New wheels etc

[Cuppa]

Thought I'd put up some pics of my Patrol with new wheels, rubber & with factory flares fitted, now that I've got the blue crap off the lettering with the Gerni. (Thanks TD).

Tyres are Bridgestone D697 All Terrains 265/75 16 & rims are 16 x 8 ROH Black Trak2 16 x 8's.

First a 'before' pic (with 5.5" split rims & Bridgestone 661's 235/85)


And now






I mentioned yesterday there was a problem fitting the new wheels/tyres onto the dual rear carriers.
These are the 'old' tyres - note the gap between the upright post & the tyre.


The problem with the new tyres was that their front lower edge fouled the back of the canopy making it impossible to get them fully upright, however I thought there was probably a 10% chance that a little fettling with the angle grinder might give me the clearance I needed. At this point I was still unsure if the tyre would still be too wide. The next pic shows the old split rim centre. Note that the centre hole is not round, but rather has 'raised' sections next to each stud hole protruding into the centre.


Those raised sections were enough to allow the wheel to sit square over the guide at the top of the hole (see above) onto the holder once the nuts were done up.
The hole centre of the ROH wheels is round, without those raised sections/cut outs. I thought if I 'radiused' the guide, it might allow the wheel to bolt flat against the holder, which might, if I was lucky, give just enough clearance to allow me to get the wheel vertical.


Sometimes you just gotta get lucky!


Not a lot of room to spare though!





Cuppa

[Bloodyaussie]

Now that looks the biz mate......... bit to fancy for you!!! he he!!

The sticker looks good to..

How is the weight on the wheels??

[threedogs]

Looking good buddy, any reason on that tyre size and not 285s.
Must drive, handle better now.

[nissannewby]

$&@! Yeah cuppa that looks the goods mate. Certainly has transformed here from the old mans ute to ultimate tourer.

[MudRunnerTD]

That now looks Awesome Cuppa! Nice one

[Cuppa]

any reason on that tyre size and not 285s.
.

It's a tourer. Choice of 265's was a compromise between being able to run lower tyre pressures & fuel consumption...... and of course 285's wouldn't have fitted my spare wheel carriers as they would have been taller, I wanted to stay with the the same diameter, which I managed within 2mm.

Cuppa

[threedogs]

Thanks was thinking fuel consumption ,
yeah you have to be a very happy camper now, totally different 4x4 IMO

[happygu]

I love it Cuppa ..... the new tyres didn't look too bad on the back either

Mic

[happygu]

Thought I'd put up some pics of my Patrol with new wheels, rubber & with factory flares fitted, now that I've got the blue crap off the lettering with the Gerni. (Thanks TD).

Tyres are Bridgestone D697 All Terrains 265/75 16 & rims are 16 x 8 ROH Black Trak2 16 x 8's.

First a 'before' pic (with 5.5" split rims & Bridgestone 661's 235/85)


And now






I mentioned yesterday there was a problem fitting the new wheels/tyres onto the dual rear carriers.
These are the 'old' tyres - note the gap between the upright post & the tyre.


The problem with the new tyres was that their front lower edge fouled the back of the canopy making it impossible to get them fully upright, however I thought there was probably a 10% chance that a little fettling with the angle grinder might give me the clearance I needed. At this point I was still unsure if the tyre would still be too wide. The next pic shows the old split rim centre. Note that the centre hole is not round, but rather has 'raised' sections next to each stud hole protruding into the centre.


Those raised sections were enough to allow the wheel to sit square over the guide at the top of the hole (see above) onto the holder once the nuts were done up.
The hole centre of the ROH wheels is round, without those raised sections/cut outs. I thought if I 'radiused' the guide, it might allow the wheel to bolt flat against the holder, which might, if I was lucky, give just enough clearance to allow me to get the wheel vertical.


Sometimes you just gotta get lucky!


Not a lot of room to spare though!





Cuppa

Just make up a spacer between the holder and the tray

Mic

[Cuppa]

How is the weight on the wheels??

Haven't put a full load in it yet, but the tyre joint put in 40psi all round & said to go up to 50psi in the rear (leaving the fronts at 40 psi) when fully loaded. If this is proves correct it fits with the upgraded GVM tyre placard wich specifies 265/75LT @ 50psi. I have to say that I am well pleased. 68psi in the rear with the previous tyres worried me a bit.

Cuppa