Looking Good Leading the pack!
Yea they are much narrower, Interestingly, I did not purchase those rims directly. My last LR3 had them on (also had rock sliders & Rack) and when I sold it, I swapped rims, because it had my $$ tires on it. Basically, the new LR3 was stock and I transferred all stock items from the new LR3 (my current silver) to my old LR3 (that had the rims on it when i bought it). Thus returning the old one to stock to sell.
I will have to look into how those rims may affect the tie rod ends.
Thanks,
James

 

Thanks James....don't mind that Jeep back there!
What are much narrower? The tires are the same size as yours....275/65R18. My point is the offset, not the width of the tire.

 

yep- poor wording on my behalf. I will do a little digging on the rims and see if that could be it.

 

No Prob....sure; I'd try to figure out what brand and style they are, and then look up the offset on the interwebs, and compare it to OEM.

 

Agreed , the offset on those rims is quite a lot in the negative. surprised you don't go thru front bearings at the same rate.

 

Do you ever turn the steering wheel while the vehicle is not moving forward or back? Thats the #1 cause of tie-rod wear, I cringe when I see a person trying to park and they crank and crank that wheel without moving.

 

Actually I do. I parallel park at my apt. It is necessary to squeeze in. I did not know that. I will be mindful of that.
Thank you!

 

Geez....same here. I do that to not waste space as I dial in a turn. I will also be more mindful of it! Thanks Dakota!

 

@jbullock78 I also did some checking and haven't found any HD tie rod joints for the rover. The alternative is to source / build your own but that will likely cause issues in other places (ex: Rack and pinion unit, ball joints, etc). If you're using factory offset rims, then as pointed out, not rolling or having your foot on the brake while steering the wheels greatly increases the force on the steering joints.

 

Flyun-
Excellent thanks for the info-
James