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i was talking to my mate who used to manage a tyre shop and he was saying that all the aftermarket wheels that come into the country on imports are illegal due to not being load rated high enough. apparently most wheels made in japan other than stock wheels aren't load rated high enough.

has anyone had problems with this when it comes to insurance claims and things like that?

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wheel load indexes? i didnt even know they had them.. Although i have seen a helluva lot of mis-loaded, illegal imported tyre combo's. Are The wheel load indexes the same amounts as the tyre load indexes? Ive never heard of an incorrect wheel indexing before, but plenty of tyre indexing.

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yes i know it is all about rolling diameter.

ok, i had a chat to my mate and got the info. it is about the load rating of the wheels. a lot of import wheels haven't had any load testing done. if you look at australian wheels have a JJ or JJJ rating after the size. and the reason why they don't ploice it is because the japanese manufacturers caust on and started stamping their wheels with it, even if they haven't been tested so they don't police it.

it is one of those things, they got out smarted by the manufacturers and there is no way to test it without destroying the wheels so they gave up.

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the whole "20 inch wheels are illegal on most cars" thing... is wrong.

its all about rolling diameter fools!

you are wrong there .

well in west australia anyway

we have whats called a plus 1 and plus 2 rule

that means you cn only go up to 2 inches over factory size

eg... r32gtr comes out with16 x 8 rims can legaly only go to 18 x 8 rims .

we cant go over 8 inches wide law here states that ya can only be wider than 7 inches if your vehicle came from factory with wider than 7 inch and if it did you cannot go wider than genuine factory width which is stated on the tyre placard inside the passenger side door

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yes i know it is all about rolling diameter.

ok, i had a chat to my mate and got the info. it is about the load rating of the wheels. a lot of import wheels haven't had any load testing done. if you look at australian wheels have a JJ or JJJ rating after the size. and the reason why they don't ploice it is because the japanese manufacturers caust on and started stamping their wheels with it, even if they haven't been tested so they don't police it.

it is one of those things, they got out smarted by the manufacturers and there is no way to test it without destroying the wheels so they gave up.

well my jap spec rims are rated at 680 kg load each when the stock gtr rims are rated at 650 kg each so my jap spec aftermarket rims are actually stronger than factory nissan rims

they are AME Circlar GTA post-23730-1149432727.jpg

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and 20" wheels aren't legal on most cars.

That's not the case on the eastern seaboard (I've checked the VSI documents for NSW, Vic and Qld).

I could put 20" diameter rims on a MGB if I could find the right ones, and get tyres for it.

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