Hi all, has anyone got or had these steel wheels for any amount of time. Did they rust, if so how long did it take ?
Just looking at a set of new ones, don't want to waste my money. Cheers DR.
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Had a set of Gunmetal Grey Sunraysia wheels for the past 10 years. 4 on vehicle and 2 spares, with each wheel doing over 100000kms over the period with 10000km rotations to all 6 to extend tyre wear. Vehicle a 100 series Poverty Pack.
Have done bitumen and dirt (Birdsville Track, Strzelecki Track, Roxby Borefield Road, bottom end of Oodnadatta Track, Robe River Train Road etc) and have had no issues with chips or rust on any wheel.
Very happy with them.
-- Edited by TheHeaths on Sunday 25th of August 2024 03:48:37 PM
Had "Jayco" Sunraysia style steel wheels on a discovery van - van 11 years old when sold, travelled some pretty ordinary gravel/corrugated roads, had them cake up with mud a few times as well. Used to clean them with Gernie, no chips or blemishes.
They were referred to as "Sunraysia wheels", by Jayco when purchased - but had Jayco emblem on hub.
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Had them on both my Patrols....came standard with the wide wheel pack.Did hundreds of thousands of ks between the 2 of them....and no issues at all. I think they were ROH brand .
Still got 6 in the shed .left over from a wrecked patrol...in really good nick to. They are a very tough rim it seems.
Cheers Keith
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They are very heavy - means unsprung weight is increased - with a slight increase
in possible tire damage on rough terrain, or the occasional bad pot-hole.
I would spend the xtra if you are changing and get mag substitutes.
They are very heavy - means unsprung weight is increased - with a slight increase in possible tire damage on rough terrain, or the occasional bad pot-hole.
I would spend the xtra if you are changing and get mag substitutes.
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Yes, heavier not very heavy.
Now for me, our rims are looking terrible, very hard, time consuming to clean on our caravan, so few months back I was chatting with my long time tyre man and asked the question about making our rims look nice or buy white steel rims.
His straight answer," buy white steel rims".
Long answer, the cost of doing something with the tarnished mag wheels, cost prohibited.
For the caravan 5 wheels about approx 15 kgs extra over mag wheels. I would not notice the change in performance. We are not looking for seconds on rally stage or about to set fastest lap time at race meeting.
When I am ready to replace our tyre's, I will probably go with the more economic choice of white steel rims with good load rating and similar off set.
Can't agree with that - if it was so what would be the point of "mag" wheels with their much higher cost?
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The same point as black checker plate on lower caravan walls - looks tough, (off-road).
Up selling is rampant in the caravan industry - spin a story and charge more.
Steel wheels are tougher than alloy aluminium, (note not magnesium) the image of F1 without the quality of true "Magnesium alloy" - steel less inclined to break and crack, particularly on corrugated roads.
Really tough are "Pizza cutter" split rims and truck tires - but they don't have the same visual appeal.
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I swapped out the Jayco alloys on my old van, they were 900kg LR and poor quality, back when a lot were cracking, I fitted a set of old RoH steel mags off a Nissan , they were from memory 1kg heavier than the alloys but most importantly had a rating of 1200kgs, gave them a good clean and a spray of clear, looked very schmik and felt safer ... A sand blast and powder coat would be less than new rims ... My alloys on current rig are good rims but some road works grime ate the coating on some of them and they look crap, they are on the "To Do List "..........
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The new Australian Defense Force Mercedes Benz 6x6 G Wagons on the Canning Stock Route 5 weeks ago. Wheels are aluminium. No idea of the weight rating.
I am currently building a new OKA motorhome. It will have 17" cast aluminium rims with a weight rating of over 2T each.
