130 Alloy Wheels mystery!

[Sitec]

Hello all!

Ok, odd one really, I sighted a double cab 130 Defender heading north on South Road in Adelaide about a year ago. It had twin spare wheels behind the cab on a simple smart rear tray. It was running on BFG Mud Terains and some really nice 5 spoke alloys. These were very similar to the alloys found on early Disco 4 doors (rounded 5 spokes). These were much deeper though. I have a picture of the truck.. the joy of camera phones and being stationary at traffic lights! I would post the pic but the rear rego plate is visable.. The plate was yellow and consisted of three letters only (you might know this guy. I now have a 130 and am modeling mine on this truck as it looked good. Any wheel pictures welcome, and any ideas how to post the pic without offending would be helpfull. Thanks. Simon, Adelaide (ish)!:)

[dullbird]

wasn't Zu rims was it?

http://www.simmonites.com/images/zu%20rims%20anthracite%20gif.gif

[Sitec]

Nope, not these. I've managed to paint and crop the pic but it keeps asking me for a url of my pic??? Is this to do with this stupid foto bucket system? Cant just upload my pic. Frustrating!

[hiline]

here they are

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/10/757.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/10/758.jpg

[Sitec]

Brilliant! Want a set of 6 of these please! Everything happens on here a lot quicker than it does in my Land Rover! Thanks guys!

[TonyC]

Hi,
My understanding is they don't have the load rating for use on a 130.

Tony

[lr90freak]

They Look like compomotive 16 x 8.5 alloys out of england
pm me for more details

[Sitec]

Think I PM'd you, site locked up on me. Let me know if nothin came thru. Ta.

[spudboy]

Hi there - that car is Peter Browns. If you want to contact him, look up PCB Land Rovers, down near the Adelaide airport.

That car is a weapon. I have been sand driving with him and it goes like stink. Must be chipped to within an inch of it's life :D

He is a very nice bloke and might even be able to source some for you via his company.

Cheers
David

Edit: here's his web address http://www.pcblandrovers.com.au/
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[Sitec]

Thanks all. Managed to find 4 and they're on and lookin gud.

[sniegy]

Sitec,
As one of the guys has posted be careful!!!
The rims are NOT load rated for a 130 Defender.
If you have an accident your insurance company has an out!

[Sitec]

Hi there Sniegy. Yeah, thanks for that, I remember the post. That was before I bought them to. I spoke to someone in the UK who was able to supply them at the time and he was sure that they were. I might get onto Compomotive direct and see what they have to say... That said, last month I had the 130 fully laden with the camp body on the back tray and a heavy car trailer with my offroader on the back and we must have been close to the max train weight and they survived 400km.. Thanks tho. I'll look into it. Sitec.

[saiken]

Sitec,
As one of the guys has posted be careful!!!
The rims are NOT load rated for a 130 Defender.
If you have an accident your insurance company has an out!

ADRs state that any replacement rim must be of equal or greater than load rating as the wheel designated by the manufacturer.
NTC5193 - 1650 kg (steel rims)
ANR5593 - 2200kg (wolf rims)

Although I doubt you'd every really hurt a rim rated between 1000-1400kg unless you where doing some harsh off roading. Would be interested to know the rating on the compomotive considering zu rims are rated at 1400kg, however weigh twice as much as the ATRR1685's