Thread: Rim offset - need a guide for dummy's

I am not sure why you would worry about speed ratings which are not achievable anyway when the size you have make the illegal anyway. (Unless you had them engineered)

Duratracs in my size are Q rated, which is 160km/h. My BFG A/T's are the same.

If you had a tyre failure above that speed, there would be much more important question to answer than: "why didn't you have higher rated tyres"?

Originally Posted by walker

You won't convince me on the 697's but the strength of the Durotrac sidewalls does worry me a bit. I have a look at other forums and many people think they are fantastic. If I didn't go for them, then I would go for a m/t tyre. MTR's are always tough and are not too bad on the road.

Looks like they come in 3 ply ratings. 6, 8 & 10. I've got E (10) ply rating ones coming.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Do you have a reference? I ask as the tyre placard on the Discovery if I recall reads pretty firmly that tyres of a lower speed rating are not to be fitted? It would certainly make it easier for tyre choice!

I will see if I can find the documentation, from memory an offroad 4wd vehicle is allowed a speed rating replacement tyre of minimum 140km/hr, I think that is an N rating.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Looks like they come in 3 ply ratings. 6, 8 & 10. I've got E (10) ply rating ones coming.

Where did you get that info? I looked around and could not find anything regarding the sidewall ply.

Originally Posted by bigkevg

Did you get a confirmed price on those zu rims from paddocks yet?, with freight ?

Cheers
Kev

Still waiting on the freight price from Paddocks!!!!!!!

I do have a confirmed price from Flatdog UK. 5-ZU 16x8 rims delivered 835 pounds which comes to $250Aus/wheel

Originally Posted by walker

Where did you get that info? I looked around and could not find anything regarding the sidewall ply.

Tirerack specifications.
They rate them as C (6 PR), D (8 PR) or E (10PR). Looks like most of them are E.
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...omCompare1=yes

Originally Posted by walker

Still waiting on the freight price from Paddocks!!!!!!!

I do have a confirmed price from Flatdog UK. 5-ZU 16x8 rims delivered 835 pounds which comes to $250Aus/wheel

Finally got a price from Paddocks. They were £881for 5 rims delivered.

I placed the order with Flatdog who ended up doing the 5 - 16x8 rims for £825 delivered and they are sending them in 2 shipments for me. They say 1-2 weeks but we will see.