Wheel size on new Landrover Discovery
Submitted: Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 09:07
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4wdbucko
Does anyone know if you can change the size of the 19" rims to a smaller size to get higher profile tyres?
Reply By: GarryR - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:16
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:16
hi there 4wdbucko. I think you may have a small problem on your hands.
Check to see what the placard inside your door states. If your vechile came out standard, or your fitted 19" wheels from new, you cannot legally go back to !8". I have come across this problem with my son in laws 200 series that came out std with 19". Should the vechile be involved in an accident (your fault or not) the insurance company can void the claim. (as stated to me from the insurance company). We stated that the same vechile comes with both 18" and !9". But was placarded for 19" VicRoads states that I can go up 2" from standard but not backwards. Assuming you are in Victoria. Hence we got stuck with the 19" and the offroad tyres are considerably more expensive, let alone the slection that is or was available at the time. This was only 12months ago.
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Follow Up By: garrycol - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:19
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:19
You make a good point about about what is listed on the tyres placard.
As at one stage D4s may have had 18" wheels as standard on some models, 18" will most likely be listed as an alternative on the placard.
Garry
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Follow Up By: toffytrailertrash - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:32
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:32
Contact www.greenovalexperience.com.au He is the person who had the 18" rims made for the Disco 4's..
Give him a call or
check out his web for all the details.
Cheers
Merv
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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:52
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:52
Leave off the ".au". It's just dot com.
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:55
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:55
GarryR.
Are you sure your son's 200 came with 19" wheels? To my knowledge the 200 has never been supplied with 19" wheels in Australia and it's not even available as a factory option.
For a long time you could only get it in 17" then some time ago the Sahara came with 18" but you could put the 17" alloys on it like all the other models.
Now the VX and Sahara come with 18", GXL and GX come with 17" wheels. The VX and Sahara have a slightly bigger front disc so there are some issues putting on a 17" rim from a fitting perspective. Steel only from memory.
I think you will find the law deals with the overall diameter, not the rim.
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Follow Up By: GarryR - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 13:53
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 13:53
gidday boobook, the 200 series altitude came out with 17" and 18'' your right. that is my mistake. As the vechile came off the showroom floor with 18", he still cannot go back one size, as the placard was states the larger.
If 4wdbucko's vechile came out std as 19" he still has the same problem of going back one size. The only other option is to write off to the manufacturer as see if they will sent you out a new placard for both sizes and written confirmation of such. This should satisfy both the insurance company and the road authority with a bit of luck. Thanks for picking me up on my mistake
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 16:24
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 16:24
Oh, Ok that makes sense.
Yeah I thought 19" was too big. It's hard enough finding 17" let alone 18" tyres in the bush and 19 - forget it.
I may be wrong but I thought the law in Victoria says something like "on the placard or in the manual" My words. Which makes it ok. When I was looking for aftermarket wheels for my 200 a few years ago I actually contacted Vicroads. The Issue I had was the load rating of the wheels. It was very confusing but in the end they said if it is in the manual then it is ok. The Toyota 17" genuine steel rims were the only ones at the time.
I am pretty sure that he will find the manual lists 17" tyre sizes if he still wants to pursue it.
Check on LCOOL. It has been discussed a lot.
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Reply By: Member - Rich - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:50
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 11:50
The 18” rims are expensive(about $570 a rim) but does open a wider range of tyres. Guys who have them, I don’t, reckon their good.
The D4 placard does mention 18” and 20” tyres.
There are a number of 19” AT tyres and I believe MAXXIS have just come out with a 19” AT in LT construction. But over all a limited field of tyres.
Richard
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Reply By: Rangiephil - Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 14:45
Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 at 14:45
However I know a bloke with a D4 who destroyed 11 yes 11 19 inch tyres on a trip between
Sydney and
Darwin. This is not second hand. I was there as it was being discussed at a club meeting .
They were a
well known brand.
The tyres were bruised inside from pinching between the rim and the ground.
The tyre company jacked up after 11, and AFAIK the bloke then moved down to the 18 inch rims.
While you could question the blokes driving style and inflation it shows what can happen.
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Follow Up By: Echucan Bob - Sunday, Jun 19, 2016 at 15:05
Sunday, Jun 19, 2016 at 15:05
Sydney to
Darwin? Did he go the long way by heading off in a South Easterly direction?
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Follow Up By: Graeme - Monday, Jun 20, 2016 at 04:33
Monday, Jun 20, 2016 at 04:33
I have taken my D4 with 19" tyres to
Chambers Pillar,
Mereenie Loop, and to the Bungles, besides a lot of poor roads in WA. I covered 16000km and did not have one tyre problem. Why? I simply drove to conditions, I was not in a rally, I did not have to be at a point by a certain time.
I have now covered 126000km over many parts of Australia and the only flat was on nearly worn OEM Goodyears on a freeway and was not a real problem.
Correct pressures also play a critical part as
well.
Cheers Graeme
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