re-furbing disco steel rims

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Originally Posted by Brad110

Thanks I actually meant offset. I wasn't clear from the previous thread.

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Hope this answers your Q

on a defender:

with a 33mm offest on the 7" rim a 255 tyre will rub on the radius arm (front) on full lock unless the grub screws are wound out. the 255's rub on the rear spring hanger at full articulation.

with 10mm offset on the 7" rim you retain full lock to lock and no rear rubbing all the while the side wall sitting inline with the upper edge of the flare.

with 0mm offset the the side wall sits proud of the flare with the tread inside the upper edge of the flare (thus legal).

With the last two configurations you get mud/water spray off the tyre on the panels behind the wheels. But you look tough and improve our track while retaining steering and no rubbing.

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Originally Posted by Dougal

So the original steel spare in my 93 RRC will be the same as a disco rim?

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No idea, I have never seen one. Got a pic?

I powder coated mine.. To as a few years ago now. I'm sure they won't last for ever however they look as good as the day I got them.

There are good powder coats and not so good ones. These ones had a coat of zinc then two of satin black. Looks Greg and very chip resistant.

As far as bang for your buck goes, powder coating is your best option. Done properly, stripped, blasted, zinc primed and powder coated they should last for ages.
Cracking normally occurs if the cure hasn't been completed properly.

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Originally Posted by Dougal

So the original steel spare in my 93 RRC will be the same as a disco rim?

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Hi Dougal,
I'm sure the steel RRC rims are 6 or 6.5" don't know the offset.

Tony

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Originally Posted by TonyC

Hi Dougal,
I'm sure the steel RRC rims are 6 or 6.5" don't know the offset.

Tony

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This isn't the original RRC rostyle steels, I have a set of those also. This is a disco style steel wheel found as a spare in later RRC's.
Whether it was the factory cheaping out on a $100k+ vehicle or dealers robbing them is another question. The later RRC wheel nuts have a large chamfer so they can be used with steel wheels. The early RRC alloy wheel nuts have a small chamfer and don't work with steels.

Look like these, but I still haven't pulled it out to check for numbers:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/06/1148.jpg

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Originally Posted by Dougal

This isn't the original RRC rostyle steels, I have a set of those also. This is a disco style steel wheel found as a spare in later RRC's.
Whether it was the factory cheaping out on a $100k+ vehicle or dealers robbing them is another question. The later RRC wheel nuts have a large chamfer so they can be used with steel wheels. The early RRC alloy wheel nuts have a small chamfer and don't work with steels.

Look like these, but I still haven't pulled it out to check for numbers:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/06/1148.jpg

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Hi,
I was talking original RRC steelies, my mistake.

The pic looks like Disco Rims, and that would make sense, as the alloys are also 7".

LR would not be the first to supply 4 alloys and a steel spare