Paid 1800 shipped, looks great.

 

Nice! Enjoy them.

Curious who makes those wheels? Don’t appear to be OEM but maybe there’s a defender 20” style I haven’t seen before.

 

https://www.autorimshop.com/20-oem-w...BoC7V8QAvD_BwE

 

https://roveroemwheels.com/producto/...07ja-set-of-5/

I found this but the listening mentions powder coating so maybe that's the case?



from the listing. Part Number: LR148212, L8B21007JA, M8B21007BA

Offset: 41.5mm

Finish: Powder Coat Glossy Black

Lug Pattern: 5x120

These wheels will work with 2019-2023 Land Rover Ranger Rover Defender

 

cool - yeah, makes sense. i now remember looking at those rims in the satin finish, but they're better in black. enjoy...

 

Thought this picture may be helpful for others debating the look difference between a 20 and 22

 

I have an older LR with 18" rims. If you plan on spending much time beyond the pavement, I think the 22" rims is an impractical design. JLR has to figure out if it wants to sell Defenders as simply a more aggressively styled RR, or if they want to make an SUV that you can intentionally use for a week or two in somewhat harsh and remote conditions and then return home with it still running fine. A V8 with no roof load ability, riding on 22" rims seems like just another mall crawler. The new GX will have 18" rims, beefy tires, etc. If you want to drive over stuff, low profile tires become inconvenient and expensive to fix or replace. JLR knows full well that by selling V8 and 22" rims, those Defenders are more than likely destined for the shopping malls. I will continue to drive my old LR on 18" rims until JLR makes a trim for the adventure driver type, or I get a chance to drive a GX or the new LC. The old LC here in the US also had 18" rims, so none of this is difficult for JLR to surmise if they wanted the Defender to be off road ready from the get-go, they surely could be doing it. It's their loss not selling properly configured Defenders for off road extended use, and with new GX and LC models approaching, they could lose a good bit of the luxury adventure SUV market to the GX.

 

You’re absolutely right, the 22” wheels make no sense if you’re going to go off road or into the harsh environments you mentioned. Those wheels are for those of us who live in big cities, where most of our adventures are to malls and Whole Foods. You can also get away with ski trips in the 22” wheels which probably is the most off roady thing 95% of defender owners will ever do. Land Rover was wise to cater to the masses but at the same time they offer the 19” wheel and 20” wheel for those who want to venture off the beaten path. So I would argue that they did figure out what they want to be; they make a vehicle for those who want an aggressive RR and one for those who want a true off roader that competes with a GX and LC (depending on your tire choice of course).

 

19" and 20" are both far too big. 19" is a joke as there are no good tire options in this size. It's the ginger stepchild of alloys.

18" is a small as we can go and even that is bigger than I'd like. 17" or16" is the norm on every other off-road platform.

LR have a lovefest for big city alloys. Thay have lost the plot entirely. 18" should be an option on all trims. They are not.

Best way to attenuate the capabilities of these vehicles is to equip them with 20" rims. Fitting 22"s will castrate them entirely.

 

Very happy with the switch.