Thread: New Classic Owner

What tyres to get depends on how much you want to spend really. If you are new to 4WDing and not going to do anything too dramatic, I think you would be best off finding some D1 steelies and some A/Ts. As far as 'legal sizes' go the RRC only came with 16" wheels from factory and most if not all popular wheels for them are 15" or 16". D1 steelies are 16x7 and RRC wheels are 16x6, you could try to find some Rostyles or Sunraysias which also depends how much you want to spend.

Stick with the standard rims and tyres for the moment... These cars are very capable "out of the box" and the safest way would be to see how far and how deep you go with basic rubber.
My '95 classic runs the 3-spoke alloys, 7J x 16 rims, and the usual step sideways from the original 205 R 16 A/T is something like a 235 / 70 R 16 which has the same rolling radius as the 205's. I've had cheap 235/70R16 H/Ts and have recently got 4 more rims... these have 225/75R-16 "play tyres", for the few times I drive off the sticky grey stuff....

Use whatever is on the rims, get embarrased a few times - and go from there !
Appropriate tyre pressures and technique will take your further than bigg Fatt Steamroller rubbers alone.

Thanks I am keeping my eye out for a second hand set aswell. I will probably go a mud terrain as it will only be a play car and only driven on weekends and I am not concerned about noise.
Is there a recommended tyre size to stay under A to stay legal and B to avoid breaking things

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I am going to ride the tyres on it as long as I can but some are close to being bald so something will have to be done sooner rather than later

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245/75x16's, but expect them to rub on a few spots here and there on full articulation. 245/70's would 'fit' that little bit better.


I run cheap Nexan 245/75 A/Ts on the 3 spoke rangie alloys for everyday use, or 31x10.5 15's Kumho muddies on sunnys when needed. I Needed a 1" bumpstop spacer in the rear to stop the 31's rubbing on the guard lip due to the offset of the sunnys.

I run 245/75 x 16 M/T's - BFG KM2's. These are about as big as you can go if you want to keep it legal - they are just under 50mm bigger than stock, so you won't get hassled about them. Mine runs on stock springs and goes a lot of places. I would actually think the 2" lift - if it is a spring lift - has done it more bad than good. The stock springs will compress further and allow better articulation, so you keep all 4 paws on the ground longer.

Don't be fooled into thinking massive lifts and tyres are a must, you can go a loooong way on a bog stock Rangie.

If you want to go the whole hog later on, once you've explored its limits, then all good. Nothing looks tougher than a jacked up Rangie on 35's, but start small and work your way up to that if you think it's needed.