Split rims, Alloys and Rosie

Unbeknownst to you Uncle, I have a bag full of stickers entrusted to me by the Great Sticker God, which are for a specific purpose and not to be squandered on reprobates or the like..........hehehehehe

Jeff,

You are right. I am slowly embracing the new ideas with bush travel and I might as well give the alloys a go. If I break them I can always report back to you saying "Well.......?" ....hahahaha

It probably has a lot to do with your tyres too. On my Rodeo I have the standard rims with 225/75 16 BFG A/T KO tyres on the original steel (one-piece) rims. These rims have gauges out of the outer bead bit from rocks and the occaisional concrete gutter. The tyres also have a lot of cosmetic sidewall damage (have heard that is common on BFG).

However if you have a tyre that has a higher profile or just bulges out beyond the rim a little more then it would be the tyre that would cop that damage and not the rim IMHO.

Utemad

Hi Willem
Break'em, your to old to get that rough aren't you ?.
What happened to the sedate retired gentleman that I know. LOL.

Mate if you break em' I'd be pretty suprised! I broke three wheel studs off my last 4by and the alloy rim just went scooting off down the road!
If they are strong enough to last longer than your wheel studs then what more do you need!! LOL

Hey John,

As someone said to me recently on this forum....You had better wash your mouth out....young fella!!!!.....We will see who is old and sedate a couple of weeks from now...LOL

Hi John

The new truck will be Ruby...quite flash for my tastes...no doubt the scratches will appear soon. It is a compromise. We were budgeting for something of a later vintage but then SWMBO saw the X trail and had to have it(the Commodore has some niggly problems and the time had come). So what was left of the budget bought me the Patrol. I would have preferred an auto but am happy with the manual. No doubt I will find little things to repair on the new truck but after a run up north at the end of the week I will know what is needed. Will see how the alloys handle some of the rought tracks. I had better experience it first before making a judgement. Being a dyed in the wool driver of older technology vehicles this will be a new learning curve. But one is never too old to learn...LOL

It makes me happy to see some people still drive manuals. what a bl**dy relief.

G'day Eric,

Where are the pics you spoke about???

I'll try the alloys out. If they survive your driving they should survive mine...LOL

Hmmm I have not checked whether they were 15 or 16 inch rims. I just looked at the tyre size 265 x..........

I am doing the last week in the Flinders starting Thursday and will be taking all me tools etc in the trailer to build a storage compartment in the back. Hopefully I will have it completed by next Tuesday. Fitting all the wiring and the second battery will be fun. Luckily I have kept all the paperwork and installation instructions for my battery isolator etc. The truck has a Desert King 70ZZXL in it but I had one in Rosie and it wasn't the best. I have kept my 5yo Yuasa Overlander ZZL as the second battery.

The bullbar is steel(as per your earlier question in another post) and it remains to be seen how I will fit the winch.

Yours is a GQ2. Late model. Lights in the small bumper section.

Since the tires are metric measurement (265...) they will be 16inch rims. The 3 spoke's are 16inch. I should have thought about it more, lack of sleep lately isnt helping.

have you decided on tires yet?

Check out the Caterpillar batteries.. Well worth looking into for main cranking.

Steel bar - kewl.

have fun.

Yeah lights in the bumper and dummy lights on the back panel...weird.

Am thinking about Cooper ST with the non chip lug. Dunno, not in a hurry. Woulkd like something with an aggressive tread pattern. Maybe Silverstones? or Mickey Thompsons? Who knows

Will report back tomorrow evening after Ihave collected the truck in Port Pirie

Silverstones wear out REAL fast...
Micky Claws you talkin about? Would not suit your touring style, the noise wouldbleepyou within first 30klms!

You still dont have it!!???

Still don't have it??? I take it you mean the truck. Picking it up today. Had to wait for a specialist to come and fit a cruise control to the X trail and arranged to pay for and pick the vehicles up in one hit. That will happen today. Life in the country is different to the rush of the city :-)

but that was doing 4wdin you will never be likely to try.........

Yes, I tried it before you were born, Truckster..hahahahahahaha...but not likely to try it now :-(