White Steel Nato Rims with 255/85R-16

[shawnpalmer]

Got the rims & tires on. Finally. I love the sive of the tires and the way it looks.

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[cbass]

Looking good, love the white rims!

[Davis]

Looks fantastic. I would LOVE to have that garage, though...

[KevinNY]

Hey Marchand, that dude stole your truck and put white wheels on it!

[wineryrover]

Looks fantastic. I would LOVE to have that garage, though...No kidding!! I was thinking the same thing. Truck looks great with the steel wheels, but damn, that is one nice garage.....

[chris snell]

Heh, why did NATO rims suddenly get so popular? I had never heard of them (or seen them on a Defender) before last week, then I ordered a set yesterday and it seems like everybody and their dog just got some last week. It's like the Chinpokomon episode of South Park. "Those are so last week". :tounge

Speaking of nice garages, has anybody ever gotten together and built a co-op garage? Imagine if all of the Rover folk around Salt Lake got together and rented a garage out in the sticks and stocked it with our personal tools, some jacks and jackstands, air compressor...

[kellymoe]

I am normally not a fan of white wheels but that looks great on your truck.

[Davis]

So what is that garage, anyways? It seems too empty to be a business, so is it just your toy shed? Lucky bastard...

[rover4x4]

looks good. nice shop

[Eric Siepmann]

Heh, why did NATO rims suddenly get so popular? I had never heard of them (or seen them on a Defender) before last week, then I ordered a set yesterday and it seems like everybody and their dog just got some last week. It's like the Chinpokomon episode of South Park. "Those are so last week". :tounge

Speaking of nice garages, has anybody ever gotten together and built a co-op garage? Imagine if all of the Rover folk around Salt Lake got together and rented a garage out in the sticks and stocked it with our personal tools, some jacks and jackstands, air compressor...

They've been around for years. Several people changed over to them last year. Wicks comes to mind and a few others.

Those Walker Evans wheels at RT. Now those are sweet. Too bad they'd look like total posuer wheels on my truck though...

EWS

[rover4x4]

WHAT Lift are you running?

[shawnpalmer]

The lift I am running is OME HD up front/Med duty in rear. I think it is 751/764, can't quite recall the numbers.
The garage is actually half work, half fun. It is basically a warehouse that my father and I have turned into a hanger for our helicopters, and storage for our business. So, yes, it does just keep our toys in one half. Thanks for the compliments on the wheels. I would like to see some pics of your 90's too.

[dmarchand]

Hey Marchand, that dude stole your truck and put white wheels on it!

That hurts KB.

[rover4x4]

arent those the mantec sliders

[shawnpalmer]

That hurts KB.

I don't get it.(?)I must have missed something.

Rovers North sliders from about 7 years ago.

[Ragland]

I really like how that looks. IMO, most lifted Defenders with bigger tires end up looking too much like weekend toys or attention devices, not the purpose built vehicles they are meant to be. This looks right, and I will keep this mind for my own.

[Shake]

Like the set up! What brand of tires are those? MTRs? BF Goodrich or Goodyear?

[Bowtracer]

bf&g mt's

[Roadsiderob]

I have a set of NATO wheels & lug nuts on ebay right now. Here's the link...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2F22006972010 9_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsea rchQQcopagenumZ1QQfclZ3QQfgtpZQQfmmdZQQfmmkZQQfpos Z87113QQfromZR10QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQ fyhiZQQfyloZQQmppfqyZlandQ20roverQ20natoQQmppfqyZl andQ20roverQ20natoQQmppfqyZlandQ20roverQ20wheelQQs adisZ200QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2Q QsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbsQQfviZ1&item=220069720109
The reserve is the same as the buy-it-now of $300.00

[cgalpin]

Got the rims & tires on. Finally. I love the sive of the tires and the way it looks.


These look great. Do you know the backspacing? I'm told the wolfs are 4.75". I just measured my alloys and they are about 5.5", but these appear to have the same look (width wise) as my alloys. Not sure if rim width is a factor here.

I'm hoping to find 15" steel rims that have the same offset as the wolfs, but cheaper. So far it seems the backspacing is too small on the ones I have seen.

thanks
charles

[shawnpalmer]

Not sure of the backspacing, but the truck does seem a bit more "tippy" when cornering at highway speed.