Defender alloys on a series 3

Hi all, I'm sure this has been asked but I couldn't find a thread about it. I'm considering fitting a set of defender alloy wheels to my series 3, so before I buy them I wanted to check if they'd fit? The series 3 has wheel arch overriders on so will take a deeper dish wheel.

They will need spacers to get them on

Great, thanks for your help.

big-old-88 said:

Great, thanks for your help.

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Preferably hub centric ones as they also make fitting the wheel easier. Alloys on a series though.... but yours barely resembles a series from your avatar

If it was all original then it wouldn't even be a consideration, but the previous owner did so much work in modifying the truck that I think the alloys might actually suit it. I was originally just looking for new tyres, but saw someone selling a set of defender wheels with tyres at a really good price, which is what has me thinking. Still not sure though.

It looks like a defender, the previous owner went to a lot of effort to change it.

They really did, even has a defender engine.

and chassis and axles and bulkhead and bonnet and radiator panel and windscreen and wheelarch and headlamp surround ... so which bit is actually a Series part - other than the logbook?

Pretty sure the steering wheel is original.... looks like it came straight out of the titanic

Well, if they are defender type axles, then defender type wheels will fit.

I unfortunately have no idea what they are. Is there a way to tell?

Have you got disc brakes? Your picture shows coil springs so it's most unlikely that someone would go to that much trouble to convert a SIII axle when bolting a Defender one on would be much easier.

If you genuinely have no idea about these parts, I'm concerned that you're going to get a nasty surprise when someone takes an interest in the legal identity of the car. Have you put it through an MOT yet?

Yes it has disc brakes.

I had the vehicle inspected when buying it to get an idea of the amount of work needed that I may of missed, and it was MOT'd recently.

I've also managed to speak to someone who knows some of the history of the vehicle. The work was originally all carried out to make the car a serious off road vehicle, then the same person wanted it back as a road vehicle and did further work to change the styling.

Well, the good news is that you can fit Defender/90/110 wheels. I'll take a lot more convincing about the provenance of the car though...

Thanks for your advice.

The previous owner, had the car for quite a long time, so I would hope that it's all good and above board.

big-old-88 said:

Thanks for your advice.

The previous owner, had the car for quite a long time, so I would hope that it's all good and above board.

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Is it coil sprung or still on cart springs?

It's coil sprung

What you've basically bought is a 90 masquerading as a series 3, legally speaking it should be on a Q plate due to the amount of alterations to the original vehicle

It's basically Jordan. Heavily modified, slightly disfunctional, can be good looking in certain light, but in the case of the Land Rover it's a lot less irritating, even when things aren't working.

I wonder if it's Chassis number is modified