Thread: Schooled on Wheels and Tyres today

Be wary when looking at aftermarket steel wheels for Land Rovers.A lot of people have complained about King rims being soft and easily damaged off road.
I have a set of Dynamic rims with -25 offset and while not the strongest rims around,I run them fitted with 35's and very low tyre pressures,and have nothing more than a few nicks around the edges of the rims,and they do get abused.Others I know that have Kings rims,have bent them badly,so your call!!
The other thing is that while having the correct PCD to fit a Land Rover,they technically aren't made to fit a Land Rover,as they are "lug" centric and not "hub" centric like genuine Land Rover wheels.And hence rely on the wheel studs and nuts to "centre" the wheel.If the wheel nuts are not done up exactly concentrically,it can lead to vibrations,similar to a badly out of balance wheel.And the taper for the wheel nuts,is not exactly the same as on the rim,and a number of people have had wheel nuts and even wheels fall off,due to wheel nuts working their way loose.I always do my final tighten of the wheel nut with a breaker bar,to get a feel of how tight each nut is,and haven't had any problem,but I do check the nuts about a 100Km after fitting the wheels and again every 1000Km or so.You will also notice that the first time you do the wheel nuts up,that you will damage the paint in the taper on the rims,this can lead to wheel nuts coming loose.I initially did the nuts up tight,and noticed the damaged paint,then removed the rim,and removed the paint in the taper,and had no further problems,but still require doing the nuts up concentrically,while rotating the wheel and removing the weight off the bottom with a bar to get the wheel to centre on the studs.

Wouldn't you know it? Those numbers on the side are just for decoration. All tyres are actually the same size.

I've got a really helpful local guy. I import tyres (last lot from tirerack.com), he fits and balances for me.
He's not primarily a tyre guy, more exhuast/car repair with tyre changing gear. Which is probably why this arrangement works so well.

There's a guy in Vic makes custom wheels - Eastern Wheel Works.

Real strong gear... Blknights Dad has them for Lara (I had 2 sets of wheels when I sold her to him).

Correction, bought Dynamic rims not Kings. Must have been a brain fade

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Be wary when looking at aftermarket steel wheels for Land Rovers.A lot of people have complained about King rims being soft and easily damaged off road.
I have a set of Dynamic rims with -25 offset and while not the strongest rims around,I run them fitted with 35's and very low tyre pressures,and have nothing more than a few nicks around the edges of the rims,and they do get abused.Others I know that have Kings rims,have bent them badly,so your call!!
The other thing is that while having the correct PCD to fit a Land Rover,they technically aren't made to fit a Land Rover,as they are "lug" centric and not "hub" centric like genuine Land Rover wheels.And hence rely on the wheel studs and nuts to "centre" the wheel.If the wheel nuts are not done up exactly concentrically,it can lead to vibrations,similar to a badly out of balance wheel.And the taper for the wheel nuts,is not exactly the same as on the rim,and a number of people have had wheel nuts and even wheels fall off,due to wheel nuts working their way loose.I always do my final tighten of the wheel nut with a breaker bar,to get a feel of how tight each nut is,and haven't had any problem,but I do check the nuts about a 100Km after fitting the wheels and again every 1000Km or so.You will also notice that the first time you do the wheel nuts up,that you will damage the paint in the taper on the rims,this can lead to wheel nuts coming loose.I initially did the nuts up tight,and noticed the damaged paint,then removed the rim,and removed the paint in the taper,and had no further problems,but still require doing the nuts up concentrically,while rotating the wheel and removing the weight off the bottom with a bar to get the wheel to centre on the studs.

Important points about the King wheels there. To be honest I'm not impressed with the hub hole thing either and though I haven't bent them yet I agree they look flimsy. I'm thinking of trying a 255 on the 6.5" 130 rims to see how they sit. Never had an issue running tubeless on them in the past. ( I have 16 x 8" kings)