Hi all,
Got a bit of a project going with my FL1, I have found some Dacia Duster steel wheels that I like. The bolt pattern matches and I can get some spigot rings that will help with the fitment. I am wondering whether they will fit as they have ET50 offset? Would this require a spacer? Max load weight per wheel is 513kg so that shouldn’t be an issue either.
Cheers! Jono
Are the rims hub or wheel centric? I.e. how do they centre on the hub? Most alloy wheels are hub centric, hence the need for a matching centre bore. As in an alloy is centred and located on the hub and wheel nuts simply hold the wheel in place.
Many steel rims have a larger centre bore, at least on something like a proper Defender and they centre on the wheel nuts.
I honestly don't know about the Freelander steel rims as I've never had them. As for using a spigot ring on a steel wheel, also not sure. But the flange area around the hole is usually a lot thinner on a steel rim, so I'm not sure they would work.
In theory if the rims centre on the nuts and the centre bore is big enough to clear the hub, then they should fit. As for ET, you need to know the rim width too. Looks like the FL1 used ET46 on most of the rims 5.5 to 7" and ET42 on a 7.5" rim. So a spacer would likely be required, although you are in that difficult range that most spacers are round 25mm as they need to be deep enough for the nuts to fit flush into. You'd probably need something like an 8-10mm shim. But the wheel studs may not be long enough to safely to the wheel nuts up.
Ultimately it would probably be a difficult way to get some wheels onto a Freelander. There is a good choice of some nice alloys which would just "work" with no effort.
A quick Google brings these up:
https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/j...-1-5114-3-et35-requires-wheel-nuts-jc221.html
Which might be a better bet. They are ET35 and require different wheel nuts, suggesting they are nut centric.
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