Cairns - buying steel wheel/tyre

[peter_mcc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close peter_mcc]

I'm after a bit of help from anyone in the Cairns area. We hire out our Tvan which was on its way back from the Cape when things went wrong. It's about to get trucked to Coen with busted suspension and a ruined wheel/tyre. At the moment the most likely outcome is me flying to Cairns tomorrow (Wednesday) with the parts and driving up to Coen to fix it.

I'd like to get another wheel & tyre in Cairns to take along - it's got 17" steel Prado 120 rims at the moment. Does anyone know where I could get one at short notice in Cairns tomorrow?

thanks
Peter

[D4Dforme Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4Dforme]

When I lived there a few years ago City Tyres were good to deal with..........Pacific Toyota may also have a new wheel in stock also...Roughly $120 ea is what I paid for mine a few years ago.

Plenty of wreckers there that would more than likely have one or two laying around also.

Dan

[peter_mcc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close peter_mcc]

I didn't have much time so rang a few places looking for a new one - Tyre Power in Cairns ended up having one. They were great to deal with too. I turned up at 4:50 and they had it fitted & balanced with a "roaded" new Grandtrek by 5!