Ok so i've had some 245/75R16 tyres on stock rims for about 2 years now but only done 30K kms but already they are completely shagged!

So ive worked out the main problem.... the width of the rim. 6.5" is just too narrow for the tyres and the wear pattern is terrible!!!.

I was looking on gumtree at Amarok rims and trying to see if they might be ok.

the 17"x7" rims with ET49 is only 2mm of offset different to the T5 but i dont think i'll be getting the gains i want.

Ideally i would like to run a set of cooper discoverer A/T3's but to keep within warranty terms the 6.5 wide rims need to be replaced with 8" .

Does anyone else have any ideas for me? I dont wanna blow the budget too hard coz then the of the upgrades go on the backburner again.

If we were in the UK i would get a set of stock rims banded out to 8" and all my problems will be solved.

I kind of want to get it all sorted for christmas since i might be doing quite a bit of driving a and don't want to put the stock tyre and rims back on. I prefer the 16" size because when i go offroad it is almost always on the beach.


I don't want to spend too much and i'm happy with steel rims.