Thread: Help choosing Defender rims

Originally Posted by ugu80

'Jack mate'

They're about 60 to 70 bucks. Hooks fit into the slots of the wheels with a pad resting on the tyre. Another bit fits onto the foot of the high lift jack so you lift the wheel directly instead of jacking the b/bar. Lets you get rocks, etc under the tyre more easily than jacking the b/bar. Can't use them on standard wheels as there's no slots.

Ok that makes sense I thought you meant to change he wheel in case of a flat nd thought "That doesn't make sense!".

The centres have gone back in towards the inside of the tyre/vehicle. That is a difference of 30 mm, given the disco 1 wheels are 33mm positive offset you now have 3 mm positive offset.

I have someone with 12 mm negative offset rims ready to sell however I am uncertain if this will push the tyres out too far and end up outside the guard and if they will rub on the guards when articulating. Anyone have any experience. Looking at putting them on a defender MY95 with 255/85X16.

Originally Posted by Kelly928

Just had these put on.

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Flipped rims. Backspace now ~105mm (original backspace ~135mm). Offset measurements can get very very confusing.

Done at Eastern Wheel Works (Lilydale). Sandblasted and powder coated gloss white. Bought original rims for $50/rim. For mod, blasting and coating ~$115/rim. Steel wheel nuts (Britpart) from Rovercraft (Ferntree gully)

Make sure sure to get backspace measurement checked again after modification. I had 2 rims out by 6 - 7mm and visually obvious, the other 3 rims were +- 1mm of each other. IMO I believe that +- 2mm max variation between rims is acceptable considering +-1mm was easily achieved.

Tyres are 235/85/16 and just make it under flares. If fitting 255/85/16 will have to extend flares.

Better turning circle and ~60mm wider trackwidth, Have not noticed additional ~3kg/rim in weight compared to Boost alloys.

D1 steels just look awesome on a fender. Very Happy