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R107 Wheel Load Rating?

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R107 Wheel Load Rating?

Post by GarethFishr » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:47 am

Hi all,

My VW T5 Camper has some god awful 22" wheels on it which scrub the arches. I believe the Z4 and T5 have the same PCD so I could fit the R107's from the Z4 to the Camper for the MOT.

Question is, can the R107's take a load as much as the T5? Not sure what it weighs, it's a standard 1.9 Diesel Panel Van, converted to a Camper..

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Post by mmm-five » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:05 am

PCD might be the same, but will the offsets cause any difficulties?

I don't think I've ever seen the load limit mentioned for wheels - but the same BMW wheel can be used on different models (1-series to 5-series touring), so I don't think a couple of hundred extra kilos is going to matter - plus you probably won't be driving the T5 as hard anyway.
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Post by mr wilks » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:49 am

Been done on thousands of VW Transporters , bolt pattern the same but you will need spigot rings for the hubs which are a few ££ each.
Loadwise the 107 isn't exactly svelte so I wouldn't concern yourself over its capacity to take the load.
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Post by GarethFishr » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:21 am

Thanks, chaps.
Just wanted a bit of piece of mind.

Fitting will be temporary as they'll be going back on Z so no new rubber.

It'll give me an idea of new wheel size for the T5 too as the 22's are too big.

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Post by Stevepj » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:58 am

I'd be more concerned about the load rating of the tyres, there must be a fair difference in weight between a two seater Z and a T5 camper conversion.
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