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Burton Car Company has designed a sports rim especially for the Burton. The sports rim is a bit broader (4.5 j) and extends a bit more outside to give it an extra cool look. The sports rim has proven itself several times during The Total 24 Hours of Spa and is thus very suitable for rallies as well!
Spoke wheels
The real spoke wheels would fit nicely on your Burton. Unfortunately, there are quite a few disadvantages to these spoke wheels:
* Spoke wheels are four times more expensive than sports rims. This is partly because of the expensive adapter you need to change a “three-hole” assembly to a “spline” assembly.
* Spoke wheels are very vulnerable and difficult to upkeep.
* Spoke wheels extend more to the outside and therefore touch the mudguard edges. Removing these edges causes weak mudguards.
* Spoke wheels are nearly always off-balance and swing in the rim sometimes.
* The most important disadvantage is that the spoke wheel plus adapter is very heavy (14 kg instead of 7 kg per rim) which makes the suspension difficult to adjust. This causes a bad (dangerous) road-holding.
* Legally, nothing can extend more than 30 mm outside the mudguard and this is the case with the bolt of the spoke wheels.
If you still have good tyres on your donor car, check these first before buying new tyres. Carefully check the profile depth and cracks due to drought. If you need new tyres, Burton Car Company advises 135r15 tyres, but please realise there are not many options concerning the size. In fact, there are only three good options:
* Mabor 135r15: These tyres have the right height and the best price/quality ratio. This is also a good rain tyre due to the modern profile. We’ve had the best experience with these tyres.
* Michelin 125r15: These are the original 2CV tyres. They have a longer durability but are twice as expensive as the Mabor tyres, which could be a waste of money if you only drive a couple of thousand kilometres a year.
* Michelin 135r15 M+S winter tyres: If you are a more sportive driver, Burton Car Company would advise Michelin M+S (mud and snow) tyres. These tyres have a softer compound rubber and ride themselves clean because of their special profile. The profile gives them extra grip with heavy weather conditions. However, they ravel out more quickly and are very expensive.
Do not use Firestone or Uniroyal 125! Apart from the bad grip during rain, their diameter is way too small. As a result, the kilometre counter will deviate strongly and your engine will need more revs at the same speed.
Burton Car Company advises a tyre pressure of 1.8 bar on all four tyres.
The Burton sports rims are available in blank steel, powder coated in all RAL colours (on request) and chromed.
- Before mounting the Burton rim under your car, you will need to file a bit of the bottom side of the stub axle.
Concerning the part on the bottom and outside of the stub axle, without any changes, the wheel will fit perfectly, but once you take a sharp bend, the rim will touch the corner of the stub axle. You can prevent this by filing about 5 mm off the stub axle. This will not affect the solidity of the stub axle.
You can also choose the standard 2CV wheels.
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