Thread: Defender Steel Rims on a Discovery?

eat your heart out Ferno,,

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nicely done weeds

Originally posted by camel_landy
Defender sized tyres will require a body lift though.

No they don't. I run 235/85 16s (defender size tyres) on disco steel rims with no body lift, 2" suspension lift and spacers to push the rear guards out by 15mm with no problems. I ran the tyres prior to the suspension lift, also with no problems. Before I purchased a second set of disco rims (and weren't they hard to find!!) I ran the same tyres on a set of series rims (5.5 x 16 - ex army), again with no problems. I did have to adjust the steering stops - 5 minutes work. I plan to cut the guards - a camel cut.

I haven't worried about the gearing change, have learnt to live with it, but then again I do drive an auto. The biggest hassle was convincing the wife to drive in our other car at different speeds, so I could get an idea of what the speedo should read.

I have yet to worry about engineering the wheel change, as I swap between 2 sets of tyres.

Justin

Originally posted by camel_landy+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(camel_landy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-96DiscoV8
My mechanic did, he also said in order to fit these rims I would have to left the body by 1 or 2 inch's and put lower diff gear ratios in them.

Another option is to change the transfer box instead of diff ratios. Although the Defender & Disco have the same transfer box... The Disco has higher ratios.

Just a thought....

Mark.[/b][/quote]


Mark, Do you know which gear sets are different :?:
Also are the differences across the board, only in low range :?:
If I could get a lower low by changing a gear set with a Defender I may be interested.
However.....I like the high range gearing.
Pulling the TC is a pain in the arse but really not that big of a job. I could do the change over in a weekend.

Only the high range ratios change - low is the same across all models.

Originally posted by DaveS3
Only the high range ratios change - low is the same across all models.

:roll: Typical, I wan t to go slower in low... not high

Thanks I will put all your feedback into good use, happy Rovering

Originally posted by Lucy+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lucy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-camel_landy
Defender sized tyres will require a body lift though.

No they don't. I run 235/85 16s (defender size tyres) on disco steel rims with no body lift, 2" suspension lift and spacers to push the rear guards out by 15mm with no problems.[/b][/quote]

Same difference in my mind... You're still lifting the body relative to the axles/wheels, either with spacers in the body mountings or longer springs.

Mark.

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift
eat your heart out Ferno,,

a QUAD post--

nicely done weeds

did i post four times, not sure why my pda does that from time to time, back on the work pc for the next week and a bit