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Richard SA
 


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Tyre and Rim combination for off road in South Africa.

I need some help with this topic.
My view is to get a second set of rims to put off-road tyres on. I travel about 3k a month open road and the evry 6 to 8 weeks go to the bush or on a weekend trail. I am planning Namibia and Bots for this year or early next year. Laughing

What is the suggestion on:
17” or 18” ? I believe 18” tyres are not easy to come by.
And then what tyre

I don’t think the tyre or the rim is going to last if I swap tyres every second month. Thus I started to enquire cost of rims. Whistle

I did some homework and found that a 18” 60 and a 17” 65 has the same radius thus gearing and clearance is not affected. Idea

Before you read any further: sit down, light a smoke, get a drink and a paper bag. Mr. Green









LR Waterford quoted per rim with 5% to 8% discount if I take 6 rims

17” R 8 404.00 inc Vat per rim
18” R 5 766.93 inc Vat per rim[b]

Yip I had the above then grabbed for the paper bag to control the hyperventilation. Banging Head

I then phoned BMW it seems as if the X5 rim will fit and it has the same load rating. R 3240.00 per 17” rim.? Question

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Land Rover has some sort of a special going. 5 x 19” alloy rims and tyres for a bit more than R25,000 + VAT. Don’t know if the tyres are any good, but at that price it seems a bargain. The tyres are 255/55 R19 Good Year MT/R’s – they will definitely be better off-road than the standard 20” low profiles of the RRS S/C. With the Brembo brakes, the smallest rim one can fit is a 19”. They tyres are quite noisy, but look real macho and as a bonus, I now have a proper spare wheel. I will only be using then when I plan to go off-road. They are currently on the RR and if I remember, I’ll post some pics.
  
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heine
 


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I got aftermarket X5 17 " rims and put 65 profile tyres on for off road use

Details below

STW154 Gun metal paint 17x7.5 5/120 pcd et35
R 4452 incl for set of 4
  
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Richard SA
 


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Heine

What tyre did you put on ?
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Dunlop Grand Trek AT2
265x65x17

But next time I will probably go for BFG AT
  
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Richard SA
 


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What is your view on Coopers?

The price you quoted was for 4 rims did you not get 5 or 6 rims for the 1 or 2 spare?
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I've got Cooper STT on my defender and they suck compared to BFG - buuuut the ones I saw on Baben's car look much better (newer model) .


My biggest issue with them was that they don't self clean well in thick mid

http://heine.nusa.co.za/BotswanaDec2006/Stuckagain.htm

Bottom 2 pics
  
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Sorry part 2 of your question - yes I bought 6
  
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Richard SA
 


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Yip the pic clearly shows te self cleaning is not good.
Sorry to go back to the Q before the price you quoted for the after market rims was for 6 hey?

I can get 5 D3 S 17" with STD Goodyear tyres still on, tyres did about 8k for 10K Whistle
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heine
 


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No the price was for 4 - I bought the other 2 later - GO for the landy ones - I'll take then at that price if you don't Very Happy
  
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Ok thanks then we can sort tyres later.
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Howzit Heine,

You say "But next time I will probably go for BFG AT ".

Are these available in SA now ? are they the standard 265/60/18 size ?
I had BFG's on my Disco2, and on my 90 before that, they really are excellent.
I just wasn't aware that you could get something for the D3 ?

Cheers
  
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Note we are talking tyres for a 17" rim Thumbs Up
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Aaaahhhhh .........

Thanks man, sorry for being so doff !!

Cheers
  
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heine
 


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sniffmydiff wrote:
Aaaahhhhh .........

Thanks man, sorry for being so doff !!

Cheers


That's OK it's a Durban thing - we understand Laughing
  
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