Thread: Steel wheels for FL2

Hi, All, Phideaux here,

About to sign up for a new FL2 TD4. Which WILL be going off-road/remote. So as standard practice I'll want a spare-spare. It's easier to get ridiculous skinny-tyre rims than it is to get 17" rims, apparently...

Does anyone know of a source of relatively cheap 17" rims? The best I've had offered is $600, and that wasn't firm.

Do Volvo or Transit rims actually fit? Anyone verified that?

I found one site in the UK (via Internet) which was willing to send them out here, might be able to get a set of 4 sent here for $1200-$1500 (to be confirmed). If so, would anyone(s) want to join in, take 1 or 2 rims?

Phideaux

A recent post on freel2.com had a guy buying Volvo rims and bfg's and it all working good. In the Australian posts

I didn't have any problems ordering my new SD4 SE with 17 inch alloys. The SE comes standard with 18inch wheels (which look quite good) but are completely impractical for all terrain tyres. On the other hand, the SD4's come standard with 17 inch and it costs more to upgrade to the 18inch (or 19inch). I therefore figured the sales rep wouldn't have any dramas swapping the wheels on my SD4 with a TD4. He didn't either! The deal included Bridgestone Dueler all-terrain tyres on the 17" wheels at no extra cost. Alloys should be fine on a Freelander 2 - I don't see the need for steel rims as it's unlikely to get bashed around like you might with an older, low-ratio Jeep or Landy.
I WILL be going off-road also, but having been there, done that for a few years, I won't be challenging the hardest detours every single time - just getting there comfortably.

Hi, all, I never did track down 17" steel rims for an FL2 (though I tried!). I thought I'd found a UK site where it appeared that I'd be able to order tyres plus rims X6, delivered, for the less than the dealer price of 2 rims. Nope - that was FL1.
I ordered the TD4 from Barbagallo in Perth, to collect in August, with, as I thought, base-grade 17" alloys. Nope. I sent an e-mail saying, price spare-spare 17"? $1,107.00 - but it will be 18", they're not sending 17" to Oz any more. ? PS - got a spare alloy 18" rim from Graemecooper.com for $180, del. Am still looking for a supplier for steel rims, tho.

I have just purchased a set of 5 x 16" x 6.5" - OE land rover alloys and have had them fitted with Maxxis Buckshot full muds (225/75 x 16) the 18's fitted as std are fine for road use - but are expensive if you wreck a tyre - i will be using the 16" in western NSW early august and will post my thoughts. The spare fits ok in the well and the diameter increase is 4mm (FL2 2010 model TD4 HSE)

Originally Posted by mikehzz

A recent post on freel2.com had a guy buying Volvo rims and bfg's and it all working good. In the Australian posts

That was me - and yep, all good. They were Bridgestone Duellers , not BFG's tho.

Originally Posted by spelchek

That was me - and yep, all good. They were Bridgestone Duellers , not BFG's tho.

Hey, i'm looking at some 16"/ 6.5" 2007 volvo s40 rims for my 2009 freelander 2. just wondering what size/sort of volvo rims did u use and were u worried about load rating of the rim?

Originally Posted by spelchek

That was me - and yep, all good. They were Bridgestone Duellers , not BFG's tho.

What were the wheel and tyre specs? I've got 19" road tyres on my FL2 SD4 which look great and are fine for highway driving but we're doing more and more off road camping trips so I'm looking for a second hand set of 17" rims I can put some AT tyres on and the Volvo's appear to be the most available here in Aus.

Many thanks!