Disco wheels on a Defender

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robrennie

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Hi all,

Does anyone know if the standard wheels on an N reg Disco would fit on my 1988 V8 Defender.

I have drum brakes on the rear - I think the Disco has disc all round?

Cheers
 
Are they alloys? No they won't, not unless the axles have been changed on the Defender, see the middle hub cap (little black plastic cover, it sits too far out.
 
got disco cyclones on my 90 , plastic hub caps fit through where centre caps fit on alloy , were a tight fit on hubs, an make sure you use nuts for alloy wheels
 
Hi all,

Does anyone know if the standard wheels on an N reg Disco would fit on my 1988 V8 Defender.

I have drum brakes on the rear - I think the Disco has disc all round?

Cheers

I had disco alloys on an 88 defender. Just lose the centre caps. Fronts were a bit tight on the hubs but some 3mm spacers sort that. I had drums on back.
 
Me and my dad did a little grinding away at the inside the alloys, they eventually fit, you must use the wheel nuts for the disco, they are also a bitch to put on if you are on your own!

Welcome to The LZ village idiot award. And it is my pleasure to announce that yu are the winner of this months competition! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :D


The worst thing yu can do or suggest someone else does is take a grinder to a wheel and arbitarily grind chunks out of it. If you'd suggested taking em to an engineering company and having em machined to fit. I'd have said good idea. but your idea is the work of a fooking pillock:doh:
 
he deserved that! I moded my drive members to make mine fit properly in a lathe if anyones interested. the rears fit the fronts do not!
 
i saw a thread the other day where some bloke removed the spring washers from the hub bolts and ground down a bit of the bolt tops think i would rather have 4 mm spacers if i were gonna fit alloys
 
Welcome to The LZ village idiot award. And it is my pleasure to announce that yu are the winner of this months competition! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :D


The worst thing yu can do or suggest someone else does is take a grinder to a wheel and arbitarily grind chunks out of it. If you'd suggested taking em to an engineering company and having em machined to fit. I'd have said good idea. but your idea is the work of a fooking pillock:doh:
Your wrong Pikey thats the worst advice Iv seen on here, its this years winner. How stupid can you get any alloy wheel under a Defender limits the capabilty that it was designed for, but each to his own. A trimed to fit with a grinder alloy same as using a lollypop stick for a front axel on a bike. :eek:
 
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