Thread: Are these Boost Alloys?

Those are indeed Boost alloys and from what I recall, they have a positive offset but how much offset escapes me now.

They will fit 255/85/R16s but you may have to adjust the steering stops to prevent them rubbing suspension components to a shine.

I recently came from 255s and went back to 235s as that's where I started from and am more used to this size.

I hope this helps.

Originally Posted by HardCharger

Those are indeed Boost alloys and from what I recall, they have a positive offset but how much offset escapes me now.

They will fit 255/85/R16s but you may have to adjust the steering stops to prevent them rubbing suspension components to a shine.

I recently came from 255s and went back to 235s as that's where I started from and am more used to this size.

I hope this helps.

Offset is +33 same as most landy wheels of that era.
265's fit in 70 or 75 profile with some minor steering stop adjustment.

Originally Posted by HardCharger

Those are indeed Boost alloys and from what I recall, they have a positive offset but how much offset escapes me now.

They will fit 255/85/R16s but you may have to adjust the steering stops to prevent them rubbing suspension components to a shine.

I recently came from 255s and went back to 235s as that's where I started from and am more used to this size.

I hope this helps.

That's very interesting that you're going back to 235's from 255's... What have u experienced to cause u to go in that direction?

I've been running the 265/75/16 on my Puma (235/85/16 on my old Tdi300 Def) and I'm looking for something taller for the Puma (& possibly for the old Def due to diff clearance). There is a few reasons why with one being clearance but the other is that running a taller tyre on the Puma is that I can more comfortably sit on 100kph in 5th gear as I'm always concerned about the stories I hear about the MT82 6th gear issues...

Originally Posted by Robmacca

That's very interesting that you're going back to 235's from 255's... What have u experienced to cause u to go in that direction?

I've been running the 265/75/16 on my Puma (235/85/16 on my old Tdi300 Def) and I'm looking for something taller for the Puma (& possibly for the old Def due to diff clearance). There is a few reasons why with one being clearance but the other is that running a taller tyre on the Puma is that I can more comfortably sit on 100kph in 5th gear as I'm always concerned about the stories I hear about the MT82 6th gear issues...

I actually just tried the 255s as I've been told they are a good tire size for the Defender. They are. It's just that I've used 235s ever since I got the Defender and know it's clearances in parking garages and steering calculations by heart and is second nature to me. The 255s were a learning curve for steering calculations, I also experienced some components rubbing on the tires on full lock (easily remedied by adjusting the stops but I didn't as I wasn't fully committed to the size yet), fuel economy went down (expected), more driveline backlash (could just be my truck as I need to replace some parts), there were also some uncertainty now as to which garages I would fit in and which would me a 110 open top

Once I figure a few things out, I may try the 255s again, but for now, 235s will serve me just fine.

Hope this helps.