Wheel size on new Landrover Discovery

From memory when we had a D4 because of the Bendix Brake Caliper the only way to down size was to order special rims through one of the guys on the AULRO forum in Perth. He had had them made just for this reason, otherwise, no. I cannot remember his name or contact details but he ran a 4x4 training Company over there.

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Merv

Hi bucko. Much better to ask this question on the aulro.com site as those on here mostly know only things about Tojos or Nisscans. :-))
AlanH.

legally speaking ....how would this go &15 mm max overall height increase
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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.

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

A friend has a D4 with 19" rims and hasn't had a problem getting decent off road tyres for it. He has taken the car into every conceivable terrain situation without any issues (he's a 4wd trainer in our club). After seeing his car in action, I'd question the need to bother and I was sceptical to begin with.

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.