expected rim damage doing Cordillo Downs track

Ann,

There is little chance of rim damage on any of these tracks.
Much more chance of a damaged tyre and even that is rare.

Go forth and enjoy yourself without undue concern.
(It's a good idea to carry a second spare, or tyre just in case)

You would be hard pressed to do rim damage unless you got a flat at speed. Just take it easy and enjoy. Tyre damage is in proportion to the square of your speed. 1/2 speed means 1/4 damage.

Ann.

Yep all of the above, & expect stone bruising/chipping to the tyres.

If your towing a trailer, FIT REAR WINDOW PROTECTION!! or you will lose the rear window, also watch for rocks being thrown up from vehicles coming the other way. (move over & slow down)

Drive the conditions & all will be ok.

Have fun. 8 )>

Ditto to the above indeed - with lower pressures and conservative driving you should expect a happy run with no damage at all (I always think the second spare wheel - or case at least, to be very wise). As I recall from my last run, about 20% of the Strz could be quite stony, with about 10% of the BVT and about 50% of the CDT the same (rough figures of course). Rain damage is of course another issue altogether and they have had 'issues' up there in recent times. I must remember to get some pics of road surfaces on my next run - will put them in a lib on my site - I have a few on the puta, from the Kimberley. Have a good 'un.

Ann

It's a very easy run.

Regards

Kim

Thanks to all who answered,saves me from going out and purchasing a set of steel rims.Took me 2 years to find a spare 40th anniversary mag,so i wasn't to keen to wreck them.Thanks again.

Sorry to go against what everyone else has said - but after having driven this road (Cordillo Downs) last August / September, I wouldn't take my factory Toyota alloys out there ever!

This was the worst road of our whole trip getting out to the Simpson (in terms of stones flying) etc and the damage which rocks did to the undercarriage and inside of my rims was crazy! I ran split rims for the sake of being prepared for these to get stone chipped etc so didn't really worry too much.
Stones ricochet (spelling) off everywhere and would certainly chip all faces of the rims. Mind you, I run pretty aggressive tyres on my split rims (MRF Super Traction 12 ply) and would throw up larger and more stones than say my BFG All terrains etc.

In saying this, you could probably get away without any damage as I'm sure others have. I just like to keep my alloys in excellent condition and avoid marking them if at all possible. It's all a trade off I suppose. After all, we have a fourby so that we can get out there an explore.................

Best of luck with it and enjoy the trip - it's a great drive!

I agree with the comments by Dieseldude.

I was there in 4/06 and the Cordillo downs road was far rougher than the Birdsville or the Strez. However if you drive to the conditions you can mitigate any serious damage. Do NOT even think about the Cordillo downs road without two spares.

Brenton