BogMonster Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Does anybody know of an aftermarket copy of the 7x16 "Castor" alloys? - they were the standard fit on many 300Tdi Discoverys with 205R16 tyres, if the vehicle didn't have the Freestyle upgrade. There are copies of the Boost, Deep Dish and Freestyle rims readily available but I have never seen a copy of the Castor wheel - possibly because it looks a bit poo compared to the others but we have a vehicle on the company fleet which needs 1 due to an idiot who had a puncture and didn't know how to do up wheel nuts properly don't want to replace all the wheels due to the cost relative to the age of the vehicle, and LR don't make the gen-ewe-whine ones any more... A not very good picture: Ta BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Just fit the spare and leave a 'new' spare as a different design? As cost is a constraint this would seem the cost effective way to keep up the image without breaking the bank. If you have done that once already, and only had 4 Castor alloys, one of which is now defunct, then simply make one of the three remaining Castors the spare, and fit two of Castor design to one side of the vehicle, and two of another design to the other side. It's always interesting to see how many people notice, or not, as the case maybe. Hope this Helps <Grin>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 The other two are steel but you are right, there are a lot of unobservant people out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Like you say Stephen, no copies because they're so friggin ugly! Maybe someone could keep an eye out at the next autojumble for an odd one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Stephen, if you manage to source any, I'll quite happily hold them for you until your next UK trip. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Don't know if you registered with Eblag.com (the US site), but I think this is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Thanks Mo No idea when that will be at this stage tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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