Guys, what's the story with alloys protruding past the guards? I've got some lovely 15x7 alloys for the ute, however the negative offset means they stick out a way beyond the guards. To my mind it's excessive and they're probably not useable, but what if I were to fit flares to cover the bit that sticks out? I understand as long as the tread is under the guard (be it the oem guard or fitted flares) you're okay? Then I have to worry about the track being more than 25mm from oem right?
Without a cert at least. Lol they don't give ya much wiggle room. 25mm is sweet F.A
snoopy221,
Sep 1, 7:53am
Pic is definite fail when this came in to force it was because of the leverage a kick on an exposed wheel has back to the steering of a novice pic looks like yu moit be pushin it with flares.
franc123,
Sep 1, 8:30am
Mmm yeah nah sorry, I don't want to think about the possible issues you will have on the front. Good luck with that one, IIRC those L200's have a weird offset to start with, +15 or 20 which makes the battle of finding a bolt on solution difficult unless spacers are involved, which again is LVV territory. Yes there isn't much track width difference allowed from OE, with good reason too, as snoops alluded to it affects the steering geometry more than you'd think.
2sheddies,
Sep 1, 8:41am
Yep, knew these were no good as soon as I put one on the front. Which, funnily enough didn't protrude quite as far. But not having a bodged up mess. Just thought might be a solution in there somewhere, but will find better suited rims. Must be doable, as the bloody things are everywhere and I see heaps with aftermarket mags.
mrfxit,
Sep 1, 8:52am
Yep fail for sure & not just for the rim. Any reasonably suitable tyre would stick out even further. Tread outer edge must not protrude past the vertical body line. You are allowed a modest amount of sidewall outside that line but those rims are going to take any tyre way past that limit.
mrfxit,
Sep 1, 8:54am
From what I have been told by wheel aligners in the past, it's fairly common in NZ for the right front hub to be set further out then the left. Something that you would never notice unless you put wider/ further off set rims on.
snoopy221,
Sep 1, 9:02am
Yarr and ya juss knoee dat the same damn reason da water (well it's supposed ta) drains off da road- I.E. offset for camber Good aligners use a tad more castor on the left.
2sheddies,
Sep 1, 9:11am
The steel rim you can see in the photo is the skinniest little thing and sits well inside the guards and looks silly. So given the mags are a -7 offset which is clearly too extreme in this case, I'm thinking something with a zero or very low negative might be alright if I can find something. Definitely want something to fill out the guards more than the steelies and give it a nicer, more chunky stance.
mrfxit,
Sep 1, 5:54pm
Measure the "backspace" depth of the factory rims . Find a set of mags that are 1" less backspace & 1" wider then the factory rims. Pretty sure that setting will do what you need without upsetting the steering, guards etc
2sheddies,
Sep 1, 9:28pm
Thanks for the tip mate. The search is on. Appreciate all the comments.
Stepping the van rims out 1" & 1" wider made a huge difference in cross winds stability & general stability.
Can't do anything about the right side being out more as thats the factory setup as far as I know. Never noticed it with the stock rims
2sheddies,
Sep 2, 4:44am
If I can get to a point similar to your second photo, I'd be very happy with that.
the-lada-dude,
Sep 2, 6:09am
why not hammer the guards in to match the tyre ? . just a thought
2sheddies,
Sep 2, 6:57am
Thanks for the thought, but not really something I want to do at this stage. Prefer the wider wheels for the look and stability.
mrfxit,
Sep 2, 8:20am
Yep works well on most vehicles of this type & age. Forgot to mention with my van, the difference was purely the rims, not the tyres. They were swapped over from the steel rim to the wider alloys in the same position. As an added bonus in my case, it makes backing up easier along side curbs etc because I can see the edge of the tyres in my mirrors
toyboy3,
Sep 2, 8:16pm
If you are going to put wider wheels on it may be an idea to study the design of the vehicle why the manufacture made it so . Check why the stub axle is tapered and a large bearing is on at the inside to take the vehicle weight and the small bearing is to hold the wheel straight . Moving the load to the outer bearing it may not like it and collapse or break the stub axle
tweake,
Sep 2, 8:42pm
the problem isn't so much about wider wheels. its about where the contact patch is. eg having stock width wheels but sticking out further is a problem because the contact patch on the ground is further out and increases leverage on the axle stubs. where as having wider wheels with center of contact patch in the same place as stock doesn't change leverage all that much.
#12 is about right. tho with the right rims you can sometimes go in further and still clear the suspension. that way your not sticking out so much and contact patch is closer to stock. then just add flares (bit of plastic garden edging) to cover the tires.
twinroses,
Sep 29, 12:53am
15 inch teranno rims go good chrome steel
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