Hi guys - do all 22 inch wheels crack? I have now won three sets of 'clean' wheels on eBay only to be fuming when I drive mile to get them to fin a hairline crack or a weld - which themselves I understand don't really last... Is this common? Is there one style less likely to crack than another?

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I read somewhere from land Rovers' own website that they check each alloy wheel produced by x ray to detect cracks or flaws in the casting process. Not too sure if that is still the case. Or if the wheels you bought are Genuine parts or aftermarket. With 22's there is a lot less tyre wall between the rim and the tarmac. This will inevitably transfer shock loads from potholes or bumps into the rim and i imagine more severely, leading to increased risk of damage. I'm no expert.BTW Tony
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No, not all 22" wheels crack.

You haven't said what make they are; are they genuine LR/Overfinch/reputable make?

Sorry one was a set of genuine stormers one genuine lr with Range Rover written on a spoke and one were Olympus of

Any LR part numbers on the back, maybe on a spoke or rim?

I ask because........and I could be well off the mark here so apologies if I am..........I thought genuine Stormer only came in 20".

The companies that fake or copy the style don't generally put the part number on the back but they do put Range Rover on them.

stormers were never available in 22"

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Sorry you were quite right I wrote that in a hurry the only genuine lr ones were the ones with Range Rover on the spoke also what are these called? The overfinch Olympus were genuine too

If those are 22" versions of these

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yea they were - so they are fake too! grrr... so your saying there were no l322 genuine 22 wheels? how about the l320? do the l405 fit the l322?

also was going to go look at these but you are saying they will be fake...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-Stor...SwHoFXtF-I

That's a shame about them being fakes........would also explain the cracks. Those in the Ebay link are fakes.

Wheels from the L405 do fit on the L322. There is a thread on here showing pictures from people who have.

Here it is http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic26461.html

ok great - in that case i may go in the middle with 21s - did the rrs l320 have 22s?

You would have to do some research or wait for an expert (as I am not) but I THINK the later (2014 on) RRS had a 22" wheel option.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but from memory only late L322 wheels came with Range Rover written on a spoke and these two wheels styles only came in 20" Subsequently the new Sport and Full Fat has wheels in 20",21" and 22" but none has Range Rover written on them .
Those styles would be the ones northermonkeyjones has posted and the twin spoke .

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I've got a set of 22" on mine and had a different set previously. Both were an aftermarket set - the first set cracked so I tried to go with a large a spoke or biggest number of spokes the second time hoping these would flex less and not crack. It didn't work - one has a tiny hair line crack on the inside rim. Most eBay sets are for sale for the same reason and repairing them only buys some time until they will crack again.

Verdict - IMO most aftermarket 22" are made to look good but don't have the quality to take the load and stresses the FF put through them - ok in McDonald's car park on a young lads pride and joy family saloon. The 35 profile tyres don't absorb the shock of any pot holes, manhole covers etc so although you don't feel it though the comfy suspension the rims take the full whack and can't cope. Buy a genuine set off a 405 set or go for 20" which are probably a better match to the vehicle and our roads

I had the same issue on an Audi a few years ago. It came with 'original' Audi 20" wheels but on the drive home (400miles) the TPMS alerted us to a soft tyre. We duly stopped and refilled with air but within a few miles the TPMS was triggered again. Turns out that wheel had a crack. Further inspection once the car had been recovered home showed that 3 of the 4 wheels were or had been cracked and re-welded and then covered up with a powder coat. Turns out the entire set were knock offs. I complained quite hard (understatement) and they agreed to supply the correct original OEM wheels for the car. So, clearly there is an issue with these copies not only being very hard to tell apart but also that they're terrible quality and you are very much getting what you pay for.

As an aside, I have a set of 21" for the L405 that I'm about to sell. They are the Style 4 wheels but now powder coated black. Need a refurb but are all fitted with scorpions (I think) with 3-4.5mm of tread remaining across each of them. Current Fleet;
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