Land Rover Discovery 2 On Steel Wheels - A Quick Update

[@nmda9578]

Love the vintage look those wheels give the Discovery. It looks like something you’d see in an old National Geographic video in Africa.

[@coleymixan]

I love your Rhino Lining job! Definitely doing something like that to mine once I get all my mechanical needs taken care of. Saw your rig in person at the LR show in AZ. Awesome rig--I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

[@fitzventure]

Thanks. It was great meeting you at the show.

[@xm3ntal620]

Love these. Another addition to the scarce disco 2 variety.

[@strofimios]

Nicely done(pretty expensive tho)!Except from the weight loss,with the steel ones,you might also gain some height from the tyres.Narrower rims make them ''expand" in height(the measuring rim width for your tyres is 6.5')'.Also you can fell safer when you air them down than with the 8''.

[@billveder1071]

Hey Fritz, that looks way better! Good choice on the wheels. Your land Rover definitely lost some weight between smaller tires and new wheels. Nice job bro! I'm going skinny on my new Jeep too.

[@avongil]

Excellent Job. After days of research and watching your video I have come to the conclusion that this is the way to go. Thank you for the info! I have 5 reconditioned odyssey wheels on the way.

[@fitzventure]

Nice. I'm still very happy with this setup.

[@avongil]

@@fitzventure What forum are you on? Will post pics of my setup. The boring out of them was a real PITA - so don't sweat the 300, you got a great deal.

[@fitzventure]

@@avongil I sent you an email with the link to the forum.

[@ianparsons8894]

Looks awesome with the new wheels and tyres! Gives it that rugged camel trophy style look 😍

[@georgesmally2459]

Thanks for sharing. I’ll get a set of those for my 2002 D2. Here my misadventures trying to find a solution: Few years back I was able to get one P38 spare tire from England, the last one I believe 😢 Then I bought 4 Terrafirma steel wheels, but they were sticking out and rubbing on the outside of the wheel wells at each bump. I went back to the original alloy 18” wheels with 265/70 KO2 tires. I have a 3” lift and they work perfect, but I would prefer the right size steel wheels. Thanks again for the info.

[@abelhoul]

Wow it actually look better than your old setup, this reminds me of camel trophy for some reason.

[@fitzventure]

Thanks.

[@ReyciclismoMTB]

I’m trying to find some, original steelies for my disco 1

[@JimBiddle.]

Got a set of Wolf wheels, wow are they heavy.

[@GavinEarnshaw]

Wolf style wheels :-). I love the fact that this name came from Wheel on Left Fender for the military Defenders.

[@fitzventure]

That’s an awesome fact. Never heard that before.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Not true, wheel on left Flank (fender isn’t really a term used in Britain) is a myth. It actually comes from the design team, during a meeting one of the team said ‘ if we aren’t careful this project will bite us on the arse’ the response was ‘well we had better call it Wolf then’ Wolf became the project name, but was never officially called that by the armed forces, although informally it was called that by soldiers.

[@GavinEarnshaw]

@@Jabber-ig3iw thanks for that. I was told the left flank/fender thing by one of the workers on the defender line when they were just coming out. We (a Land Rover club) went on the factory tour back in the day and noticed these slightly different 110s so asked. I don't think they were even publicly announced at that time. It is always interesting to hear the different origin stories. Like the bonnet bulge on the ford engine defender. The story I was told by a LR engineer was that Ford wouldn't allow a new structural sump to be designed as it would cost too much. So the solution was to mount it higher, needing the bonnet bulge. The fact they had to raise the centre line of the wider 6 speed gearbox meant bulkhead and floorpan changes.

[@ronstwart422]

2300 x 4 = ?

[@markswanson2716]

Great video. I wonder if there is a similar steel wheel hack for D1s/RRC? I would like wolf wheels but they are really expensive. Something like a Honda steelie that looked like a wolf wheel would be cheap as chips from the wreckers. So, any tips out there?? 🤔

[@fitzventure]

It's been a while, but from what I remember, there are many more wheel options for the D1. Not sure of any off-hand but I would ask around in the Disco forums.

[@EWOverland]

Like your paint, can you advise on spec

[@fitzventure]

It's actually Raptor Liner bed liner. It's tinted Sarge Green. Holds up very well so far.

[@EWOverland]

@@fitzventure Thanks

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

What’s the load capacity on these?

[@fitzventure]

The GVWR of the van is the same as the Disco.

[@kirksman]

Hi there. Has the drivability improved since you’ve switched to these 7 inch wheels? Has anything else improved besides the looks? Great job on the rig too!

[@fitzventure]

Thanks. Yes, drivability improved a lot. Even the turning radius improved.

[@conrad1468]

Looks great!!

[@fitzventure]

Thanks.

[@Mikodziw]

What kind of roof rack is that? Pretty cool, I like that it has a lower profile

[@fitzventure]

It's custom and came with my parts truck. Yeah, the low profile is nice.

[@christinaagneslove4070]

Love this! Could I contact you directly with question about my "99 LR Discovery ?

[@fitzventure]

Sure. You can email me at donfitz76 at outlook dott com.

[@grahamvirgil]

I like it ! I did the same ....On my 2000 Disco2.. I live in Tubac Az. Virgil Graham

[@myrongaines5542]

Are those minivan rims going to handle a heavy V8 suv?

[@fitzventure]

The Odyssey has a GVWR of 6,000 pounds and the D2 is 6063. Pretty close so I'm not concerned.

[@oscarvalles6053]

Plus the mini van payload is more than the D2 by 200lb

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

@@fitzventure minivans tend not to lift a wheel off the floor very often though. Or go off-roading.

[@fitzventure]

@@Jabber-ig3iw Well, I have put these wheels through some serious off-roading. Accidentally ended up in a rock crawling situation with them and they did just fine.

[@explorer8888]

Thanks for making and uploading this video! 2 of my wheels were stolen and I am currently looking for options. That’s how I found your channel. Do you have a link to the Amazon lug nuts pls? Thanks!

[@fitzventure]

Unfortunately, I can't find the link. Sorry.

[@ryandickinson3331]

Nice rig. Remember if it’s an inch taller tire you gain 1/2” clearance. Not a full inch.

[@nikemedngeb2742]

Atlantic british has steel wheels that are black and 16"

[@fitzventure]

Yes, and they're 8 inches wide. I needed 7 inch wide wheels.

[@nikemedngeb2742]

I get it

[@arains44]

Which front bumper are you running? I’m sure you talk about it in another video. Love the steelies.

[@fitzventure]

Thanks. The bumper is made by Goliath Off Road. Really well made.

[@donbar6480]

Land rover UK fitted standard rims , near identical to your toyota rims, on the most stock disco 2 .

[@fitzventure]

I wish we got those here. Some people would hunt in the junkyards for P38 spare tires (those same rims) but they're all long gone now.

[@johnkemple]

Why didn't you buy the wolf steel wheels? I just bought some genuine steel wheels Wolfe Nato rims for my Range rover classic.. Seems like it would have been the same price, and the steel wheels have a higher weight rating.. Which is most important when your vehicle will often have most of the weight on 2 of the wheels in off camber situations no Honda Odessey will likely experience. i guess it will work maybe inspect them carefully after 10k miles. Also the steel wheels I bought have the bead area enhanced for low tire pressures. It does look better in the thinner wheels, what it looked like before was a 4x4 with giant tires for visual effect.. They went across Africa in Land rovers with tires very similar, tall and skinny has lots of advantages.

[@fitzventure]

Getting Wolf wheels for a Discovery 2 in the US is not possible. I tried everywhere. Just can't get them. The Honda wheels have held up well in some very hard off-roading and seem to be fine. The GVWR of the Honda is the same as the Disco. Wolf wheels would probably be better though.

[@avongil]

@@fitzventure You have done great work. I have researched for days - this is the way to go in the USA.

[@raymondlogister6828]

255-85-16 was maybe also a option? But you need a 2 inch lift. I had the 255-85-16 for 7 year on my disco 2, Toyo mud great tires.

[@fitzventure]

That is a great size and I considered it. But, the diameter on those is even larger than the 285/75's. I already have a 2 inch lift, but would probably have to go 3 to fit those. The other thing is, there are very few tire choices in that size for some reason.

[@raymondlogister6828]

With a 2 inch heavy duty lift from Terra firma it fits.

[@oscarvalles6053]

Are you looking to sell your factory wheels you just took off?

[@fitzventure]

Yeah, I would sell them. They are Plastidipped black, but that does come off.

[@oscarvalles6053]

@@fitzventure how much would you want for all 5?

[@fitzventure]

@@oscarvalles6053 How about $200? Are you in AZ?

[@oscarvalles6053]

@@fitzventure am in Georgia at the moment but I’ll be in El Paso tx during the holidays and I can swing by and pick them up

[@fitzventure]

@@oscarvalles6053 I just don’t want to ship them. Let me know when you’re in town.

[@peters2860]

Whats the loadrating on those Honda rims anyways? Looking Overseas, sourcing D2 OEM S teels aint THAT hard tbh :-) Another source wich may be usefull is Volkswagen or BMW as they too have 5/120

[@fitzventure]

These are rated for 1500 pounds per wheel. BMW has some that might work but they are for cars that are pretty light.

[@peters2860]

@@fitzventure That is a low figure😑 A 5-series or X-series rim should be way higher. Not to mention a VW T5/T5 rim

[@zed91]

I'm a fan of the steel wheels. Now that every car has them, alloy wheels are so blah.

[@donbar6480]

I mean your Honda rims . sorry.

[@ronstwart422]

Just buy BMW 16 inch steels. Look the same and bolt on without any mods.

[@fitzventure]

That would be a great idea, except all of the correctly sized BMW wheels only support a GVWR of 2,300 pounds. The D2 is 6,000. Wasn't willing to risk that.

[@estebanmaldonado1395]

Your lady looks better

[@fitzventure]

Thanks.