Originally Posted by ozscott
Why do I keep finding myself disagreeing with people on the wheel sizes? Am I doing something wrong?
The second sentence includes "what is clearly 18 inch wheels over a smaller brake package", and in the third paragraph we get the expansion of that idea claiming that the clip at the 12 second mark "clearly reveals the diameter of the wheel and the small brake discs." It goes on to say "Maybe a 17 inch wheel will be possible with minor modifications or a custom casing."
But... given that LR has made it abundantly clear in both approved public statements and leaked materials that the Defender will be on 32" rubber, it's obvious that the close-up of the wheel at the 12 second mark is showing a 20" wheel. It's easy to verify using a ruler on your computer screen.
On my laptop, from the centre of the wheel hub to the top edge of the tyre takes up no less than 7.5cm of the screen. Since it's a 32" tyre, 7.5cm of screen is covering 16" of real world diameter. So we can break it down into 16 pieces and see that each inch of wheel diameter would take up 0.47cm on screen. And therefore an 18" wheel would need 9 x 0.47 = 4.22cm of screen from centre to edge while a 20" wheel would need 4.69cm.
What I measure is 4.5cm to the inner edge of the rim and 4.7cm to the outer. To me that shot shows a 20" wheel not an 18".
If you want to see the 18" wheel, look at the Bosch test mules back in this post: #172
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