Thread: Legal (?) tyres to suit 5.5 Defender rims.

Thanks slag_burner I am sure you are right but I have a friend who tells me he put a 1.2 ratio on his defender it made little difference in fact he said putting bigger tyres on made more difference. I already have 235/85/16 tyres fitted. My engine is a 1998 300tdi and pulls hard in 5th at 100kph. I will try the 1.003 and fit a AP60 Cruise control ($260 from ebay I recommend) as I do 40,000 kms a year to work and back. I am sure your right but at least ill have plenty of practice in fitting transfers.


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the raio of 31 to 33 inch tyres is 1.0645 the ratio between a 1.2 and 1.4 transfer case is 1.166. I'll leave it up to the numbers to tell which would have the greater effect, you are going for a 1.4 ratio change when going for that 1.003 transfer case.

It will be good to get the practice if your keen to learn, but I would maximise my learning from others experience instead of learning lessons that have already been learnt before.

Ahh i may have found my issue i have a maxi drive diff locker rear are they 3.54 ratio or 4.11 i will have to work it out.

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