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Freelander 2 Wheels. - cutter7 - 14-09-2011 08:31am
Can anybody advise me, Will the 20" Wheels on the Freelander 2, fit the Evoque?
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - XFullFatTim - 14-09-2011 08:41am
The hubs are the same but what is the profile of a Freelander 2 20" - I didn't think there was an OEM 20" for Freelander2......
Edit - just checked and there are no OEM 20" wheel for Freelander so they must be after market wheels. 20' wheels from RRS/D4/FFRR will not fit without spacers as the stud pattern is different
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - cutter7 - 14-09-2011 08:56am
These are Wolfrace Wheels, Vermont Black 8.5 x 20" (not OEM) and i'm told will fit the Freelander2 ?
Tyre Profile is 275x40x20.
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - XFullFatTim - 14-09-2011 09:11am
The twenties on my are 245/45R20
I would be very careful changing alloys for Non OEM, Land Rover is very sensitive to running wheels they have not approved and will immediately void your warranty if you take the car into a dealership with them on.
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - gead - 14-09-2011 10:59am
Thats pretty crazy if they void the whole warranty because of aftermarket rims....if the fuel pump carks it, what has that got to do with my fully hecktik aftermarket rims?...
What is the stud pattern for the evoque/freelander?
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - cutter7 - 14-09-2011 11:06am
(14-09-2011 10:59am)gead Wrote: Thats pretty crazy if they void the whole warranty because of aftermarket rims....if the fuel pump carks it, what has that got to do with my fully hecktik aftermarket rims?...5x108 et35, 5x108 et45,
What is the stud pattern for the evoque/freelander?
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - gead - 14-09-2011 11:13am
Thanks....just checked tire rack...not a lot of quality options available...
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - XFullFatTim - 14-09-2011 01:08pm
If you read any car makers warranty very carefully I think you will find that most have what might appear to be "unreasonable" clauses, but you can choose to ignore them if you want and run your car on whatever wheels you want, just don't expect any sympathy or goodwill if things go wrong.
I think I have said elsewhere that LR has been having huge warranty claims on FFRR and RRS over transmission problems due to people running wheels the car was never design to have - mainly people who fit 22/24 and even 26" wheels on cars designed to run nothing bigger than 19's. The problem is that LR designs it's cars to be off road capable straight out of the showroom, it writes its warranty accordingly. To be so competent off road means compromises and one of them is that while the transmissions are designed to handle the worst that off road use can throw at them they are not designed to run equipment not meant for off road use.
Freelander 2 Wheels. - gead - 14-09-2011 01:23pm
Fair call about the monster size wheels, but if you were running wheels of equivalent size to OEM, surely this would not void your warranty...???
RE: Freelander 2 Wheels. - XFullFatTim - 14-09-2011 01:33pm
I don't know is the honest answer - you could ask you dealer what their policy is. Some dealerships turn a blind eye to remaps and will do warranty work on engines that have been tweaked. Aftermarket wheels are the same.
One thing to make sure before you fit any aftermarket wheel to any LR product is that the wheel is the correct load rating, LR's including the Evoque are quite heavy cars and you can void your insurance running wheels not strong enough. Evoque is billed as the lightest land Rover ever - it's true but it is still a lot heavier than a normal car of the same size.
One dealer in the UK was actually selling cars that they had remapped but they for caught because of a road traffic accident when an owner didn't know his car had been modified and hadn't told the insurer. LR got involved and threatened to take away the franchise.