original Corona rims. I obviously would pay top money for them. If I have to get refurbed any suggestions how they should be finished. I hate powder coating & laquers used in the past went bad quite quickly.

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