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  1. 2nd December 2010, 10:55 AM #1
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    15"Rims

    Has anybody come across these 15"rims before? .They're well constructed and run true, suggesting they're not a one off backyard job. The tyres are
    Good Year G800 Grand Rally ER70 H15 radial. Thank you.

    Btw The vehicle came from the Ipswich area.


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  2. 2nd December 2010, 11:13 AM #2
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    This is the picture I meant to post. Sorry!

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    One would suggest they are not legal having a seam around the pressed centre and the stud penetration into the nut is insufficient.

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  4. 2nd December 2010, 12:17 PM #4
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    Could we please stick to the original question.
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    taking one look at them i would say they are a one off......

    to answer your question i have never seen this type of rims before i.e production OEM

    however as an apprentice i did make up similar rims to the above but had to drill two bolt patterns so they could be used on differant hubs
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  6. 2nd December 2010, 12:49 PM #6
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    Most certainly a one off and most certainly illegal for road use.
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    It certainly looks like someone has just taken a rim from another vehicle, cut out the centre, welded a plate in place and drilled holes to match the landrover. Never seen them before but it is possible there are some identifying marks on the back. Any marks may have been cut out with the centre though.

    Makes for a pretty ugly wheel (though I suppose that comment is off topic too).

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    Could we please stick to the original question.


    The Poster did stick to the original question
    No they are not original
    Yes they are back yard bodge jobs "he could weld a little"
    Land Rover most probably never made a 15" car wheel
    Yes they are highly illegal / dangerous welding on a pressed centre
    Look daggy, and not a full stud through the nut.
    Thats only my opinion......
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    Quote Originally Posted by groucho View Post
    Land Rover most probably never made a 15" car wheel
    Landrover fitted 15" rims to NAS (US) vehicles. However they looked like a normal 16" rim.

    They also fitted 15x8(?) sunraysia type rims to the "Game" model S3.

    The rims in question are illegal mainly because they have more than one circumferential weld. The engagement of the nuts isn't much worse than standard.
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  10. 2nd December 2010, 07:10 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by isuzurover View Post
    Landrover fitted 15" rims to NAS (US) vehicles. However they looked like a normal 16" rim.

    They also fitted 15x8(?) sunraysia type rims to the "Game" model S3.

    The rims in question are illegal mainly because they have more than one circumferential weld. The engagement of the nuts isn't much worse than standard.
    Did any nas US wheels sell in Australia ?
    Sunraysa rims different ballgame alltogether
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