Thread: Compomotive wheels

Oh crap!

Looks like they will be worth a few extra dollars second hand.

Brett

Oh poop.

I received mine very, very recently.....good luck for me but Very bad luck for others.

However, seriously....why don't LR come to the party on this....surely they could have made a quid?

Or they could have made the brakes smaller and have no need for a band-aid....LOL!!!

LR went out of their way to prevent fitment of 18" rims by adding wings to the calipers. 19" with shorter sidewalls for faster and more accurate steering response assists the sporty image they seem to want.

Originally Posted by Graeme

LR went out of their way to prevent fitment of 18" rims by adding wings to the calipers. 19" with shorter sidewalls for faster and more accurate steering response assists the sporty image they seem to want.

Wow.....

There is no doubt about it, mine is a much better drive with the 19" Scorpion ATRs than with the 18" LTZs .... but as an option all I see is win, win.

What would I know .... LOL???!!!

Thanks Graeme.

Kev.

Hope they sort themselves out, further down the track I was going to order more for a trailer.

Just a thought ( I am no engineer), rather than have modified rims, what about modified brake calipers? Is it not possible to make smaller calipers that are as powerful? Then you could run 17's instead

Originally Posted by simoncs

Hope they sort themselves out, further down the track I was going to order more for a trailer.

Just a thought ( I am no engineer), rather than have modified rims, what about modified brake calipers? Is it not possible to make smaller calipers that are as powerful? Then you could run 17's instead

The South Africans are doing this. There is also another 18" wheel that clears the calipers however the offset is changed too much.

I'm running king steelies in 17 inch, according to there website they make an 18inch as well. Not sure what the offset on the 18 is but on the 17 it's 30.

Originally Posted by simoncs

Hope they sort themselves out, further down the track I was going to order more for a trailer.

Just a thought ( I am no engineer), rather than have modified rims, what about modified brake calipers? Is it not possible to make smaller calipers that are as powerful? Then you could run 17's instead

Very good question and one I've asked a few times and it's never been answered. How do all those large non-LR products get 17 and 18" wheels on their 4WDs and still pass the design regs?

If GGHAGGIS designed the Compomotive wheels and got them approved, I'd hope he patented the outcome. You'd think with the proven track record of sales any company (local?) would take the job on.