Quality of Wolf rims

landy-lee · Oct 9, 2020

Hi guys hope you are all well.

Im looking at Wolf rims and i am wondering what the quality is like on the after market ones.

Has anyone had problems with the aftermarket rims?

Things like paint flaking off or poor paint and rust quick?
Maybe even bent or buckled one?

Cheers Landy Lee

Rougharse Racing · Oct 9, 2020

Got some white aftermarket Wolf wheels on my 110, they have been on for one winter and haven't deteriorated noticeably.
I've not given mine any grief, but I think you would have to try hard to bend one, they are much heavier than standard Defender wheels.
I got mine from Paddocks.

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

There thin. Real wolf rim's thick and need extra long studs . Personally wouldn't bother with the aftermarket ones . Have had both. The aftermarket ones are just sat in the garden.

Rougharse Racing · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
There thin. Real wolf rim's thick and need extra long studs . Personally wouldn't bother with the aftermarket ones . Have had both. The aftermarket ones are just sat in the garden.

The wheels I got from Paddocks are as thick as genuine wheels, the centres must be 6mm thick, which resulted in the studs being a couple of threads too short..
I did fit longer studs on mine as I didn't like the look of the short studs, but in reality it was a waste of money as they are not necessary.
The army didn't fit long studs when they fitted Wolf wheels and if you look at photos of later Defenders with factory fitted Wolf wheels, the factory don't fit long studs, at least not on 90's.

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

Yeah but they need long studs. Original ones are thicker than 6mm

Rougharse Racing · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
Yeah but they need long studs. Original ones are thicker than 6mm[/QUOT

Shame no one told Land Rover about the longer studs.

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

Rubbish. Longer studs are required

Rougharse Racing · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
Rubbish. Longer studs are required

Can you explain why the Army and more relevantly THE FACTORY don't fit them?

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

All the wolf landys I have seen have them.

flat · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
Rubbish. Longer studs are required

no they don’t. Land Rover issued a joint assessment/technical bulletin with the army of the testing they did, the only thing that needs to change is the wheel nut torque increased to 125lbs/ft

will see if I can dig out the tech bulletin.

having said that if people want to fit the longer studs then that fine, but it isn’t mandatory

lynall · Oct 10, 2020

Rough rule of thumb is the nut needs to grip the bolt by at least as many threads as the bolts diameter, so m16 needs 16mm length of threads in the nut.
Bet you most wheel nuts are way deeper than they need to be?

flat · Oct 10, 2020

lynall said:
Rough rule of thumb is the nut needs to grip the bolt by at least as many threads as the bolts diameter, so m16 needs 16mm length of threads in the nut.
Bet you most wheel nuts are way deeper than they need to be?

yep and people often forget that the wheel nut is cones and the rim dished so that there is more nut gripping that is immediately visibly apparent.

I have used the standard defender studs with wolf wheels for 8 years now and never had an issue

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

Lol. Just fit the longer studs and shut the phook up. It's better and I haven't seen a wolf without them you cockwombles

lynall · Oct 10, 2020

flat said:
yep and people often forget that the wheel nut is cones and the rim dished so that there is more nut gripping that is immediately visibly apparent.

I have used the standard defender studs with wolf wheels for 8 years now and never had an issue

Used to get similair comments about the series wheel studs not protruding from the wheel nut, normally mot time, I got a bit bored explaining the wheel nuts are almost twice as deep as std wheel nuts plus as you mention tapered, much easier not needing an mot anymore, not got to explain to children anymore!
It has got 203 or 204 rims fitted now (cant remember which!) and again no issues.

Iirc one guy got fed up with mot testers commenting on his wolf wheels, he got the nuts machined down a couple of millimetres

flat · Oct 10, 2020

lynall said:
Used to get similair comments about the series wheel studs not protruding from the wheel nut, normally mot time, I got a bit bored explaining the wheel nuts are almost twice as deep as std wheel nuts plus as you mention tapered, much easier not needing an mot anymore, not got to explain to children anymore!
It has got 203 or 204 rims fitted now (cant remember which!) and again no issues.

Iirc one guy got fed up with mot testers commenting on his wolf wheels, he got the nuts machined down a couple of millimetres

great idea

Rougharse Racing · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
Lol. Just fit the longer studs and shut the phook up. It's better and I haven't seen a wolf without them you cockwombles

Plenty of Defenders from the factory with Wolf wheels and the short studs, but what do they know?

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

Rougharse Racing said:
Plenty of Defenders from the factory with Wolf wheels and the short studs, but what do they know?

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More than you without any doubt.

mick 1986 · Oct 10, 2020

Keow Helghor said:
More than you without any doubt.

You have been proven wrong, yet you still try to argue your point. Your really showing how much of an arse you are. Wolf wheels DONT NEED long studs, accept it and move on.

Keow Helghor · Oct 10, 2020

mick 1986 said:
You have been proven wrong, yet you still try to argue your point. Your really showing how much of an arse you are. Wolf wheels DONT NEED long studs, accept it and move on.

I'm not arguing. I'm right and yes they do need long studs. Wolf defender has them so that's that. Standard defender with wolf wheels added is a bodge.

Rougharse Racing · Oct 10, 2020

To get back to the original question, I got aftermarket white Wolf wheels from Paddocks at £51 a corner, I am pleased with them, I have not noticed any quality issues.
They are much heavier duty than the standard Defender wheels that they replaced.
Paddock also sell OEM Wolf wheels at £144 a corner, that is a difference of £372 for four wheels. or £465 extra if you buy a spare. I cannot see how the quality can be that much different.
As the wheel centres are thicker than standard, the standard studs are a little shorter than the nuts, which looks bad.
I changed the studs for longer studs on mine as they just didn't look right and nagged at me, however if you do this, you have to factor in another £95.
If you are not sure about the shorter studs have a look at standard Land Rovers including Wolf and you will see that they don't fit longer studs.
So that is £204 versus £576 for wheels and £95 for longer studs.

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