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  1. 14th March 2016, 06:17 PM #41
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    Does anyone have or know what steel wheels fit the D3 in a 17X8 with the correct speed and load rating and a legal offset?
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    I don't think there is a legal steel wheel to suit - the offset is the problem, at 35mm. If that offset is legal in WA, I'm pretty sure King Wheels do a 17x8" load rated wheel to suit.Dynamic only did 17x7" when I last looked.
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    I thought you could still get 17x8 from Dynamic, with a 30p offset. [ame]http://www.dynamictyres.com.au/images/content/Dynamic%20Wheels%20fitment%20chart.pdf[/ame]

    From Dynamic's website.
    Last edited by morpheus; 14th March 2016 at 07:09 PM. Reason: Forgot to add where the link was from.
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    Correct Morpheus, Dynamic final got back to me by phone. They do a 17X8 "Dynamic D" wheel with a -25 offset. Requires a proper steel wheel nut, yet to look into that. Would -30 be legal in Victoria?
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    Good news then! No idea about whether they are legal in Victoria sorry. Now that I'm back in SA I'm still coming to terms with the regs here.. To be honest I don't even know if 17x8 with a 30 offset is legal here - I hope it is because that's what I was looking to go to with a much wider choice of tyres.
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    Now I'm confused, when I spoke to the Dynamic guy on the phone he said it was a -25 for the dynamic D and now is saying 25p. These are not the same offset are they? sure 25p is plus25???

    All good Morpheus someone will know if it's legal in Vic. I've corrcted my previous post with the wrong offset in it. My bad.....

    Interestingly not many people selling wheels know the load ratings for the wheels they sell(:
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  7. 14th March 2016, 10:57 PM #47
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    Victoria should be the same as WA, so +41 would be the limit.

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    Hi Brian,

    I know a bloke that has 17" King steel rims on his D3, he has done plenty of rough miles on them and they are now way out of round, almost looks like a Fred Flintsone car when driving slowly, funny thing is he can't tell they are out of round when driving it.
    Regarding Dynamic steel rims have seen some of them on a D3 with the centres torn out and cracked after repeated heavy off road use, so steel rims aren't always the answer either.

    As you know I suffered a crack in a early version of the BB6's but the last version they made to fit LR nuts have been good, I have bashed and smashed them off road plenty of times and not had any cracks.

    Just wondering, what size tyres are you using and brand and what tyre pressures do you run them at? If I remember right most of your cracks have occurred in the Victorian high country, is that correct?

    Talk soon.
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    I have had the new type 17 BB6 wheels on my RRS since 2013 and not a problem no cracks , I do a visual check every now and then .


    I travel on all types of roads when towing my camper trailer around the southwest and northwest of WA , I tend to leave the tyre pressure at recommended settings and take it reasonably steady on the rougher roads .
    So I cant work out why some crack and some don't but happy with mine .
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    Hi Terry,
    That's rather observant of you mate , yes you are absolutely correct. Both version 2 and 3 have cracked after Vic high country trip. So my current, completely unsubstantiated, working theory is that in the high country it's the steep descents, cold water creek crossing and the constant hammering they get . IE: hot-cold-hot-repeat.... throw in the odd situation where the traction control kicks in on a climb which loads up torque on one wheel. To further persuade my belief that this MAY be the cause. Prior to the high country, I had completed a 30,000K around Aus trip which included the gunbarrel, tanami,GRR,Savanah way and cape york etc etc........ and the wheels were perfect on completion.
    As for the tyres. I'm running 265X65X17's. The first trip was on the AT3's and the second trip was on the ST Max both the same size tyres. I would not think tyre pressures would cause the cracks but once in the high country I'm usually running mid to high 20's depending on the situation and 40 PSI cold on the STmax, highway.

    FRED FLINTSTONE --- that's good mate!!!

    I'm still procrastinating on the steelies.......
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