235/85-16 on Stock Suspension, No Body Lift & All Original Panels

Time to finish this build.
Wheels. Tibus actually recommend a wheel supplier & size: 16x6.5 with a 59mm offset.
I went with a 16x7 still with the 59mm offset.
I wasn't expecting the price... 5 rims were over half the price if all 4 portals which make the Tibus boxes seem like a bargain..
plus there was a 2 month lead time for the rim manufacturer where as the portals were available immediately.

 
Most of my 4x4s have a theme. This one is no exception But I need to see how finances pan out. So close but still so far to go.


Apparently these beadlocks are street legal.


I do like the steel liners in the stud holes. 


I was going for the RAF Rondel & hoping I could get the tyres off to MrWhitewalls for a dark blue wall but I ran out of time so just have to do it myself.

The guys I bought the tyrex off were to afraid to mount them on my fancy rims incase they damaged them. Same for a couple of other places so in stepped Dean once again as friends of his had just got a new mounting machine.


 

Putting the wheels on the car i noticed the chamfer on the Braid wheel nut holes are way bigger that the stock Suzuki nuts so I called Braid who got a full set out in the mail to me. FoC.
 

Done !!!!

 

This is the real reason I got the Portals...
Clearance. The kind to never fear landrover rutts ever again.

The real measure is the tale of the tape.
 







I got another tape and measured the total length....  15.5" 
Take off 0.25" for a slight bend as the tape was jammed in there under tension & you sill have 15.25" minimum clearance at the diff on 31.5" tyres.