Thread: New Wheels and Tyres - Slightly Confused

Are not all 16" Land Rover mags 7 or 8"? You should be able to fit 265/75x16.

I run 255-100-16 XZL,s on my new wolf rims.

The Saw Tooth's are 16x7 I assume 33mm offset.

You could fit either a 255/85R16, or a 265/75R16.

Both may rub on the radius arms, needing the steering stops adjusting.

The 265/75R16 is about the same diameter as you current tyres, the 255/85R16 is a larger diameter.

"Wolf" rims are 16x6.5 20.6mm offset, so they sit further out than the Saw Tooth's, and they are narrower, to narrow for a 265/75R16.

Tony

slightly off track. Can someone identify the offset of aftermarket rims coded T-7JJx16 886 Made in Brazil 920?

These were fitted to my UK built Reynolds Boughton Defender 6x6 with BFG MT and AT 265R75 16 tyres when imported

Could you not just measure it?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Could you not just measure it?

Yes I could, but I don't know the offset of the original Land Rover rims and the tyres are still on the current rims. The tyre placard specifies 6.5L 16 rims (0.5 inch narrower than the current rims)

This vehicle needs a full engineers certification for first registration in Australia and depending on the official rim width and offset (as well as load/speed ratings) will determine if the vehicle meets registration standards for track width and tyre ratings. I don't think a guesstimate established by measuring by eye will be sufficient.

After that I was hoping someone had better references than I have.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yes I could, but I don't know the offset of the original Land Rover rims and the tyres are still on the current rims. The tyre placard specifies 6.5L 16 rims (0.5 inch narrower than the current rims)

This vehicle needs a full engineers certification for first registration in Australia and depending on the official rim width and offset (as well as load/speed ratings) will determine if the vehicle meets registration standards for track width and tyre ratings. I don't think a guesstimate established by measuring by eye will be sufficient.

After that I was hoping someone had better references than I have.

What vintage is the car?
6.5x16 sounds like it had Hi Cap wheels as fitted to 130s and Hi Cap 110s.
If so they are 20.6mm offset.

No idea about your aftermarket wheels, you'll have measure them.

Tony

Originally Posted by TonyC

The Saw Tooth's are 16x7 I assume 33mm offset.

You could fit either a 255/85R16, or a 265/75R16.

Both may rub on the radius arms, needing the steering stops adjusting.

The 265/75R16 is about the same diameter as you current tyres, the 255/85R16 is a larger diameter.

"Wolf" rims are 16x6.5 20.6mm offset, so they sit further out than the Saw Tooth's, and they are narrower, to narrow for a 265/75R16.

Tony

What TonyC said sums it up.

To add to that....
I have fitted "wolf" wheels (16 x 6.5) to my Perentie, but they are a 0 offset so it pushes the wheel out further.
With these wheels I offer customers 3 tyre sizes to fit on the narrow wheel.
255/85R16 (but only come in a muddie)
225/95R16 (commonly called land cruiser take off tyres)
Both the above are pretty well the same rolling diameter (point something of a percentage)
or 235/85R16 (std tyre size)

the pics show a "wolf" wheel, 16 x 6.5 with a zero offset, 225/95R16 and the tread sits under the wheel arch, with a 255 i guess it would take it flush