Fox Four Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Good evening, new to the world of Defenders (last Sunday!) I’m not too keen on the Boost Alloys, and have just bought 5 new original Wolf Rims. I’m looking to fit Michelin XZL mil spec tyres on the rims when I remortgage the house! Will I need to do anything once the Boost wheels are removed, clean the hubs, replace wheel nuts etc. I want the whole setup to look immaculate. Any advice welcome please. FF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogler Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Congratulations ;-) You might want to check the part number: ANR4583 is tubeless (think the word tubeless is on them too) ANR5593 is tubed There are also other more exotic variants. There's some discussion on the need to fit longer studs, you'll see that there will be a bit of thread left on the nuts. Majority doesn't do it though. Clean the studs and mating surface of the hub with a steel brush before fitting a wheel so there's no grot or sand between the rim and the hub. A belgian club member here lost a wheel because of that. Greetings, Joris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I believe you’ll need a set of steel wheel nuts as the alloy ones are different. Steel wheels don’t stay immaculate for long sadly, the road salt gets them all eventually. But easy enough to run down and repaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Most defintely requires new wheel nuts for steel wheels, as for the nut/stud fit, military 90/110 with these wheels get torqued to 120 to 130lbft --- refer to LR info sheet attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogler Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Oops, didn't think of the nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Four Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks everyone, torque figures very handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 If you can't get new wheels nuts for the new steel wheels I have 22 used ones that I would be willing to part with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackshifter Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Wrington Engineering do some nice looking steel wheelnuts if you want to avoid rust on them, if immaculate is what you are after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Four Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Great Cackshifter, I’ll look them up thanks : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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