Wheels

After my fifth flat tyre in 6 weeks a few days ago, I am looking for an answer to the spare wheel problem. I have decided that I will carry a second spare when I head off into the scrub. I have alloys on my D2 and someone suggested that a spare steel rim and tyre from a series 1 would be cheaper to buy and lighter to carry. Anyone know if they will fit the S2? (second hand S2 alloy and tyre quoted at $450!!!! if you can find one!)

The last one went flat in a sandy spot with a nail through the tread, and I had to drive the car another 80-90 mtrs to get to a spot where the jack would sit level and ended up slicing the sidewall. This meant that I had to order a new tyre. I will be kissing $200 goodbye tomorrow morning when one arrives on the truck.

I'm sure there are adaptors advertised in the Land Rover mags for fitting Range Rover P38/Disco 2 wheels to "Classic" Range Rovers and 200/300 Disco's.

Which would kinda imply the answer is a "No"...

Malcolm

Try and source a D2 steel wheel, got to be cheaper.

littledude said:

Try and source a D2 steel wheel, got to be cheaper.

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Trying to do just that, but not much luck out here.... not even in Perth and thats a capital city!!!!

The fat guy under the beast trying to get the jack to hold in the sand is me.

Ah, would it be cheaper to get one from over here sent over?

Noticed you have the reciever hitch, looking for one of those over here!! better for off roading than the standard towbar.

littledude said:

Noticed you have the reciever hitch, looking for one of those over here!! better for off roading than the standard towbar.

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Yeah..great, until I got hung up on it climbing out of the creek bed because the idiot driver forgot to take it off when I ...er.. they dropped the trailer off earlier.

i always thought alloys was lighter than steel wheels. ah mean isn't that the whole idea of alloys . less unsprung weight and all that .

slob said:

i always thought alloys was lighter than steel wheels. ah mean isn't that the whole idea of alloys . less unsprung weight and all that .

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I thought a narrow steel wheel and tyre would be lighter than a wide alloy and huge rubber. Perhaps I was wrong.

OutbackJack said:

The fat guy under the beast trying to get the jack to hold in the sand is me.

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good god you ARE fat aint yer

yella disco said:

good god you ARE fat aint yer

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Thanks yella fella...I can always count on you..cheers mate

OutbackJack said:

I thought a narrow steel wheel and tyre would be lighter than a wide alloy and huge rubber. Perhaps I was wrong.

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i just bought a new sun shade about 3metres in dia. it kept falling over as the counter weight was missing so until i get one i had to use something else. so i got me spare jag alloy and put that on it, it still swaded about with the slightest bit of wind, burp!,. so i got one of me series 111 wheels and put that on it ..result the thing don't move at all now. so i'd be inclined to say that the steel wheel with narrow? tyre is heavier than alloy with wide fooker on it.

I wouldnt think there was much in it (the wheel issue!!) but the advantage is that you stand a better chance of battering the steel rim back into shape when you are in the middle of nowhere, if you buckle it and it looses its seal.

littledude said:

but the advantage is that you stand a better chance of battering the steel rim back into shape when you are in the middle of nowhere, if you buckle it and it looses its seal.

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aye yer not wrong there laddie, if yer gonna be logical about it you'd have narrow tyres on in the first place .
smaller contact patch= less chance of punctures or damage.
more ground pressure so your tyre will push through the soft top layer and get a good hold on the firm ground underneath.
wide tyre lower ground pressure so it sits on top and spins like a bastard.
big fat fook off tyre have their place, mainly soft shifting sand and i speak from eggperience here, one off my better bits off of road driving was taking a series three landy over the impact area on salisbury plain. which i found out later was a big no! no!. this was/is a tracked vehicle only place, but then i took a clapped out van over 4wd only roads in oz and larfed at the fools with their mr bisshie oomfoofoo mobiles getting stuck in the shallow mud as i merrily carried on.

Yeah but listen right, how's the rim going to get bashed up with a brolly stuck in it, unless Slob drops his bong on it of course.

drop me bong!!!!! are you serious? i need surgery to have it removed form my grip.