what wheels fit a ligier?

A quick Google reveals this spec sheet:

www.autolocate.co.uk/newcar/?DerivativeID=22105&viewall=true

Tyre size is stated as 135/70 R13, so the wheel choice would be fairly limited, i guess.

If they're 4 x 100 PCD you could maybe look at the smaller Fiats for inspiration. Cinquecento, Uno, Seicento etc. If the size is right you should be able to find loads of 'em on the bay for cheap money.

I had literally no idea Ligier were making city cars (correct terminology?) - is that THE Ligier?

As in:



And:





This one only has 1 stud



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4x100 13" is K11 Micra too I believe.

If they're that fragile when you change tyres, I'd hate to think what the rest of them is like.

The French quadricycles like Microcar, Aixam, JDM, Ligier etc are all VERY fragile.
The are designed only as local run arounds but have exploited the UK market now Reliant three wheelers have dissapeared and people treat them like full sized cars. For example the gearbox is a snowmobile item that needs an oil change every 1000 miles with fully synthetic if you want to guarantee it lasting more than a few thousand miles. Even then mine broke at 5000 miles despite being main dealer serviced. A new one was fitted under warantee - but failed again less than 10000 miles later. This is not uncommon
The tyres are normally Michelin low resistance items and although you can probably fit something else is it worth it to save maybe only £5 - 10 ?

To recap. A French quadricycle is NOT a car in the normal definition of things (is more like a 4 wheeled, covered scooter ) so any change from standard spec should be made with care.

FWIW I still got a Microcar RJ125. Montessa 125cc two stroke powered !

Paul H

If its fragile enough for a flipping tyre rubber grade difference to make a noticable difference to the wear rate of the ball joints then the damn wheels would drop off after hitting one pot hole......

But then it is a 4 wheel'd scooter made in France, and I have seen one up close, so mebbe it isn't the most stupid BS thing I've ever heard...... Though honestly you'd have to go from a rock hard tyre (which would be unsafe in the wet) to a soft, effectively track tyre to really notice it.

At the speeds those things can do, and the way in which they are driven, a tyre is a tyre, is a tyre. The whole damn point of them is to be cheap, so saving 40 quid (probably 1 to 2 months fuel bill!) is a pretty good thing isn't it?

I could understand this argument if you were fitting different width (like 20mm wider, not 5mm) tyres, or different wheels with another offset or heavier weight, or going to low profile tyres. But it really doesn't make blind bit of difference in terms of suspension wear if are using the same size tyre, of effectively the same grade rubber (i.e. normal road tyres)

If you use cheap tyres they might have a higher rolling resistance, which may reduce your fuel consumption, but at the speeds you'll be doing I doubt you'd notice.