Thread: Whats the best (legal) way to find a spare 19inch rim?

Originally Posted by JamesH

Isn't getting a carcass off and on an alloy rim in the back of beyond a hideous nightmare? PS OP Good luck on the trip and I'll be keen to learn how you went with the tyres. Getting a set of 18" rims is not a road I want to go down for storage/cost/asthetic reasons.

I'm don't know my around a D3 but a possible way of breaking the bead would be to raise suspension to max height, put the tyre/wheel under the car near the jacking point, put the jack under the jacking point on the tyre near the edge of the rim and lower the suspension.

I could be completely wrong.

FWIW I went east to west in the Simpson and back along the Oodnadatta track to Maree, and back up to Birdsville. I only got one puncture just before Maree.

I am trying to buy 5 D4 rated 19" rims and they are as rare as golden hen's teeth, so I would have thought that buying just 1 rim would be easy. Obviously not so.
Just keep looking.