Thread: New wheels and another tyre question

Originally Posted by olbod

PS: this idea would work well if you were planning long trips thru Africa, etc,.

Not too many places able to assist with refitting tubeless tyres in deepest darkest Africa though...

Jokes aside I agree 100%, we always had at least 8 extra loose tyres on the back of the support Unimog in addition to the 2 spares the "Scout and Survey" 90's carried while building roads through South Central Africa...

Guess what just arrived, 4 down 1 to go, I split the order as I was not sure if the 1k limit included postage.

Seeing as I am going for the 255's then I will get 6 of them maybe 5 KM2 and something cheaper to keep on the roof rack for my trip, if anything else comes in 255's have not looked.

I will give Beaurepairs a call tomorrow see what they can do for me.

Very nice rim.

Allan

Originally Posted by patclan

Guess what just arrived, 4 down 1 to go, I split the order as I was not sure if the 1k limit included postage.

Seeing as I am going for the 255's then I will get 6 of them maybe 5 KM2 and something cheaper to keep on the roof rack for my trip, if anything else comes in 255's have not looked.

I will give Beaurepairs a call tomorrow see what they can do for me.

Congratulations!

I love mine and they are remarkably easy to clean after a bit of mud...

Originally Posted by patclan

Guess what just arrived, 4 down 1 to go, I split the order as I was not sure if the 1k limit included postage.

Seeing as I am going for the 255's then I will get 6 of them maybe 5 KM2 and something cheaper to keep on the roof rack for my trip, if anything else comes in 255's have not looked.

I will give Beaurepairs a call tomorrow see what they can do for me.

Congrats!
They're very nice rims.

I will be in the market soon and am leaning towards a rim to take a 265/75/16 BFG I think. I have a 110 Hardtop with std suspension so I want them to fit in the guards and not protrude.

What offset should I be looking to use? That's the one thing that has me guessing?

Pete,

A factory wheel for a D'Fer (PUMA) has a neg 33mm off set, or 33mm extra to the middle of the vehicle. So on a 7 inch rim that’s equals about 4inches to centre and 3inches to out side.

A 265/75 tyre will just fit on a 7 inch rim, but no wider, it would a better fit on an 8 inch rim.

So if you are buying 8 inch rims, a neutral off set would best suit (4inches in and 4 inches out). This will cause the rim/tyre to stick out a little, but will negate any rubbing on the suspension.

Cheers

Originally Posted by patclan

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if anything else comes in 255's have not looked.

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Maxxis BigHorn 762 and Cooper ST are the only other 255/85's available here ATM.

The Maxxis work well, they aren't as stiff in the sidewall as the BFG so require a little more pressure on road but I haven't found it a problem.
They howl a bit, but you really can't hear it over the wind noise in a Defender.

TyreMax (a wholesaler) and Bob Jane are the importers for Maxxis.

Originally Posted by olbod

I have been having the same thoughts about doing that ( 265/75/16 ) when I get a new Defender, but proably for a different reason. I figure that I would probably need to fit a roof rack to carry extra Jerries of fuel for really long extended trips, even when having the Mulgo tanks fitted.
Anyway, tyres are easily mulga staked when in poor country, I hate that.
I would replace the probably, Goodyears with BFG when I get it new.
With a rack I could wrap the Goodyears in plastic to keep clean and carry anything up to five spare tyres with little added weight. Not all staked tyres can be patched and re used. Bugger. This and the rack would only be used on really long, with bush bashing, extended time, trips.

cheers.

Robert.

PS: this idea would work well if you were planning long trips thru Africa, etc,.

Five 265/75R16 offroad tyres would weigh more than 100 kg. With a sensible load on a roof rack (in an off-road situation) of no more than 150 kg (including the weight of the rack itself), carrying that number of spares would be quite limiting as to what else you could put on the rack, especially given the 'bulk' of the tyres.

Cheers
KarlB