Thread: Wheel stud pattern.

Originally Posted by beav

in regard to stud patterns

land rovers are 5 on 165 pcd
p38s d2s etc etc are 5 on 120 pcd

regards josh
97 300 tdi defender
ex 81 2dr rangie

They were originally 5 on 6.5". Maybe that was metricised when LRs were to 5 on 165mm (only 0.004" different).

I thought that the P38/D2 etc were 5 on 4.5", not 5 on 120mm which is about 4.7"

Thanks, that has cleared that up for me.
Does any one know why it was changed? Is it something to do with the way the hub was manufactured or it is so the centre of the wheel is smaller?

WR.

Originally Posted by wovenrovings

Thanks, that has cleared that up for me.
Does any one know why it was changed? Is it something to do with the way the hub was manufactured or it is so the centre of the wheel is smaller?

WR.

Differant alxes and get more Bling Bling alloys on which show more of the disc

Originally Posted by wovenrovings

Thanks, that has cleared that up for me.
Does any one know why it was changed? Is it something to do with the way the hub was manufactured or it is so the centre of the wheel is smaller?

WR.

This came up when the D2 was released. One of the dealers brought one to an LROC meeting.

The D2 was a fresh design, not an update of the old chassis. Maybe the last design ever of the live axle f&R concept.

Anyway, the design brief in part was supposed to be better ride/handling. Part of that was changing the offset, & moving the steering knuckle deeper inside the wheel for better response or something.

The story goes that the design was different enough that the factory didn't want liability issues with people swapping wheels, & altered steering behaviuor. So the stud pattern was changed so you couldn't. The old & new chassis designs stand alone.

Regards
Max P

Originally Posted by Reads90

The defender does still run with the same stud pattern as before but in the UK you can get these. They are wheel stud adaptor kits. You put them on a defender and they can then take Disco 2 and 38 A alloys




My idea is to get Land Rover defender hubs fitted to the camper trailer and then when we get the Disco 2 for the misses, get a set of these and we can take the 90 or the disco but change the trailer wheels over depending on which car we take. So then the trailer and car rims will match

Spacers/adaptors like that are not legal for use on cars in Australia, I don't think you could use them on a trailer either.

Originally Posted by BigJon

Spacers/adaptors like that are not legal for use on cars in Australia, I don't think you could use them on a trailer either.

blah so doing 65 in 60 limit but we all do it