Another wheel and tyre question...

[alterastro]

Thanks to CrotchRockets advice and other info, I'm going for 265/75 16's. I haven't decided on exact tyres yet, but will be either Goodyear Wrangler MTR's, Hankook RT03's or something similar. Now I really want black wheels and love these: Ebay linky. Then I suddenly realised that they are very similar to the stock alloys.

So a couple of questions... I'm considering getting the alloys blasted and painted black. Has anyone ever done this and do they last? More importantly I guess, will those tyres fit the stock alloy or is the offset wrong/will it look silly, even if I used spacers?

Many thanks.

Nick

[nfpgasmask]

Those wheels on eBay look to have the wrong bolt pattern. Before you buy anything, make sure you are getting the right specs.

Are your stock wheels chrome plated? If not, you could probably get them powder coated black and they would look good.

Bart

[tom4bren]

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ghlight=wheels

Look at post 16 in the above thread.

It doesn't completely answer your question but certainly implies that blasting/painting a rim is doable.

I don't remember anyone who actually did the whole rim but several have talked about it.

[alterastro]

Cheers guys

The ones on eBay are indeed 5 stud for Landies. I have asked, but they are not available with 6 stud. Thats when I had the idea of painting the existing alloys. They are not chromed, so I think it should be OK. Looking at them again though I think the offset may be wrong for bigger tyres. The specification in the knowledgebase says the offset is 38mm. Does that mean I would need some 40mm spacers? Not a problem, but I need someone who knows about this kind of thing to tell me if I am barking up the wrong tree or not.

Nick

[nfpgasmask]

Personally, I would not go with spacers. Why not just pick up some black steel rims? I think they look good and they are going to cost you about the same price is getting the stockers powder coated. This way you can get 16x8s and have a 0 offset for a slightly wider stance.

Just my 2 shillings worth...

Bart

[tom4bren]

Wanna read a lengthy & rather animated discussion about spacers?

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...hlight=spacers