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  • Originally posted by Phs View Post
    Any chance you could pm me there details
    It was seller "wheel_tyre_warehouse" on eBay but IIRC we ended up doing the transaction outside of eBay to get that price and because I asked him to split the tyres from the rims. I got all the wheelnuts too excluding the locking nut for the spare which I re-used from the factory rims. It was back in late 2015 though, I only used them in 2016 once I'd had the powder coating done and my tyres came into stock.

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    • Whats the smallest size rim I can fit to a Kakadu ?

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      • You can fit 17s with the correct offset. Plenty are running FJ wheels at P15 which is still legal.

        Guessing you mean diameter as opposed to width
        My 150 build - http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread.php?27423-A-Random-approach-to-a-Bluestorm-150-GXL-D4D-automatic

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        • Thanks to all the comments in the thread and a whole bunch if other research I changed the 18" wheels of my 2014 VX with KDSS for 17" as follows:

          17" wheels from a 2015 FJ Cruiser picked up through gumtree but had a mind bending time trying to get them transported from Glass House Mountains to Canberra. All the regular freight companies wanted stupid amounts to transport them. Finally did the old "it's who you know not what you know" and a friend of a friend came to the rescue (for $500).

          17" with +15 offset was perfect and I fitted the maximun (legal) boots - 275 x 70 x 17 Cooper Discoverer ST Maxx LTs (5 off). Note that the spare does NOT fit under the factory wheel cover.

          Added to this a CalOffroad 2" lift using medium Fox adjustable front coil-overs with adjustable upper control arms, Medium duty rear spings with Fox shocks, Airbagman in-coil bags to assist with extra weight of camper trailer complete with in-cab pressure adjustment :-)
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          WellStyledVX
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          Last edited by WellStyledVX; 23-05-2017, 01:29 AM.

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          • Looks Great Wellstyled.

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            • Very nice,

              TheFJ rims look great
              Has your fuel economy suffered a lot ? I am looking at the same equivalent in an 18

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              • The on-board fuel consumption calculations show an approx fuel usage increase of about 5% but due to the tyre circumference being 5% longer I'm actually traveling 5% more that the computer thinks. So end story is no discernible difference in fuel consumption.
                Note that the speedo now read 100km\h when doing 100km\h when just about all oem speedos read 4-5 km\h less. i.e 100km\h when you are actually travelling at 95km\h. This can be verified by using s GPS that shows the correct speed as it continuously calculates distance over time and is generally more accurate.

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                • And now your odometer is incorrect......

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                  • Any one got a photo of there prado with the older 2013 fJ rims ?

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                    • Hi everyone, I have a 2012 150 VX with 2" lift and was looking at going down the 17" option.... after reading this and other threads I was concerned to hear the gxl rims could not be used and would faul. So I tried anyway and did not have any fauling on the kdss or other components spoken about.
                      Can anyone eleborate as to what is touching? I have been full lock both directions and still have clearance around components. Went for drive and did not notice anything either.

                      The only item I have a concern with is the upper control arm if wheels are upgraded to 265/70 (which I was intending on doing)?
                      Am I missing something?


                      Last edited by JF150; 21-08-2017, 08:23 AM.

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                      • Update:
                        Completed upgrade from oem 18" rims to 17" and went upto 265/70 bfg ko2.
                        No rubbing at full lock.

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                        • Interested to see a photo of the rims.

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                          • Hi Amts,

                            They are just the gxl rims


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                            • So after a lot of reading I thought I'd just try fitting some 265/70 coopers AT3 on 17" GXL rims to my 2016 kakadu.
                              The outcome no rubbing, plenty of clearance under full lock and compression and this is without any lift mod. Click image for larger version

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                              Am I missing something here????

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                              • Popped my brothers ZR wheels with 265/65r18 KO1s on, 99% sure there the same offset as the Std kak and on full lock the upper arms are extreamly close

                                Drivers side


                                Passanger side

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