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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / January 2006aftermarket wheels
I wanna fit aftermarket wheels to a D40 Navara ST-X. The new model which I'm picking up in two weeks. Was thinking 18" or 20". Problem is I can't find anyone who can give me acurate information so i can choose maximum size I can go to on the width & minimum on the profile. The tyre stores give me the "she'll be right mate" just to sell me a set but I don't want to stuff the front end, have rubbing or RTA problems. Nissan head office have been no help with just the wheel offset. Anyone have technical expertise in this area? >I wanna fit aftermarket wheels to a D40 Navara ST-X. The new model > which I'm picking up in two weeks. Was thinking 18" or 20". Problem is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Nissan head office have been no help with just the wheel offset. Anyone > have technical expertise in this area? Contact Keith For Wheels, Springwood Brisbane. Very cluey on tech stuff. > I wanna fit aftermarket wheels to a D40 Navara ST-X. The new model > which I'm picking up in two weeks. Was thinking 18" or 20". Problem is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Nissan head office have been no help with just the wheel offset. Anyone > have technical expertise in this area? Geez don't Let Rod see this with concerns about Navara front ends you'll be very sorry you bought it this is a 2WD I take it pretty pointless putting 20 inch wheels on a 4WD Kev >> I wanna fit aftermarket wheels to a D40 Navara ST-X. The new model >> which I'm picking up in two weeks. Was thinking 18" or 20". Problem is [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Kev Kve, I have been biting my tongue... Wouldnt the standard offset info be typed onto the factory rims? I recall the Navara came with mags that were marked with a code that told you the offset info, as well as the rim size. I did have a look to see if we had kept the third spare rim for the Pox-Box, but it turns out that I have given it away. I also thought I wrote this info down, but again, I seem to have worked hrd at purging the memory of the POX BOX NAVARA CRAP HEAP JUNK-PILE from my mind. ....Calm, Roddy, calm..... Heh...good luck putting larger rim/tyres on a Navara. I would be having a VERY serious heart-to-heart with a good suspension specialist before considering such a move. Not a tyre dealership; a suspension specialist. The Navara (4wd anyway) front suspension isnt very good to begin with, and it is very difficult to make much in the way of improvements that wont void your warranty (Not that the Navara warranty means much anyway...). Talk to a suspension specialist first. My 2 cents, but I'm prepared to give another 10 cents free cause some poor bugger bought a Navara... Cheers, Rod.....Out Back (Owner of 2.5 Landcruisers, a RAV4, and not missing he Navara AT ALL!) Sorry you feel that way about the Navara. I have owned in the past 15 years: 2 Pajeros, 3 Hilux's (one turbo diesel), the current Navara D22 ST-R and currently own a Rav4 with the new Navara ST-X on the way. All of which were bought new. The best of them all is the Navara hands down. This one will be purely for city driving, no offroad. And to answer your next question......."yes i probably got more money than sense.... but its great fun if you can do it !!! " > >> I wanna fit aftermarket wheels to a D40 Navara ST-X. The new model > >> which I'm picking up in two weeks. Was thinking 18" or 20". Problem is [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Rod.....Out Back > (Owner of 2.5 Landcruisers, a RAV4, and not missing he Navara AT ALL!) >Sorry you feel that way about the Navara. I have owned in the past 15 >years: 2 Pajeros, 3 Hilux's (one turbo diesel), the current Navara D22 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >answer your next question......."yes i probably got more money than >sense.... but its great fun if you can do it !!! " Mate! Buy whatever you like! Doesnt worry me one little bit... Getting back to your original post, I still suggest you have a long talk with a good suspension specialist, and maybe even more than one. It was my first visit to a suspension specialist that I discovered the 2000 D22 Navara 4wd Single-Cab Trayback (QD32) wasnt very well designed in the front end. I have also had a mech engineer who specialised in bullbar and towbar design look at it one day(after driving it on a dirt road for 10 kms), and he was horrified with the design of that front end.. What you do with your own money is your right. I can think of better things to blow my dollars on, but thats just my opinion. Cheers, Rod.....Out Back Thanks... i'll take it on board but probably won't make any differance as it won't leave the bitumen with the new wheels fitted. |
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