Boost alloys
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mikescuba
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I believe you have a 90 if so Boost alloys should be OK. If you go for Freestyle alloy's on a 90 you will be OK but they are not weight rated for a 110. Also you need to check the year of your Defender as some might need wheel spaces when fitting alloys.
Not sure what after market ones your looking at but check the weight rated. I personally am not a big fan of alloys if you hit something hard they tend to crack rather than bend like steel, which can then still be beaten back into shape to get you home.
Not sure what after market ones your looking at but check the weight rated. I personally am not a big fan of alloys if you hit something hard they tend to crack rather than bend like steel, which can then still be beaten back into shape to get you home.
Thank you very much. I have just acquired a 2004 90 TD5 which is the basic hardtop with steel wheels which are tatty. I'm pretty sure from what I've read that Boost alloys should fit as the County Hard top was fitted with Boost alloys as standard. In relation to replica Boost alloys, I had in mind the wheels marketed by companies such as John Brown Wheels which are usually described as "Boost style alloys".
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You will be fine with any LR alloys...just don't forget to buy new wheel nuts too. However if you go down the second hand route make sure they are actually Boosts as a lot of Deep Dish alloys get advertised as Boosts and IMHO are not as nice.
Second hand is a good option...due to the size of tyre usually fitted, scuff marks are rare. I picked up 5 Boosts in perfect condition for £250. Totally legit too...private sale from a doctor who had fitted Sawtooths to his 110...they even came with the Sawtooth boxes. I concur that for extreme off road use steel may be better, you would really have to be going some to damage an alloy in everyday road or laning use.
I have to say though I think Freestyles really, really suit a 90, cheap as chips too. Freestles for a 90, Boosts for a 110 if you ask me.
Second hand is a good option...due to the size of tyre usually fitted, scuff marks are rare. I picked up 5 Boosts in perfect condition for £250. Totally legit too...private sale from a doctor who had fitted Sawtooths to his 110...they even came with the Sawtooth boxes. I concur that for extreme off road use steel may be better, you would really have to be going some to damage an alloy in everyday road or laning use.
I have to say though I think Freestyles really, really suit a 90, cheap as chips too. Freestles for a 90, Boosts for a 110 if you ask me.
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Nice truck! Not sure what size the tyres are but I like slightly chunkier ones purely from an aesthetic point of view. If a little'un and the long term ambition of an overland trip had not forced me down the 110SW route I always wanted to build a NAS90 replica. Love Freestyles on those...one of my favourite LRs of all time...
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Top pic is 235/85/16 all terrains and the bottom is 265/75/16 mud terrainsNice truck! Not sure what size the tyres are but I like slightly chunkier ones purely from an aesthetic point of view. If a little'un and the long term ambition of an overland trip had not forced me down the 110SW route I always wanted to build a NAS90 replica. Love Freestyles on those...one of my favourite LRs of all time...
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OK that's pretty chunky, for some reason they look smaller. Might be the black arches and chequerplate giving an optical illusion. Anyway, still looks very nice!
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Re: boost alloys. I looked for ages here in Ireland for a reasonably priced set but could not find any. By mistake, I logged onto a LR Discovery site and very quickly found a set with poor tyres for €100.00!
If you are still looking you might try the same, you never know what's out there,
