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Good option if you have the room. I had a set of original tyres in my shed for 5 years until I gor sick of them taking up so much space but take your point.Quote:
Originally Posted by RHS58
Space has been reused with more junk now :).
Richard
Forgot to ask are people buying 4 ,5 or 6 GOE rims. I believe it is easier to get the tyres off the GOE rims compared to LRs.
Is that true?
excellent pointQuote:
Originally Posted by RHS58
[QUOTE=RHS58;2302746]The 19's often appear on eBay.
Between $1000 and $1200 for set of 4 rims. Occasionally the sellers will sell them singly.
Not bad when LR Dealers want $1100 per rim.
I'm not sure where you've seen people trying to sell a set of 19's for that sort of money. I've had a set out the back for a few years that on a couple of occasions have put them up for sale, the whole set of 5. with tyres, for $500 and have never had an inquiry. Even the stealer down the road sells second hand LR 19's for about $200 a unit.
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Originally Posted by NomadicD3
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19 Inch Genuine Land Rover Discovery 4 2014 Model Single Alloy Wheel | eBay
This will be at least the third set of this style rim he's offered.
First set went for $1200, second set for $999.
I shared the second set (included 20 LR wheel nuts) with some other people who wanted extra spares. The rims were pristine - obviously driven only from showroom to wheel shop.
There must be D4 buyers in Sydney putting bigger rims and lower profile tyres on their "street" D4's?
And no dealer in SEQ offered me a rim for under $1100+
A set of RRV 19s, like I've got, have been listed on eBay for a while $650, no bids.
I can't believe LR constantly wins 4wd of the year and we are faced with no genuine option for the SDV6 to get decent tyre height...across this whole planet of design input, the cheaper TDV6 is more sure-footed off-road.
Unfreakenbelievable...:mad:
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Originally Posted by Greatsouthernland
You do realise the difference in sidewall for the factory rubber is 6.3mm between the 18 and 19"
And is only 9.35mm if the 18" is running a 265 tyre..
Of competition (Toyota and Nissan) sidewalls are all within 10mm of one another.
Not such a big difference at all.. Just have to wait for manufacturers to Catch up
I guess the point is less about the factory rims and more about the fact that it is not possible to fit smaller than 18" rims (to the 3.0ltr). Were it not for Gordon's rims we'd be stuck at 19" as the smallest rim. if the car itself was not as good as it is, these tyre/rim sizes would present a huge (offroad) performance disadvantage. As it is, I think the car makes these sizes look like better performers than they otherwise would be (not accounting the higher puncture risk of course).
My personal view is that LR engineers generally know what they are doing and I am loathe to second guess them (my vehicle and use is more a 'swiss army knife' than a hardcore machine).
For my use, the real issue is the relative lack of rugged / LT tyres in the 19" because as Tombie rightly points out the difference (in standard sizes) in sidewall between 18" and 19" is trivial. Being (hyper) aware of the limitations of my tyres simply means I go a bit slower and more carefully and it's all good (albeit mildly stressful at times).
Again, just my personal view, harder users will likely not agree.
This is very true and to be honest I have found the LTZ in 19" to be better than GG AT2s in 18", which I had on my D3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
If the GGs were still the best option in 18" I wouldn't bother changing. However as you well know it's all about the construction and now there is a decent LT available in 18" it becomes a worthwhile proposition. The same was true between the 18"s and 17"s I had on the D3 - there was a huge difference between the 18" GGs and 17" KM2s.
As you say though, once the tyre manufacturers catch up we won't think twice about running 19"s. We'll probably be having the same discussions about 20" vs 22"s.
Cheers,
Jon