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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Ah, fair enough. I didn't realise that the studs on the early ones are even shorter. Darren
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4th Oct 2020 2:21pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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There was somebody on here that had a set galvanised. Makes an already heavy wheel even heavier, though. Darren
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7th Oct 2020 4:51am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17614 
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It shouldn't be necessary to galv if the wheels have been properly painted, people have been painting wheels for years and if done well they don't rust.
In my view wheels are always going to be susceptible to chipping and similar damage, so any hard brittle, flaky type of coating is not ideal, hence personally I wouldn't favour galv, powder coat, stove enamelling, or any similar process. My personal preference is for a good paint system properly applied, at least they can be touched up as required then. Clip on balance weights are also a problem for the reasons above. The main weakness with the genuine HD rim as supplied is that it really hasn't been painted at all, just a quick blow over with AOS so that it can leave the factory and look vaguely respectable until the customer is off the premises. The paint lasts much better (but still not well) on the ex-military rims. |
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7th Oct 2020 8:26am |
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| Paul1275s Member Since: 21 Apr 2019 Location: East Sussex Posts: 80 
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I think they are white underneath! Desperately in need of a refurb, I’m not sure if I want to keep them white though...
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7th Oct 2020 11:00am |
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| Lodelaner Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lambourn Posts: 635 
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Just a point of view, but one I’ve arrived at over the past 3-4 years old living with Wolf HD wheels.
I’ve decided that I really like the look of Wolfs, but have chosen not to live with them. I feel that they make the live axle ride-quality worse by adding around 7kg per corner of additional unsprung weight. Even with brand new suspension, bushes and dampers they thump around potholes in the road, but they look great. I’m uncomfortable with the solution Land Rover came up with to overcome the thickness of the wheel centre which means the nut doesn't fully pull onto the stud: “tighten it up more” ! Even through they don’t fit quite right, they still look great. I’ve now fitted lighter wheels, which I feel have appreciably improved the ride and steering. I was going to colour code them to the paintwork, and they would have looked fantastic. But I can’t live with them. I will continue to refer back to this thread to get my ongoing Wolf HD wheel fix.  JB
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7th Oct 2020 11:33am |
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| Woody3 Member Since: 13 Jan 2010 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 415 
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How much extra weight would galvanising add to a rim? I read somewhere that it's quite common place in Denmark and Canada?
I was just hoping to have another element of the LR effectively "maintenance free". |
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7th Oct 2020 10:47pm |
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| RRUK Site Supporter Member Since: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2025
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Wolf Steels, attached to my Wolf
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4th Nov 2020 5:47pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6138 
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^^^^^ Beautiful!
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4th Nov 2020 7:40pm |
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| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2237 
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Nice Wolf.
Keith |
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4th Nov 2020 9:20pm |
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| MBurns48 Member Since: 09 Mar 2020 Location: Somerset Posts: 59 
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Click image to enlarge White wolf rims on a hard top. Hard to beat I think  |
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24th Apr 2021 8:58am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7908 
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Quite agree, looks fantastic!
James
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24th Apr 2021 10:57am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6138
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Sweet
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24th Apr 2021 11:02am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A perfect combination. Darren
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24th Apr 2021 11:30am |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2709
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I concur
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24th Apr 2021 12:38pm |
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