Team Banded Brothers.

[coullstar]

Gents, anyone ever weighed a set of Amaroks? 8.5 and 9in?

 

[dErZ]

Gents, anyone ever weighed a set of Amaroks? 8.5 and 9in?

Not sure if this helps but I checked some old notes when I got my Banded Amaroks from Duchy.

Falken FK510 255/45 18" 103 Load rating

Weight 28.5KG



17" GP OEM wheels with 215/60 Contivan Contact 107-109 load rating

Weight 27.20KG

 

[coullstar]

Thanks, with tyres then. I'd assume around 10kg per tyre so around 18kg for banded steels then.

 

[Leemondo12]

Just picked these up banded by Duchy in bronze, going on a silver van so not sure if I should get them powder coated black or silver? What do you think?

 

[RedUn]

I'd go silver or chrome personally, I feel you loose a lot of detail in the darker colours, they don't pop as much

 

[Doulsy]

I like the chrome

 

[Leemondo12]

Can i ask what is the general consensus on how far I need to lower the van with 18" banded steels? I am looking at all the suspensions at the minute and don't want to make an expensive mistake. I don't want to buy a kit that in the end doesn't go low enough to make the steels look good.

Thanks

Lee

 

[The Van Cave]

Can i ask what is the general consensus on how far I need to lower the van with 18" banded steels? I am looking at all the suspensions at the minute and don't want to make an expensive mistake. I don't want to buy a kit that in the end doesn't go low enough to make the steels look good.

Thanks

Lee

For me, get it as low as you can! SoLow LOW would be my choice, I just think they look better and better the lower you go!

If the budget allows then go for SoLow AIR and you’ll never be able to park your van without looking back at it again.

 

[Dellmassive]

Can i ask what is the general consensus on how far I need to lower the van with 18" banded steels? I am looking at all the suspensions at the minute and don't want to make an expensive mistake. I don't want to buy a kit that in the end doesn't go low enough to make the steels look good.

Thanks

Lee

on mine. . .

T32 LWB

40mm drop (from standard) on standard OEM Sportline suspension,

18" banded . . . with a heavy load in the back.

 

[Duncan Mowlem]

Mine are not banded but are 18 inch steels with so low coil overs..

 

[Leemondo12]

Me again! I've been through this thread front to back and back to front so many times! The steels I've bought have 245/45/18 tyre's but i see a lot of guys on 255/45/18 and other sizes as well. I have gone for STX coil overs so not massively low and I want to loose the arch gap so what we thinking?

Any advice greatly appriciated.

Thanks

Lee

 

[T6ARF]

Me again! I've been through this thread front to back and back to front so many times! The steels I've bought have 245/45/18 tyre's but i see a lot of guys on 255/45/18 and other sizes as well. I have gone for STX coil overs so not massively low and I want to loose the arch gap so what we thinking?

Any advice greatly appriciated.

Thanks

Lee

Lee how low are you on your new coilovers?

 

[Leemondo12]

Lee how low are you on your new coilovers?

Im not yet, plan on fitting them when i get home from offshore, but ill be going as low as i can on the STX.

Cheers Lee

 

[JB_T5.1]

Stx drop circa 60mm whether that is low enough is personal preference.

255 45 18 are typically 103 rated for a t32 hence a lot of members have them. What load rating are your 245 45 18 tyres and what load capacity is your van?

 

[Leemondo12]

Stx drop circa 60mm whether that is low enough is personal preference.

255 45 18 are typically 103 rated for a t32 hence a lot of members have them. What load rating are your 245 45 18 tyres and what load capacity is your van?

T28

Cheers Lee

 

[T6ARF]

Im not yet, plan on fitting them when i get home from offshore, but ill be going as low as i can on the STX.

Cheers Lee

I don’t know anything about the STX and how low they can go at their max, but just to give you a visual example…. this is my van lowered to 80mm…. both sets of wheels are 18”…. the top picture is with 255/45 tyres all round and the bottom picture is with 235/50 tyres all round. Hope this helps?

 

[Leemondo12]

I don’t know anything about the STX and how low they can go at their max, but just to give you a visual example…. this is my van lowered to 80mm…. both sets of wheels are 18”…. the top picture is with 255/45 tyres all round and the bottom picture is with 235/50 tyres all round. Hope this helps?
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That’s perfect, my vans silver as well . It looks like your rims are grey in the first picture and black in the second? Do you have any side on pictures of the van with the 235 tyres in?

Thanks Lee

 

[T6ARF]

That’s perfect, my vans silver as well . It looks like your rims are grey in the first picture and black in the second? Do you have any side on pictures of the van with the 235 tyres in?

Thanks Lee

You’re right, they are two different sets of wheels…. it’s just never easy to get any detail in a side on picture with black wheels…. they just look black if you know what I mean? Anyway….

 

[Leemondo12]

Cheers thats great.

Theres not much in it is there? What was your reasoning for two different sizes of tyres?

Thanks

Lee

 

[T6ARF]

Cheers thats great.

Theres not much in it is there? What was your reasoning for two different sizes of tyres?

Thanks

Lee

Yeah there’s not much in it at all…. the sidewall on the 235 is slightly taller, but you’re talking millimetres!

Personally I always thought the 255 looked a little too big on my front banded Amarok’s (8.5” wide), but sat much better on the rears (9.5” wide) with a slight ‘stretch’. That’s why I went down to the 235 on my current setup (9.0” wide).

Hope that helps!