Hi all
Looking at the td4-e which looks great!
It comes with style pack at present whickh includes 19" alloys.
I am sure these are fine on road and beach but I am concerned if I take them on rocky roads etc.
My options are to have a set of 17s for this but storage/cost and changing wheels is prohibitive.
Has anyone else had this concern?
Would I be crazy to specify 17s?
Thanks

19's will off road nearly as well as smaller wheels but aggressive tyres will not be available in that size, so if your not to worried about 100% traction and dont mind a few wheel scratches 19 are fine, if your a bit of a car polishing type or a fervent off roader then stick to 17's.
extra 17's are plentiful in the UK on here or ebay etc Im sure they are harder to find in OZ. I think Dorko found some after market ones fairly cheap in Sydney ????

edit Perth but its still the same continent
edit edit he got the wheels from Queensland ... (the Queen of England that is, your owner )
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Thanks chicken
Most my offroading in the past has been fairly tame.... sand islands etc but have driven some fairly rocky tracks.
Will check ebay
Thanks

Depends on how "cool" you want to look.

If you are a real Landy driver, 17s are the only way to go  We Don't Care About Pot Holes !!

Hello, 19's will get eaten by sharp rocks on gravel roads out here, the low profile will cause the sidewall to pinch against the rim. Also pretty ordinary on the beach or dunes as you get no ballooning. Dorko is in Perth I think but he bought 17's from a dealer in QLD from memory. His FL2 got written off in a hail storm and he has a D4 now so he might have some wheels.
Mike

Just as an extra note, you will also loose MPG with the 19" wheels.

surely a larger wheel with lower profile tyre gives lower rolling resistance and higher mpg?
the rolling circumference of all the wheels sizes are the same At work
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Exactly what I thought, but apparently not. The larger the wheel the lower the MPG.

Sorry Wiz but that seems to defy physics. If larger wheel means larger circumference then yes but the circumference is the same if the diameter is the same so mpg will only be affected by resistance. Where did you get your info on that?

Aaked a dealer when trying to work out why one car was different MPG to another, he explained it was the wheels size. Appears I was fooled!!

On the bigger 4X4 then you can put a lift kit on the suspension which allows bigger wheels and tyres and that certainly affects odometer, speedo and mpg?

Maybe that was what he was referring to.

It might be that when you have bigger rims, which means somewhat heavier tyres overall can effect a bit. But I haven't seen any weight comparison of the two so I might be bull ing. 2010 Freelander 2 Select TD4 auto....gone
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 auto ...current

alloys should weigh less than the tyres so bigger = less rubber = lighter wheel. providing the width stays the same At work
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