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Personjayjay31
12/11/2009 at 8:59pm
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Hi all

I have a light weight small 2 berth tourer its 20 years old and only weights 550kg. It has some old and tired looking wheels on it , i would like to put some alloy wheels on it to make it look a bit more modern, Is it possible to put any 13" alloys that would fit or do i need special load rated wheels and tyres ?

cheers

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Laurent
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If its only 550kgs I can't see a problem using alloy wheels & tyres off a car. The tyres should be less than 5 yrs old tho & you must use the correct nuts/studs.

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Quote: Originally posted by Laurent on 13/11/2009
If its only 550kgs I can't see a problem using alloy wheels & tyres off a car. The tyres should be less than 5 yrs old tho & you must use the correct nuts/studs.

I would recommend using caravan alloys though. Car wheels have a varying range of off-sets (ET's), and you could easily end up buying something that was no use to you.
As Laurent mentioned, you must use the appropriate nuts/bolts. As well as that, they must be torqued up correctly - normally around 85 ft.lbs., as opposed to 65 ft.lbs. for steel wheels.


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I'm guessing the op is working to a budget here tho. Its true enough car wheels, even steel ones shouldn't be used on a large caravan & van tyres should be used as well, but car tyres are usually specified on a caravan of this weight so I can't see a problem using car alloys provided they would fit in the wheel arches without fouling at full suspension travel.



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I would renovate the wheels either professionally or have a go your self and have some new tyres fittted. IMHO original looks best!

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Personmichael
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lots of alloy's on ebay but some are car wheels so double check this.one shows disc brakes through the wheel now thats a new one for a caravan.

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Hi Michael

Did you ever get the desired alloys17



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I took my old wheels to a local specialist and had them all inc spare sand blasted and powder coated.

they now look as good as new and cost me approx £20 per wheel.

regards

John


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Quote: Originally posted by JohnG on 14/11/2009

Hi Michael

Did you ever get the desired alloys17

hi john,no never did.not given up yet.thanks for asking.

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Michael

Enjoy the anticipation17



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