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I'm just off Broadway and will be on the lookout - so if you see a black LR4 wave at you - it's me!
I'll have to get on that Land Rover mailing list - I actually dropped mine in for a service today and was speaking to Tyler (from LR Service) and he mentioned the Sunday run which I would have arranged around if I'd known.
Hey guys ... just came back from discount tire and wanted to close the loop on the ATX or rather the AX194 aspect of this thread.
In short - the AX194 wheel from American Racing didn't fit. The front calipers rub - ever so slightly - in fact you can actually turn the wheel by hand with mild force. But bottom line - it rubs against the calipers.
In another day and age, I'd have driven off and let the caliper and wheel sort themselves out with a few good miles together!
So - Tyler the DT representative rang American Racing and they reckon the AX181 Artillery wheel will work. I saw on some other threads that someone's tried this - so I'll be researching this tonight.
FWIW (and probably off-topic) I'm contemplating my options at the moment:
1. Go a 19" OEM replica and put on the Goodyear Duratrac 255/55/19 which has the extra sidewall protection and a higher load rating.
2. Research the 18" AX181 OR go the Compomotive 18".
3. Maintain the 20" OEM and go the Nitto Terra Grapplers 265/50/20.
4. Grind the calipers - probably not a real option in my mind.
Dan - it's great that you're sorted. Hopefully I'm not far behind.
Joseph, not sure what you have decided but since these forums are here for peoples opinions I will throw out a couple thoughts:
1) I don't think the 19" Duratrac's are available in the US. Maybe things have changed but last I looked I couldn't find anything. But having these tires on one of my previous Jeeps they are a pretty good tire.
2) Have you looked at any of the other ATX models? I know there is one wheel that looks more like it would design wise fit the LR4 nicely but it has to be custom drilled for our bolt pattern.
3) If you have access to cheap Compo's then that is a good deal. I would go that route. I see you are in Colorado, I really wouldn't want to wheel with the 20" wheels out there. Only good thing is 20" tires are getting cheaper and OEM wheels are cheap to find on eBay.
4) If you go over to expedition portal and look up their LR4 build you will see that they had no issues by lightly grinding down the front calipers of the LR4. I think if you like the wheels you just tried to fit you could easily grind a small amount off the caliper and be just fine.
I think the best thing to do is to find an 18" wheel and put a meaty tire on it. Plus if you like the ATX wheel, how far did it stick out? Could you fit a spacer?
Epiclr4,
1- DuraTrac is available on treaddepot and others (as well as local retailer), in 254/55R19 it runs for 244 with free shipping on TD
2- ATX AX181 (artillery) might be the way to go. I'm going to try the KMC XD778 (monster) as it's wider.
3- cheap Compos are on eBay. 4 for $1,000 plus $450 shipping. Barry from Compomotive UK isn't sure they'll fit (according to him they might be early specs).
4- I had to grind my front calipers quite a bit when I had my LR3 18s with spacers. No problem and the brake dust quickly hides it even from a trained eye.
5- ATX or KMC or others with spacers will work.
I'm personally trying to not use spacers. The offset on those rims is about 35 so the wheels will stick out by about 18mm more than stock. Doesn't leave much room to stay within the fender extension...