NEW WHEELS for our VW Crafter Camper Conversion | Swamper Look!!

[@gordonlennox4501]

An important point which you mentioned but slightly skipped over was the wheel nut spacings and the curious way of measuring this.

[@aidanmaccormac9125]

Welcome to the BF Goodrichs Ko2s all terrain gang. I have mine nearly 2yrs now on my 06 Renault Master campervan. Great tyers mine are 16". Wouldn't swap them for any other tyre. All the best with u'r conversion from Irish vanlifer here in a damp Irish Midlands.

[@carolspencer5844]

love the video guy, the van will be awesome when its finished. Little tip, take down the headliner over the cab and insulate well. (maybe you did already). i didnt do mine and when in cold weather touring the condensation will roll down the liner and into the cup holders!!! Definitely worth the time and effort. Just finished doing mine today. cant wait for the next video.

[@iNDI_VAN_A_JONES]

Those rouges are amazing! I need to create more content to be able to afford something like these for my crafter

[@dominicbuckley8]

Love the wheels love the look of the crafter

[@marcgraham2275]

Great looking 👀 wheels they really make the van look totally different nice video 👍😉👏

[@madmorphie]

Reading central UK...lol.... Which map do you guys use ...only a southerner could thing thats central ...keep up the good stuff tho guys always look forward to the updates

[@ABusAndBeyond]

I’ve included Gibraltar into the equation 😂

[@lucygodfrey2964]

Wow they look amazing 👏

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thanks Lucy

[@PoshcatsCamping]

The wheels really suit the Crafter. Excellent choice and great technical explanation. Thanks for taking the time to share 😃👍 Trev

[@iNDI_VAN_A_JONES]

I laid my crafter flooring but it got splashed with paint and stuff from the build so I tore it up and fitted one in after the units were built. Be so cool to watch your build.

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thank you very much for watching. We’ve put some floor protector down as I’m worried about ruining our floor 😬

[@iNDI_VAN_A_JONES]

That's where I went so wrong hahaha

[@urbanarkoverland]

Well that was a lovely surprise. Thanks. And, you know where I am.

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thanks mate. 👍

[@VanVibesandSibes]

Love how those wheels and tyres look on your van 👍🏻

[@iaincrawford5595]

Love the new wheels (our Twisted Land Rover 90 and VW T6.1 Campervan both have BF Goodrich All Terrain tyres on them) but only someone from down south would say "Reading is fairly central in the UK"! 😂

[@andyblake1849]

We’re in Lincolnshire- is that way up North then? 😂 Cheers

[@jasonnewton7969]

Absolutely awesome we’re testing out our new 8man tent 😢😢 in June wish it was a tourer 😉😉

[@SteveField]

💥The wheels look great!! really suits the van👌👌

[@Biged0156]

Well presented video Shaun, only Reading is not fairly central to us in Northumberland 🤣😂, but may consider them for our new Burstner, if it ever arrives.

[@bridgefootcottage]

Good work on the new floor for van. Wheels and tyres look great. Interested to see how the trail tyres look on a crafter, I’ve been thinking of getting same for our GC680 whenever it gets built… I have the BFG all-terrains on my Hilux, but don’t really want them on van which won’t be driving stuff Hilux does, and the 3-5mpg hit. Hoping the BFG trails less impact on mpg, and ok in snow and some tracks and fields etc

[@dayofdaysdotbe]

Have a look at Toyo tires. Cost half the amount of popular tires and are very good.

[@jenny80myles]

In case you do get a flat on the side of the road, try moving the handle bar to mostly one side of the socket instead of equal length on either side. You get better leverage that way and may not need a breaker bar. :)

[@pamfreeman5197]

Now look, the Missus did tell you to have three Weetabix that morning... but would you listen?! Tut, tut. You pretending you couldn't shift the old wheels and then driving around the block so as to pretend to go to a tyre place called Flintstone, was all a sham!! We know the truth when we see it........ And what SUPERB camerawork taken by the Missus! Brilliant ... and thank you!! Thank you both for another exciting episode. It's coming along a treat so keep your patience and eye for detail and you'll be fine. All best wishes, Pam xx

[@fionawills2111]

Haha...I can vouch for the route to Flintstone Tyres, a really excellent company, who we've been using for our cars for many years. I recognised the workshop before seeing the exterior shots.

[@pamfreeman5197]

@@fionawills2111 excellent!!

[@gordonlennox4501]

In Scotland we use porridge

[@pamfreeman5197]

@@gordonlennox4501 oh very good! Excellent!

[@terryharbert3837]

Well done guys keep up the videos the wheels and tyres look good to me what’s going on here there’s to many wheels and tyres police out there lol

[@steveallen8987]

Remember that if your new wheels are larger than the originals your Speedo will read your speed low, and the gearing ratios may be effected. Steve

[@greigallan1973]

We have the same wheels. They look ace on. They are fuel zephyrs btw.

[@colinlee5429]

They look great against that beautiful green 💚👌

[@jeanettesmart9990]

Hi Life’s To Short are looking for advice on a new Campervan and I suggested to have a look at your site….your the best 👍⭐️

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thanks so much! V kind!

[@matauboy]

I'm wondering if it's affected the gearing and altered the speedo reading. Also load ratings are temperature sensitive. I've seen rated tyres start to delaminate with a full load, 35c heat and 70mph speeds.

[@timmo3351]

Did the defender go? Apologies if you’ve mentioned it before!

[@JessopRyan]

They are in reading so fairly central in the U.K. 😂😂 19:20

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Surely it is if we add Gibraltar into the mix 😂

[@JessopRyan]

@@ABusAndBeyond fair enough! Sorry Gibraltar!

[@watcher24601]

Still off if you include the Falklands

[@JessopRyan]

@@watcher24601 😂😂

[@Minirigs]

Great video. However I'm surprised you fitted such a low load rating.. with an xlwb you will probably be running at near or over the rear axel limit. Not much margin on safety there. Best of luck but I would put money on that rear axel being near 2T once you are fully loaded.. Look great. What's the road noise like?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

You’re breaking the law if you exceed the axle load limit regardless of what tyres are fitted so providing the tyres are rated higher than the axle load limit, it is legal

[@Minirigs]

@@ABusAndBeyond of course... it just doesn't give you scope to uprate the van if you need to.. plus giving you a larger margin of safety. Given that a higher load rating is available with the same tyre why not go for it?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

There isn’t a higher load rating unless you increase the profile, which would rub on the inner arch. We did say that if we have to up-plate the van, we would probably have to change the wheels and/or tyres

[@Minirigs]

@@ABusAndBeyond Ah I see... you know what you're doing so should manage to keep it under! hope the rest of the build goes well.

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thanks Dave 👍

[@colinhollywood8254]

These wheel and tyres look great on your van! Just wondering how the wear on the tyres is doing... the Trail Terrain tyres have a (relatively) low maximum tyre pressure (44psi) and there are reports of excessive/rapid tyre wear on heavier vehicles such as campervans. I have a Hymer Free 600S Campus on order and hope to fit similar!

[@ABusAndBeyond]

We haven’t done enough miles yet as the van is still being built so can’t really comment on the wear I’m afraid. We will get away in it a few times this summer so will assess it again after we’ve done a few trips

[@davidhughes7041]

Did The wheel supplier install metal stem tpms valves when they supplied your wheels?

[@CampervanTime]

Looking great Shaun. How are you finding Trail Terrains vs the All Terrains you had before on the T6? Noise, handling/ride, MPG etc ? Really fancying these tyres for our new van, in due course!

[@ABusAndBeyond]

So far so good. I’ve only done one reasonably long drive and they’re very quiet and they definitely improve the ride. However the ATs we had on the T6 were very quiet when we first got them, they then got louder as we put more miles on so until I’ve done that with these it’s difficult to tell. They are rated quieter than the ATs so I’m sure they will be better

[@tospicy4ya]

Do you have lock bolts for them ?

[@fortygreen]

Do you find water collects in the rims?

[@richardsracingmad]

I’m jelly….you got FREE Rogue Alloys.

[@Simon_PieMan]

Great wheels. Any issues with speedometer? I guess sizes the same?

[@tombosson]

did you have to fit a spigot ring for the hub or did the wheels come with this pre-installed?

[@cirkuscederstrom]

Lean green camping machine- your vans name is now shrek! Monster gorgeous with those tyres

[@paulgarrad1581]

What aspect ratio did you go for and why as wide as 275's? How did it affect you speedo?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

They’re 245/65R17 and the Speedo is almost exactly the same as GPS recorded speed

[@alanbenham4139]

Cool wheels. Glad I'll not be the one cleaning them though :)

[@russmcphillips3642]

Is that a jogger? Like the colour

[@ABusAndBeyond]

It is a Jogger! It is the Cali replacement!

[@russmcphillips3642]

@@ABusAndBeyond I nearly bought one. Still tempted. Happy with it?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Very! It’s a surprising decent car!

[@russmcphillips3642]

@@ABusAndBeyond I think we used to take the piss out of Dacias, now I think the way they are building and marketing them I expect they’ll be extremely popular. Look how many Dusters on the road.

[@oscarcanelo6262]

Love VWs ❤❤❤❤

[@LittleCamperNZ]

Wouldn't changing from 16inch to 17inch mean that you kilometres and speed will be different?

[@PHN-2024]

Bottom Line is Regardless if the Wheels are Bad for the Vehicle, Free is Free!

[@pamfreeman5197]

Just bye the bye ...is your Crafter the XLWB or the LWB? Call me nosey... I'm interested!

[@trevorredman7182]

Have you informed your Insurance company? Different size and non-standard maybe an interest to them. I have just fitted genuine wheels to my motor,albeit an inch bigger and they noted it on my policy.

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Yes informed insurance

[@ricburling8292]

Hi van is looking great do you have a name for your van. I have a dark metallic green t5 quite a rare colour for a t5 who we have named Gruner wagon looking forward to seeing more videos thanks Rick

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Ours is called Thunderbird 2 😂 thank you very much for watching, great name you’ve chosen 👍

[@viktorlonek6514]

FYI, knowing that everybody in UK uses this weird load rating formula, which ingnores the laws of physics, and just asumes equal tyre load on a moving vehicle (emergency braking, going steep downhill or uphill, turning sharply) etc, us in the EU have to follow the vehicle’s CoC (Certificate of Conformity) listed tyre sizes and load ratings, and 111T on R17 wheels would not be legal… Actually on our XLWB Crafter (140bhp Auto) the only legal17” tyre is 235/60 R17T 117R… So these tyres in case someone checks would not be legal match for that vehicle in the EU…

[@Jonbuildz]

what is the year of this van mate?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

It’s a late 2021 👍

[@waynef4388]

Quick geography lesson for everyone, Reading is most certainly not central in the UK 😂 only a southerner would make such a remark! There is a whole world looming once you go beyond Milton Keynes. Lord help those that are in Carlisle, it must feel like living on the polar ice cap so far away from the ‘central’ region😂

[@peterdrury8859]

If you get a puncture can you use your spare wheel with those alloys?

[@ABusAndBeyond]

The rolling radius is different so I wouldn’t risk it. Plus there’s a water tank where the spare wheel was now so we don’t have a spare at the minute anyway 😂

[@KB-vg4kv]

i think weve seen all this before with the California. Same old and more money than sense.

[@amacmedia3221]

Reading is central to mostly everyone? 😂

[@Kn0bby]

Nice alloys…. The tyres look like protrude beyond the bodywork.. Check out the plastic arches you can fit..

[@ABusAndBeyond]

Thanks, will do!

[@LeedsJimbo82]

😍

[@sambowks]

Thats not a great tyre wrench. you should be able to stand on one end

[@matc1603]

Bit embarrassing getting someone to put your wheels on for you.

[@grandwagoneer7785]

what size is that???