Thread: D2 Steel Rims - questions and availability?

Originally Posted by Jazzman

I'm pretty sure my rims stick out 20mm further than standard rims.

In which case they will be 37mm offset, but I suspect they will be actually around 30-33mm.

I got caught by offset changes a couple of years ago changing the trailer to d2 rims. The old rims were 30mm and when I fitted up the d2 hubs and rims the greater offset caused them to fowl the trailer box side. Ended up having to get a longer axle to compensate.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks guys, replies much appreciated.

Well it looks like if I want to stay with LR, the caravan will have to have D1/RRC steel rims which have that humungus centre hole and I assume they rely on the bolts for centreing.

Alternatively some other form of after market steel rims as I'm not paying $500 plus each for new alloy rims that don't have the LR advantages.

Now here's a thought - I have a set of 5 / 15 inch aftermarket alloys on the RRC I'm wrecking, so maybe I could put new 31 x 10.5 x 15 tyres on them?

The stud pattern from the D1 to the D2 is different. So i'm confused now why you are considering D2 and D1 rims rims

The only way that I could get D2 rims to fit on parallel hubs was to have the hubs drilled to D1/RRC pattern then to use adaptors sourced from the UK that have a D1 pattern to bolt to the hub, and a set of d2 studs.

Even then I had to machine out the adaptors to fit over the hub, not forgetting the hub cap.

A lot of work and expense as the adaptors are pretty expensive AFAIR.

To accommodate the idea of having a second spare for the car , you could always have a D2 rim as caravan spare, and have an adaptor for if the caravan needed a tyre and you were using D1/RRC rims.. The adaptor compensates for the offset difference , in fact it overcompensates by about 12MM.
Mine have been successful on my Campomatic which weighs about 1000Kg loaded and have gone around Australia without a problem.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trailers-v...pattern-4.html

Have a look at this thread from early 2014 , and there are some photos on page 4 of what I did.
It will also give you an idea of how difficult/impossible it is to do it any other way.
BTW, If you hogged out the wheel opening to 95MM , it leaves very little meat to 120MM PCD.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by Jazzman

The stud pattern from the D1 to the D2 is different. So i'm confused now why you are considering D2 and D1 rims rims

G'day Jazzman. I originally wanted D2 rims to match the tow vehicle, but the rims wont fit on a control rider suspension - the central hole is too small.

So, if I want to stick with LR rims, the only option appears to be RRC/D1 steelies which have a big centre hole.

I've played with all sorts of potential options with spacers/adapters, but pulling 3.5T on a tandem, I need to be sure there won't be any accidents, and many say don't play with adapters with those sorts of weights,

Dylan has just pointed out some steelies on Gumtree here which I'm following up, but ideally I want to source ex Melb so I can have tyres fitted before the van makes it way to the west.

I need to make a decision this week as van construction is imminent.