Wheels ?

[500bhp]

Hi all, just been on my first organised event here, 50k drive through the mountains and wilderness with only 8k of it on tarmac. But the reason I am posting, nearly all the Discovery's on this event that had been lifted had turned there wheels around (outside faces in) with the holes ground so they would have the same recess as the normal  way round (Hope that makes sense). They do this to give a larger off set, has anyone else heard of this being done? I asked about wheel bearing life and they didnt seem to think it made a great deal of difference.

[Frankie-Boy]

OOh no, I wouldn't do that, seriously weakens the wheel around the stud holes, and I would have thought it would have an effect on bearing life by putting more strain on them.

[Range Rover Blues]

It's becoming very common in things like Classic car racing/rallying to do something similar, the most extreme I've seen recently is Mondeo wheel rims, inside out with the valve holes moved, onto MkII Escort axles, gives a ludicrously wide track!
It's only the same as using spacers and arguably safer as you only have one set of studs.  As for the bearings the greatest load is cornering and the wider track makes the outside wheels (the ones doing the work) load the bearings less, so I'd not envisage a problem there either.

[Guy90]

I agree with Frank. It sounds well iffy both on and off road.

Guy

[hobbit]

True about the strains, but with some of the ruts reamed out to certain depths and widths, might be one way of tackling them, although wouldn't like to try it on mine, mind you what about double wheels :twisted:

[Henry Webster]

I would have thought that re-drilling the bolt holes is a bit spooky, but I have seen many people drill out the spot welds and turn the inner face around before welding it back in.

H

[lee celtic]

I'm working on a jig with a mate to be able to move the inner part of the standard disco steel inwards to increase track I am a qualified tig welder so the only thing I am worried about is the alignment of the rim on the center .So far we have a thick steel flat plate with an old hub in the middle I'll let you know if it works  

[Big Rich]

The MODULAR And 8 SPOKE after market wheels are off set more than the L.R. wheels.

This would be a better idea then simply puting the wehhls on backwards???

Rich

[Henry Webster]

The MODULAR And 8 SPOKE after market wheels are off set more than the L.R. wheels.

Some are some aren't is my experience! :?   When I bought my rally Discovery it came on what looked like a nice set of matching eight spokes, but actually I had three of one offset and one of another.  

Worth watching out for.

H

[Big Rich]

:shock: So it's right what they say... You do learn something new everyday.  

Rich