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Personichiefeet
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I want to give our van a facelift and add new wheels. Alloys do look really good and those are my preference. I know how to find the size and year of the tyre that's already fitted but is that the figure I use when sourcing the new rims? The old ones are really nasty and I broke the trims taking them off to check the tyre pressures. Previous owner put them on with a hammer!


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you can buy a nice looking set of wheel trims off ebay for around £15 quid..

i treated my van to some.. my old ones were okay but i wanted some fake allow looking ones with nuts and spokes :)

these are the ones i went for.. they look very nice..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231292781247?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

trog

ps.. if your existing steel wheels are not damaged take them off clean them up and spray paint them black or silver.. fit the new trims and look spiffy.. the trims do hide the wheels though.. finding some new alloys may be expensive and difficult

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Personichiefeet
07/10/2014 at 10:06am
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Thanks Trog. The ones that are on at the moment are really horrid. All rusty and look terrible. I don't think any amount of tlc could change that. I had a look at the link you kindly posted and I think I'd like the full alloy's. I've had a search for them and the prices aren't bad. I just don't know what size to ask for.


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There are only a few specific caravan size wheels & not many correspond to car wheel sizes, for example 13inch 4 stud Al-ko caravan wheels are 100mm pcd & about the only car wheels of that size are old Corsa or Polo wheels but offset might be wrong & old Corsa alloys might not be of sufficient weight rating for caravan.

Unless your caravan has modern 14inch 5stud wheels with caravan specific alloy wheels available I would stick with steel wheels & trims. Any large caravan showroom will stock steel caravan wheels.

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I think you will find that the wheel bolts for steel rims are designed differently to those for alloy wheels as the locking taper directly behind the bolt head has a slightly different angle and that's a possible reason why most alloys have five studs rather than four. This means that the wheel bolts could possibly come loose which is the reason why you have to notify your insurance of any certain modifications that wasn't built as standard. Also you may find that the alloys are slightly wider which would require a wider tyre which could possibly scrape against the inner or or outer wheel arches.
I have steel rimmed wheels on my caravan and a new pair of plastic wheel trims are much cheaper, create no problems and will certainly make your caravan look better cosmetically.


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PersonGrampian91
07/10/2014 at 11:53am
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Dont forget to fit the correct wheel nuts. And then keep an eye on them. Been plenty of reports about alloy wheels coming loose.

Not so often now these days. But the torque is much higher than it used to be. An alloy off a small car may not take that torque without damaging the wheel.

Buy proper caravan wheels if you really want alloy wheels. Or fit brand new steel ones for £30 or so.

I got brand new wheels for £26/£27 some time back. I have 2 spares with the old tyres on and when i replace the current tyres i get the oldest ones removed and use the newer ones as spares.


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The price of alloy wheels are around £500 a set as £60 for a set of steel wheels


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OK It looks like the alloys are a nono. So new steel rims it is. I had a look at the existing tyres and they read: DOT Y9MC and the ' cartouch ' reads GCF 4702 am I right in thinking this tyre was made in 2002? 165 R13C.


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have a look here
http://www.caravanbreakers.net/www.caravanbreakers.net/info.php?p=9&cat=66679


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Quote: Originally posted by Big Roy on 07/10/2014
have a look here
http://www.caravanbreakers.net/www.caravanbreakers.net/info.php?p=9&cat=66679


Bookmarking that site. Thanks Roy.


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Personjeff juke
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If your buying new alloys you must get ones for a caravan not a car and the proper bolts to fit..

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Personichiefeet
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Ive binned the idea of alloys Jeff. I'll follow the good folks advice and go with steel rims and new tyres. I just checked the rest of the tyres and the dates on them are the same 4702. What I read says week 47 year '02. That's criminal.


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12 year old tyres. Oh dear... I would be worried about those.

I wouldnt even keep those as spares. Stick them on over winter whilst not being moved maybe?


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you can buy complete wheel and tyre combinations.. look for trailer parts.. add new trims of choice to the wheels.. there are tons to choose from..

the trims are car ports..

trog


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a pic of my cheapo wheel trims on the van.. not quite the real thing but for just over ten quid not a bad attempt.. :)



trog


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Its a shame you are not near me in the east kent area
I have just refurbished a pair of 8x400 trailer wheels using paint stripper to remove all old paint & a wire brush in a drill to prepare the bare metal I repainted them using
ALDI;s bare metal spray primer & metal paint in a tin

the result is very good (upsetting though as I also bought a pair of new wheels & tyres off Ebay I could have saved my self £60
I also have 3 spare 14 inch wheel trims you could have for free.



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