Thread: Steel Rims on a PUMA - What styles are out there?

I've attached a photo of the inner guard tank to show what I'm concerned about if I went with a taller tyre and kept the same rims I have now.
My preferred tyre size is the 255/85 but as this is a tyre that is not readily available in the outback and in a "emergency" should I need to replace a tyre, I would think it would be easier to source a 285/75 (2nd hand one or new) than the 255/85. This would at least get me out of trouble and that's one of the reasons I was looking for a rim that would cater for the varying width tyres.

It seems that I will not be able to find a zero offset rim in a 7" width rim... so I may have to look at some with a small positive offset then so what + offset is there? I know of a +20 but is the any others like a +10?

I remember going on a trip with a fellow Defender owner and his was running 285's on a zero offset rim without any troubles from what I could see & he had the standard flares on his vehicle - so with 255/85 it would be even better
I don't know the width but I would assume it would be a 8" rim...

I also assume that the wider the rim u go the greater the chance of rolling your tyre off the bead at lower pressures? This is at least what I've found on my little Zook when tackling the harder tracks...

Originally Posted by Landy Red

Didn't realise that was your actual wheels Scary!

I had 255s on wolfs and 30mm spacers on for a very short period of time.. needless to say, no good! Stance looked tough though haha (Only did so, because I had to quickly put on wolfs and muddies for a photo shoot for an advertisement campaign one weekend. Watch closely next spirit of tas adds when they come through, if they do)

Anyway, outside of tyre caught the standard flares on back with the slightest of articulation. Now, that would equate offset, to +33 -30 -(33-20)= ET-10. On a 6.5inch rim, so, I'm wondering if 255s, or worse 285s on an ET0 8inch rim, would also be problematic on full articulation? Considering an 8inch rim is 37.5mm wider than a 6.3 inch wolf, so therefore half that, or 18.75mm has to be sitting outward, closer to the flare doesn't it? Making it worse than the example i gave above, worse again with a 285.

On a side note, boosts with 265s need 30mm spacers so as not to rub and when fitted, is a sweet set up - but yes technically illegal.

I know people with 130s have no issues, with 285s on ET0 but then they don't have flares on the back..

So long story short, might clear OP's fuel tank issue on inside, but i reckon from experience, will catch the edge of rear flare even with a 255 on a 110 wagon.

Which kind of defies point of getting the wider offset if it is done so to fit a range of tyre sizes - because those extra sizes are not practically usable. In reality you would probably be left with 265s or 235s as 285s and 255s are going to create issues with standard flares.

Considering ET0 rims seem to only be available are 8 inch rims you are back to where you started. Unless you fit those wider flares. But really simply, don't do that.

If you want a taller tyre, it has to be 255s I reckon. If you want a wider tyre, it is 265s. Both those work perfectly on ET20 (wolf or dynamic dhole) If you want a tall and wide tyre it is wider flares and that means changing the look of the car and drilling into your bodywork. And that is impossible to undo. Trust me!

Originally Posted by p38arover

KLR Automotive have a new shipment of zero offset Wolf style rims in white, black, green, and brown.

Zero offset?? Are these a special order??

OEM wolfs are +20 from memory