Thread: Practicality of 2 sets of rims

20" stormer rims with conti's for around town and 18" with Gg AT tyres for when I'm off road or towing the boat,done two trips to exmouth so far.love the Gg AT's....... Conti's are crap,looking at replacing them at the moment with hankook's??
I purchased a 2.5t trolley jack to make it easy to change from one set to the other.

Paul

did the same with my last 4wd - one set for road, and one set for off. As the others say, about 30 minutes on the change over. I'd like to do the same now but need to save my pennies up first....

Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

19's and wranglers around town, then 18's GOE rims and Coopers for dirty weekends and trips.

Will change tomorrow night for a Saturday run, then back to the road tyres on Sunday.

Lock suspension and use trolley jack...30 mins and all done. Have been doing this for almost 12 months.

19's handle better around town, and 18's work sensational well off road.

Have best of both worlds.

Brett.....

I echo these comments, 19's for general road usage, oversize 18" tyres for off road.
"Lock the suspension by taking out the two suspension fuses in the engine bay fuse box"

Originally Posted by ~Rich~

I echo these comments, 19's for general road usage, oversize 18" tyres for off road.
"Lock the suspension by taking out the two suspension fuses in the engine bay fuse box"

Yep....but I only remove one that Graeme (LLAMS) told me about. It won't move, and I also do this when I have it wheel aligned.

I don't need to lift the height when I do this to jack the car.

I did the trick one time by not removing the fuse, and as I did this, the wheel I was lifting came off the ground by itself....need trick.

Brett

Hi All,
I too have a new D4 with 19" and was looking at obtaining a 2nd set of 18" with AT's.
Question is what wheels to go for the LR or after market?
I am in the process now of buiding the machine for a major trip across the country next year from the east to west coasts so tyres etc are a major factor,
Any info would be appreciated.
Bill

If your car is a 2.7 you can fit Land Rover rims in 17" and 18". If your car is a 3.0 SDV6 or 5.0 V8, the only 18" that will fit are the Compomotive available from GOE.

Originally Posted by Geedublya

If your car is a 2.7 you can fit Land Rover rims in 17" and 18". If your car is a 3.0 SDV6 or 5.0 V8, the only 18" that will fit are the Compomotive available from GOE.

Add to that the base model 3.0l TDV6 also, only the GOE 18s will fit this model only too.

Baz.

its always a tricky trade off with the tyres thing. personally I rekon if u can put up with the road noise the mud terrain tyres certanly grip well enough in the bitumen, and u may sacrifice a very slight amout of conering grip.

Its early days with my oversize Maxxix Bighorn 275/65/18 tyres, but fuel economy around the city has gone from about 12 flat to 13.3, considering there is about 8% change to the gearing i rekon real world economy is about 2-3% worse. In bad weather the grip on the bitumen is still pretty good and in the dirt the MT tyres excel IMO even if you only spend 10-20% off road the MT tyres are not compremised enough to warrant a 2nd set of rims/tyres for road use