Thread: Changing offset of Wolf rims

I'm pretty sure brendanm had 10" rims put on his 130/wolf centres.

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

I'm pretty sure brendanm had 10" rims put on his 130/wolf centres.

POD did you want to merely change the offset or widen the rim as well. Merely changing the offset on the wolf rim is the same process as the disco 1 steelie. Grind out, flip and re-weld. Have you spoken to Eastern Wheel Works for an indicative price?

Grafting the centre onto a wider rim is a little more problematic. Finding someone that makes a rim rated for the 130 will be a hurdle. I contemplated that route for my 35" rubber and after speaking to a few reputable places that repaired rims the feedback was too hard to source a rated rim to suit the centre or they were asking too much money. Brendan did it so it's not impossible.

MLD

Hi Pod,

Flipping 130 rims will increase the offset IE: a narrower track.

I assume you want less offset IE: a wider track.

My 130 rims are the riveted type, and have room to decrees the offset by about 10mm.

Tony

Don't early 130s have a negative offset rim ANR5334 while the later ones have a positive offset rim ANR5593?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Don't early 130s have a negative offset rim ANR5334 while the later ones have a positive offset rim ANR5593?

Did the 130 come with Wolf rims?? I assume POD fitted them aftermarket? I never quite knew if they were standard.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Don't early 130s have a negative offset rim ANR5334 while the later ones have a positive offset rim ANR5593?

I thought all 130s and HC110s had 16x6.5 inch 20.6mm positive offset steel wheels.
There are tubed and tubeless and "Wolf rims" were the later ones with the holes in the centres.

I didn't think any Land Rover had negative offset wheels.

I believe Disco 1 steels and alloys and Defender alloys are 16x7 inch 33mm positive offset.

Tony

Mine are indeed 16x6.5 with 20.6mm offset, pretty sure they are the original rims supplied with the vehicle. The ones with the round holes.
I wound the steering stops in to improve turning circle not long after I got the vehicle, it made a significant difference to the turning circle, would be a pain to lose it again with the wider tyres as I would be back to doing a 3-point turn to get out of my own driveway. Thinking that if I had the rim offset decreased somewhat it would ameliorate (there's a word I don't get to use every day) the effects of the wider tyres, as I've read reports from others that they rub on the suspension arms.
Eastern Wheel Works quoted $70 per rim a while back to change offset of Disco rims; cost of repainting / powder coating would have to be added to this. I imagine the 130 rims would be the same cost, just wondering how much they can be altered. I don't expect they would be able to be changed as much as the Disco rims, as the centre part is 1/2" narrower.

I experimented a few months ago with doing this job myself on some Disco rims, I have a large lathe that I can mount a 16" rim in to cut the welds. That was all well and good, but I found that once the welds are cut, I was unable to separate the two parts of the rim because of corrosion in the interface between the two pieces, there's quite a lot of contact surface and they knit together pretty effectively, it would need a large press with suitable jigs to separate the two halves after cutting the welds. Even with a fair bit of heat applied to the barrel, I damaged 2 out of 3 rims trying to separate them. The one that I succeeded in getting apart appeared newer than the others.

Anyway, I was wondering if the offset of the Wolf rims can be changed enough to make it worthwhile.

I happy to be proved wrong, but I am still sure you will find that the very early 120/130 6.5 rims have a negative offset.

The late series IIb 6.5" 569203 rims are significantly negative in their offset. Probably the most negative you will ever find in a 6.5" rim. (Unfortunately they are not tubeless rims and most are riveted.)