Rim help!!!!!!

The other option is fit RR alloy rims which have a 1380 kg rate and are easy to get.

I have a set for my Defe as well as the standard Defender rims.

Those rims come in both tubed & tubeless flavors. The only proper way of telling is to look at the rim & the part number... (It should say if it's tubed or tubeless)

The long an the short of it is that you can run tubes on tubeless rims but you can't properly run tubeless on a tubed rim.

When you run with tubes, just make sure that the inner walls of the tyre are clean and have had all stickers (quality control type things) removed or these will cause the tube to fail.

HTH

M

Hey Juddy
I used to run tubes on my 130 and had numerous punctures at least one a month since removing the tubes not one puncture . that is high and low pressure I do a lot of beach driving, rocks etc.3times Coffs harbour once victoria high country and 3times sundowner ,straddies morton Fraser numerous times not one puncture.

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Originally Posted by camel_landy

Those rims come in both tubed & tubeless flavors. The only proper way of telling is to look at the rim & the part number... (It should say if it's tubed or tubeless)


HTH

M

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As CL said. My LR mechanic refers to the tubeless rims as "Wolf" as these are the type fitted to the British Army's "Wolf" spec Defenders (properly called Defender XD). The rims we get on 130's (which appear identical with the slots) are tube types. The genuine LR tubeless ones are available here, but at a price. It is worth looking up Pro-Comp's USA made rims as they are similar style (size is 16"x7") around $100 rim

from my comparison of wolf rims and diso rims the band/center has the same diameter. These look to have the same diameter band/center. So it would seem possible to substitute 7" disco tubeless bands to these rims centres. 5.5 " rims have a smaller diameter center so disco bands cant be fitted.

I just bought 4 new 130 rims (tubeless) from rovacraft for $155 each...

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Originally Posted by juddy

I have the chance to buy some 130 Rims ( the ones with the holes in ) iam told they need tubes and the most common way to do this is to fit si discovery rims??? does this make sence??

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The question doesn't really make sense, I'm assuming you mean that to make them a tubeless rim, you weld a Disco 1 rims onto the 130 centre ?

If so, yes, that is a common mod to gain a rim with a safety bead and gives you a 7" rim and so a wider range of wide tyre fitments too.

As 87County said, read the link he posted, there are a range of rather strong views on running tubeless tyres on tubed rims :lol2: