Thread: Second Spare for Defender

when we took a second spare with us, we just took the tyre no the rim to save on weight.

Hi Drover, I have a second set of Disco 1 wheels with muddies on them:



The Disco 1 steel wheels can hardly be considered "Heavy Duty" so I don't know if I'd use them for an overland trip with a fully loaded 110, possibly suitable as a spare though.

Cheers,

Tim

Nothing wrong with Disco steel wheels for the puirpose stated (better than the standard alloys anyway, at least you cn get steelies bent back into shape in any wheel place in most wheel places in the back of beyond) . And they fit perfectly.

Could be wrong here but i thought the load rating was:

Boost alloys ~1400kg
D1 steels ~1600kg
Wolf ~2200kg

So D1 rims should cope.

Disco or deefer (steel) wheels will work well as a second spare.. but you would want to have them the same as your usual ones if possible as they are different widths. You can pick up Deefer ones or Disco ones for very little money. Both are good wheels. If you currently have boost alloys the Disco ones are the same width. They will allow you to run wider tyres etc.

Dec