Thread: landrover wheels

Nope. But I'll give it a go.

That 20.5 sounds like the rim size for a truck tyre. Huge. At 6.5" section width, that'd be about right for a small truck. L is the old load ratings, & very very high. Most 4WD tyres are C or D, 238/85/16 is about the highest radial with an E rating. (Yanks still use this system)

The other one is a mystery. 5.50 is about 1950s car width. Even series LRs had 6.40s, or 7.50s. And it wouldn't be 33", thats about 9.50 I think.
The F rating is still high though.

If you stand them together, are the same circumference?? What brands? What are they off?

regards
Max P

I think the 6 1/2 L x 10 x 20.6 might actually be 6 1/2 L x 16 x 20.6

This would be correct for Landrover rims off a 130. 6 1/2 being the rim width in inches, 16 being the rim diameter in inches and 20.6 being the offset in mm.

The 5.50 F x 16 x 33 is the same thing but 5.50 inches wide with an offset of 33mm.

33mm is the standard wheel offset for most latter day Landrover wheels, be it Disco, Rangie or 'fender. Most Discos and Rangies had 7 x 16 rims (steel or alloy), whereas the 'fender generally had 5.50 x 16 (except Extemes with 7 x 16 alloys).

The 20.6mm offset is only used by the factory for the heavy duty 130 rims and for the UK military "Wolf" vehicles.

Either of those rims would be fine for a 110 'fender, provided you've got the right tyres on them, but I don't think mixing the two types on the one vehicle is a good idea. However, on a 130, I think you should be using the higher load rated 6 1/2 rims.



Paul [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

While on the subject of wheels.
I've got a set of steel Landy wheels stamped 6x16 1 24.
Made by ROH Australia.
Anybody have any ideas on what they were orginally fitted to?

I'm with Defender200Tdi

4BD1
ROH make the Gen. Army rims for the Army Land Rover
I have one but it is stamped 6.0 X 16 (valve) 0 1 99
0 1 99 I would say Month YoM or
1 24 may be it is batch lot, but is Perinte rim
Never looked into the of set of these rims.

I knew I didn't know. Let me dig the hole a bit further.

130 wheels stick out more than the 7" rims, suggesting less backspacing. Less backspacing implies more offset, not less?

Confused,

Max P

Yes sorry the 6.5 was 16" too

They r on my 130, i am buying new tyres soon to go to ularu so jut wanted to know whats going on. now i need to buy 2 6.5Lx16x20.6 where from? i will try land vehicle spares as its only 10min away.
Oh and they are about the same side by side but i knew it had something to do with offset cos they went on my spare wheel carrier differently

Thank you tusker,Defender200Tdi it all makes sense now [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

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Hi Max

It is a bit confusing, but positive offset means that the mounting face of the wheel is moved towards the outside edge by that amount, in other words, the greater the offset, the greater the backspacing. Landrover rims have positive offset (either 33mm or 20.6mm), which means the inner mounting face of the rim is situated further towards the outer edge than the actual centre line.

Looking at the examples, it's easiest to convert the rim widths into mm. Thus the 7" rims are 177.8mm wide, and if mounted on the centre line (zero offset), they would sit 88.9mm either side of the mounting face. However, since they have a positive offset of 33mm, the mounting face is set that amount outboard, and hence the "protrusion" of the rim is 88.9 - 33 = 58.9mm. However, the 6.5" rim is 165.1mm wide, meaning that the centre line would give say, 82.6mm. Take into account the smaller positive offset of 20.6mm, then the "protrusion" of the rim is 82.6 - 20.6 = 62mm. As you correctly say, the 6.5" rims set out further (by 3.1mm) than the 7" rims, by virtue of the smaller positive offset.

That is probably about as clear as mud, but the picture might be of more use:



In the above picture the left (as you are looking at it) is the outboard side and the right is inboard (brake disc) side.

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