Off road wheels and tires for G-Wagon London Area, UK

Off road wheels and tires for G-Wagon London Area, UK

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slnt_d

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5 posts

83 months

Sunday 11th March 2018
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I am looking for all terrain wheels for my G-Wagon. Can anyone please recommend make and where in London or near to London to get them?

100SRV

2,179 posts

249 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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AJS tyres are very knowledgeable.

Watchman

6,391 posts

252 months

Thursday 15th March 2018
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Tibus has a wheel similar to the Hutchinson bead lock wheel. As it’s NOT a Hutchinson, I assume it’s cheaper but I don’t know that.

Viking has Hutchinsons at about £500 per corner. On balance, I think I’d choose those.

I have to get myself a G in the next few years. Which version do you have?

slnt_d

Original Poster:

5 posts

83 months

Thursday 15th March 2018
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Watchman said:
Tibus has a wheel similar to the Hutchinson bead lock wheel. As it’s NOT a Hutchinson, I assume it’s cheaper but I don’t know that.

Viking has Hutchinsons at about £500 per corner. On balance, I think I’d choose those.

I have to get myself a G in the next few years. Which version do you have?
Thanks for advice. I got the G63 Edition 463.


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Watchman

6,391 posts

252 months

Friday 16th March 2018
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Love the satin paint. That is an awesome machine.

I'll be after a weekend/holiday/retirement plaything, so nothing too new. I think a G55 would be fine - I might add portals, those Hutchinson wheels and a CTIS to allow me to go off exploring the snow and the sand.

Definitely petrol though. For what I want, diesel might make more sense but where's the fun in that? smile

Watchman

6,391 posts

252 months

Sunday 18th March 2018
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Been talking a guy I know who was out playing with his Land Rover in the snow today. He said those Hutchinson wheels are a nightmare to balance - in fact he said you can't balance them. He also said they are so very heavy to start with that if you end up having to change wheels "in the world" (i.e. not at home, where you have a flat drive) then they are very hard to handle.

He didn't know about the Tibus wheels but said that Viking Offroad sell some other "offroad" (read: tough) wheels made by Raceline which can support quite low pressure tyres without needing a beadlock.

So I had a look - they are half the weight of the Hutchinsons although if you add beadlocks (an option) then they are right up there at about the same weight.

http://vikingoffroad.com/g-wagon-wheels/


Look nice too. I'm not sold on the military look to be honest so these might make more sense. You can't have a CTIS with these though.

V10 SPM

577 posts

258 months

Sunday 18th March 2018
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The G63 has a tyre pressure monitoring system. I assume this will need to be disabled if you get new wheels?

KevinCamaroSS

12,287 posts

287 months

Tuesday 20th March 2018
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V10 SPM said:
The G63 has a tyre pressure monitoring system. I assume this will need to be disabled if you get new wheels?
Isn't the functioning of the TPMS part of the MoT now?