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HonestTony
 


Member Since: 20 Apr 2017
Location: The Kingdom of Wessex
Posts: 63

United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Tonga GreenDiscovery 3
Wheel Porn and MPG


Having benefited from this site for my 3 weeks of D3 ownership I would like to make a contribution

My D3 came with the 19" rims- even the spare was the same - I wanted to check the air in the spare so got it off - but it was unfeasibly heavy to manouver? also right pig to install the winch into it.

Anyway I always planned to get some 18" rims to use with some A/T for the winter

So yesterday i picked up 4 18" alloys and a R19 steel spare wheel with the Temp 175 tire - much easier to lift on the winch!

Anyway when loading the 18" rims into the car I noticed that they felt lighter than the 19"s

So when I got them home I found that they have a mix of tires - one if which is a wrangler - and I also have a wrangler on the 19"

So in the photo we have

255/60R18
255/55R19

So I got the scales out and guess what:

19" weighs 5.2 Stone
18" weighs 4.4 stone

The tires weigh the same so a straight upgrade from R19 to R18 would reduce rotational resitance by more than 3 stone!

I have aye fitted them yet - they still need cleaning and new tires - but you dont need to be a rocket scientist to expect a few more MPG from the lighter wheels!!!

Does anyone want the 19Inchers?
  
Post #181496514th May 2017 6:03 pm
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blounty
 


Member Since: 27 Oct 2016
Location: lichfield
Posts: 25

England 2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Stornoway GreyDiscovery 4

how much ?
  
Post #181719720th May 2017 6:34 pm
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lynalldiscovery
 


Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Im surprised the tyres weigh the same?
  
Post #181722020th May 2017 8:34 pm
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HonestTony
 


Member Since: 20 Apr 2017
Location: The Kingdom of Wessex
Posts: 63

United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Tonga GreenDiscovery 3

3 wheels have Goodyear Wrangler on 5mm
2 are Pirelli Scorpion Zero with 7mm

Rims could do with refurb, so £450 ovno
 D3 2004 HSE
D2 1999 TD5 Auto GS - Sold
D2 2000 TD5 Auto ES - Sold
D1 1993 200TDI - Most off road fun- scrapped
RR LSE Brooklands 1994 - sold 
 
Post #181739621st May 2017 1:51 pm
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al cope
 


Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10289

England 

try lifting 21"s Shocked

Al
 Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD 
 
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