Thread: 15" RR rim, about how much, Can I use 16"

I used tio have a centre from a 16" ROStyle Rangie rim that had been fitted to a 15" rim. The rolling diameter of the tyre on that was the same as my 16" tyres. When I went 4WDing with my brother-in-law. etc., with their Patrols and Jacks, I took it along as they all ran 15" wheels. In an emergency and had I had lost more than one tyre, I could have borrowed a tyre to fit to my rim to get me home.

Ron

Originally Posted by downundersteve

bugger that would have been handy, bit of a drive to Alice to come get one though

well you come for a drive to melb as i have a spare 15" rim and tyre to suit

its one or those white steel rims sunraiser

Outer diameters must be the same all round, or the diff(s) may complain: = $$$$$ ouch!

I've mentioned this before: I bloke I know has a Volvo XC90, didn't rotate the tyres, the fronts wore down real fast and he replaced the fronts only.
Backs had about 3-4mm tread.

Several weeks later, it gave up when his missus was driving, made bad grindy noises she said. In the shop for 3 weeks and lots of new stuff underneath.

Always on road and no chance of slipping the diffs, it obviously wound up and BANG!!!!!

GQ

I am sure they would have a viscous coupling or similar to allow for the different rotational speeds when cornering. Maybe it was just Swedish build quality?

True story, John. The owner was 1): not aware of doing tyre rotations. 2): Completely unaware of the intricacies of constant AWD and road use and diffs etc.
BUT!.... Volvo (dealer Gold Coast I seem to recall) said to him that he should've read his manual when he bought the car as it (apparently) details all of what I described earlier. I don't know who ultimately paid for this 'error' and I'm not in a hurry to ask.... the XC90 was about 3.5 years old when this happened.

BTW; another person I know did exactly the same thing to a Bravo dual cab, had bigger (as in new) tyres on the front, (backs half worn) didn't know there may be a problem, when explained, he got rid of it!

GQ

Originally Posted by Quiggers

BTW; another person I know did exactly the same thing to a Bravo dual cab, had bigger (as in new) tyres on the front, (backs half worn) didn't know there may be a problem, when explained, he got rid of it!

GQ

ermmm I have new muds on the back of my Rangie and 3/4 left ATs on the front, there is a hight difference. Should I worry?
I have never even thought about it before and mixed new and used tyres lots of times but It's the first full time 4x4 I have had.