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PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:58 am 
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I need to know what rims will fit on a luv.Preferably 15 inch rims. Im going to the junkyard sometime this week and want to get some rims. I figured toyotas 6 lug rims will and my dad has 6 lug 15 inch rims off of a mistibushi montero sport so I was wondering what else would fit.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:57 am 
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Get some 15" alloys off a Trouper. They look sweet ive got a ste for my ute.

You have to watch the offset of the rims. Most of the rims for beam axle 4x4's will poke out past the guards heaps and if you truck is lowered the tyres get chewed.

The other thing to take care with is the tyres you use, anything wider or lower than the std light truck tyres will make the steering unplesantly heavy pretty quick.

Heres the toyota style rim. These are 16x6 come in painted silver, chrome and black chrome that ive seen. You can get them in 15" but ive only seen chrome ones. I think they were std on the IFS SR5 4x4's, I could be wrong im a long way from you. lol. Tyres are 205/55/16 on the front and 215/60/16 on the back. Pretty heavy steering. Click the pick its a thumb.
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Heres the Trouper alloys. Tyres are 195/65/15. I removed the 4x4 hub covers they are held on by 3 screws from the back. Im waiting on finding another set of rims and im going to get a guy i know to make up a die and stamp out some alloy domes i can use for centres. I rekon they look good.
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Thats my truck in action pic. A few hours after it was taken i jack knifed the lot. Low speed on a gravel road. The ute on the trailer has no motor in it and thats a Trouper chassis up on the roof with just the front diff and suspension left on it. I was off to the bush to put it to pasture. Didnt do much damage just bought it home changed the tow bar tongue and the wheels and off i went again. Between the bead and tyre on the RH rims gravel and grass was stuffed in for sliding sideways when the trailer took over.

The major drama with the steel 4x4 rims is the weight, they are as heavy as buggery. With the 16" ones in the top pic on my ute, they zapped all the little go that i had, it multiplied the torque but they werent the best with a stock little motor.

Ive got a set of 15x7 aftermarket alloys as well. They are off a Toyota Landcruiser. They bolt on ok but they stick out past the guards by an inch at least. the first pic has 205/65/15 tyres on the front and the 31" tyres on the rear still. The second pic was the 31" on the front which rubbed on everything of course but you can see how far the poke out.
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Ive got a set of 16" 4x4 rims off a Nissan ute (navara) for the KB when i do it. If i get a chance i will take some pics, ive got to move the ute in the next few days anyway so i can put the wheels on.


Hope ive helped.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:37 am 
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Just about any 6 lug wheel you find will bolt up, they are 6 lug on 5.5inch. Old 50s Chevys, Toyotas, Nissans, Mazdas, Mitsus, Datsuns, etc etc all have the same lug pattern for 6 hole. So as Bob said, it comes down to offset. Too much or too little, both hurts. If they stick out too far they will hit the fenders on a full lock turn. If they are too far in they can hit the wheel to the upper control arm/ball joint, or the tires can run the frame on a full lock turn.

If you are looking for stockish sized tires, a 235/60R15 tire comes out to be real close to the stock 195/75R14 tires. That should fit on about a 7 inch wide rim.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:27 am 
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I have some 14" rims on the way...cant wait to get em..:)


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:20 am 
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yea i got 14 inch rims on it now.I just want some 15's because tires are much easier to find and cheaper for them.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:09 pm 
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I agree on the 15's, but the 16's are getting more common.

Ive got two of the rims in the 2nd & 3rd pic on the front and two on the front in the 4th pic on the back at the moment. So thats 15x6 on the front and 15x7 on the back. They are the ones ive got with the best tyres and rather than having them lying around i might as well wear them out. The tyres on the front came on another set of mags i bought that came with a pair that i wanted for my Piazza (Impulse). The ones on the back are new one was on the spare in my old car and the other i bought new to match it.

The Light Truck 14's are easy to get but are pretty crap as far as handling goes. The wide performance style 14" tyres arent too common any more.

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15x7's off a 92 rodeo, perfect bacspace and if you use 215/65's you'r speedo 's only off .0023, look perty too

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:42 pm 
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i remember you talking about those rodeo rims.. got pics??


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:50 pm 
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take your pick
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... lv1-&x=wrt
this is the one i almost went with before for i found my shelby rims that will go on one day
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:55 pm 
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thanks.. which ones did you have leon??


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:16 am 
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Geez they dont half want much for rims do they???

Who rekons this
http://www.wheelcollision.com/wccpix/64174.jpg

looks the same as this but this one is 7" wide.
http://www.wheelcollision.com/wccpix/64162.jpg


Ive got to find me a pair of 7's for the back of my ute now that i know they exist.
6's on the front and 7's on the rear.

Anyone want to freight me a pair?????


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Here's another thread with a list of wheels and some pics
http://forums.luvtruck.com/viewtopic.php?t=9657

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