Good evening.

I've got the chance to have a new MY12 RRS HSE but it's coming with the 19" 5-V "off road" alloy. Anybody else got these? Not seen the car in the flesh and can't find a picture of a car in the colour (Orkney) with them. Am I right in thinking that the 19" will give a slightly improved ride? Just concerned about the cosmetics. Plus point is that it comes with a full size spare.

Cheers

Hi,
Is the car brand new? Reason I ask is that approx 8 ex- Land Rover experience cars have hit the main dealers over the last couple of months, all on 19" wheels. Nearly had the unfortunate experience of buying one until I noticed it had a couple of the more unusual options and asked them to inspect the underside, they reoprted back the damage to me and I decided to give it a miss.
Jon

Thanks for the reply. No this is brand new and unregistered.

I have an HSE and fit 19's with m+s tyres in winter and think the ride is better

I put the HSE 20's back on in summer due to vanity  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

HSE comes with 20" as standard, only SE had option of two types of 19s (I went for v spokes on my SE and changed to 20s on delivery and sold the 19s with zero milage
Sounds like someone has swapped wheels with an SE for some reason!
Cheers
Dave MY10 TDV6 SE (debadged ), Santorini Black, Flappy paddles, Privacy Glass, 20" Stormers, Mudflaps!

Gone: a comprehensive list of imprezas and a Merc ML AMG

These are my set of reconditioned offroad wheels on a MY11 ( my winter set)

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codfather wrote:

HSE comes with 20" as standard, only SE had option of two types of 19s (I went for v spokes on my SE and changed to 20s on delivery and sold the 19s with zero milage
Sounds like someone has swapped wheels with an SE for some reason!
Cheers
Dave

Zermatt Vulgaris wrote:

These are my set of reconditioned offroad wheels on a MY11 ( my winter set)

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for comparison same car on 20"

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ride is better than 20" from my limited experience...

a set of 20" HSE should not be too hard to pick up if you find it a real problem.

saw an orkney grey autobiography today and it looked stunning

Thank you. That's brilliant. Your car looks lovely. That is the exact wheel. The wheels certainly aren't a deal breaker, more I was wondering why that had been built onto this particular car.

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I got it wrong! The 19" on the quote refers to the spare! the wheels are a standard 20". You can spec the HSE with the 19" Off Road wheel as a no cost spare if you want to though.

Thanks for the replies.