No they are not. Sawtooths are +20mm NOT +33.Quote:
Originally Posted by n plus one
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No they are not. Sawtooths are +20mm NOT +33.Quote:
Originally Posted by n plus one
I will have to disagree with the wolf rim as a good choice for these. I have wolf rims on my 110 running 235/85R16 (smaller than the 255s) Steering is not great and its not for lack of adjusting steering stops. (my radius arms are my stops :o )Quote:
Originally Posted by Red90
You will also find the tyre will fowl on the 110 rear spring pearch (110 having larger dia springs than your 90)
They are a good simple strong rim. They are just wide enough for a 255, maybe even too narrow legally at 6.5? They just do not have enough negative offset.
Rick130 has come from running 255s on wolf rims to Mach5s with only .5inch more negative offset and 7 inch wide, its made noticable difference.
thats my 2 cents anyway.
Well, there's something new - I was sure they were the same as Boosts - have you measured a set? I recall that they were claimed to be a different offset initially but then others asserted that they weren't?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psimpson7
Edit: LR literature confirms Sawtooths are the same offset as the HD steel wheel option.
As a slight aside - anyone know of any GOOD looking wider flares for the Defender to suit wider wheels - eg 8" rims with -33mm offset.
So is there any specific alloys that anyone recommends that has the right offset?? I might go ahead and change my shocks to longer ones to achieve more travel .. Bilstein ok ?? Or terrafirma big bore the go??
The shop here in WA are speaking highly of these but I couldn't imagine being better than a good old set of German made quality,
Why would anyone want alloy wheels on an offroad vehicle ?
less unsprung mass for one, looks for two. Im sure there are other reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by VladTepes
Koni and Bilstein about the best of the standard type shocks. After that you have the semi racing/off road shocks by King, Fox, Bilstein.Quote:
Originally Posted by defrover
There are also others like radflo, and now being sold by Superior Engineering Amanda and Profender.
Seach here, there are 100s of threads with shock info.
Back to the topic at hand, I have no experience with alloys so can not help sorry.
If you go the 2" longer shocks you will also need to drop the sway bars and add spring relocators and retaining bars. I have sway bar blocks that drop them about 30mm, but I am still getting the rear sway bar inverting, which I still need to resolve.
I have ZU Alloy rims on my 110 with 255's the rim is +11 offset, it does make a difference to turn circle as well as adjusting the stop bolts.
I had a bit of sag on the front with the bullbar and winch so the tyre was quite close to the flair, some +2 springs in the front fixed that, in the rear I have the auxiliary full tank in the right rear corner, fully laden going over the Simpson the tyres did rub the tank on a couple of occasions but these were big hits if you know what I mean, I have airbags to put in the rear before my next trip to help that. I also have Koni raids all round, I have not actually lifted the vehicle, the gaps between the bump stops are pretty much what they used to be before I added lots of weight, the springs just compensated for that weight.
I find the bigger tyre great for the extra clearance, my only issue is the steering does not feel as good as it used to, my 255's are km2, but I will probably change to 265 AT soon and keep the km2 for reserve, not sure if the change in tyre height affect the steering much but I am going to find out I guess when I go to the 265.
Cheers
Pat