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    Tyres

    What tubeless tyre can u put on the perentie rims?

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    If you search there is plenty of info on this here.

    The short sweet answer is;
    *On a 16 x 6 Perentie wheel you can fit a 235/85R16.
    *Dont put tubes in a tubeless tyre.
    *Although a Perentie wheel is a "tubed" wheel and therefor doesnt have the added safety bead/edge on it, the general consensus is the tubeless tyre will be fine on it and plenty of owners have done and do it.
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    I do not disagree with what you have posted Dazza - after all the early tubeless tyres were fitted to rims without the retaining lip.

    However, owners in the east have found it increasingly difficult to do so because the tyre sale outfits are now insisting on fitting tubes when installing tubeless tyres on this type of rim.

    I agree with you that do do is a recipe for a flat as the internal surface of a tubeless tyre often abrades the tube !

    One solution that has worked is to tell them that "the tyre is only for use on the farm, mate".

    For convenience I use D1 steel rims (which are cheap )

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    Yes it seems the more something is out of the ordinary the less people want to know about it.

    As you say one easy solution is to fit 16x7 tubeless D1 steel wheels. (painted olive drab)
    I had pondered putting a set of Defender alloys on mine (as I have 3 sets of them) before the new tyres go on it (and yes I would paint them olive drab too)
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    So after a lot of umming and arring looking at different brands of tyres, sizes and wheels, seaching through many posts in AULRO.
    I got fitted 235/85R16 BF Goodrich KM3.

    *I didnt want to particularly soften the Perentie with all terrain tyres, hence the muddies.
    *On a 16x6 tubed wheel, as its a narrow wheel anyway I really dont see them jumping off a wheel every 5 seconds.
    *Plenty of Land Rover owners have run tubeless tyres on Land Rover tubed wheels for many years with no issues.
    *If some of you remember, back in the ye ol days when the new fandangled tubeless tyres became common place, they were put onto tubed wheels without even a second thought.
    *In fact some would remember that the dam new tubeless tyres held onto the wheels a lot tighter than the old tubed tyres and would be harder to remove by hand.

    *Yes some of the younger workers looked questioningly at me and commented "oh tubeless, do you have other wheels?"
    *I simply spoke clearly and slowly as I mentioned all of the above.
    *I dont know there is any legal requirement that tubeless tyres cant go on a tubed wheel.
    *Its likely another "insurance liability" thing for tyre Co's, the same as when we used to get forklift tyres repaired, they would only ever inflate them to 30psi (running pressure 100psi)

    The end result is smooth, quiet, safe tyres that arent 10 years old (mine were 14 years old).
    While the old original tyres might look cool, at that age they are a danger to yourself and other road users.
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    Regards
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    Plenty of guys running tubeless on the perentie, search aound on the landrover perentie owners page on faceache.

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    Look great Daz. ...You weren’t tempted to go for the classic 7.50R16’s that the new KM3’s come in?

    I’d be putting them on some new tubeless wolf rims, because I’d be a little concerned about them rolling off the rim or not staying inflated on a rim designed for tubes. But it sounds like plenty haven’t had an issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeros View Post
    Look great Daz. ...You weren’t tempted to go for the classic 7.50R16’s that the new KM3’s come in?

    I’d be putting them on some new tubeless wolf rims, because I’d be a little concerned about them rolling off the rim or not staying inflated on a rim designed for tubes. But it sounds like plenty haven’t had an issue.
    Yes I looked at literally dozens of different tyre options. In the past up north I used BF muddies on my work vehicle and they proved to be a tough reliable tyre, hence why i ended up going this way. Glad I did and it drives smooth, quiet and its like having almost power steering now!

    The tubeless tyres on tubed wheels I think now has been done to death.

    One interesting note, I had a set of Defender 130 wheels (that wolf wheel look?) and the thickness of the wheel and the shortness of the wheel stud didnt give me enough bite on the thread with the nut, so I gave that idea a miss.
    Regards
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    Quote Originally Posted by DazzaTD5 View Post
    Yes I looked at literally dozens of different tyre options. In the past up north I used BF muddies on my work vehicle and they proved to be a tough reliable tyre, hence why i ended up going this way. Glad I did and it drives smooth, quiet and its like having almost power steering now!

    The tubeless tyres on tubed wheels I think now has been done to death.

    One interesting note, I had a set of Defender 130 wheels (that wolf wheel look?) and the thickness of the wheel and the shortness of the wheel stud didnt give me enough bite on the thread with the nut, so I gave that idea a miss.
    Cheers Daz, sounds like the KM3's are excellent. ...My next tyre I reckon. But I'd have trouble deciding between 7.50R16's and 235/85R16's. 235's are more common around the country these days, but I really like the lighter road feel and aired down lengthening of 7.50's for sand.

    I've got wolf rims, the studs come through to the face of the nut. perhaps some are shorter?

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    I dont think you can go past 235/85R16.
    I've driven a Perentie with 235 all terrains and it was very smooth n quiet.

    Well mine with the standard 16x6 Perentie steels my studs sit just under the flat of the wheel lug, where as other Perenties dont seem to have this issue, I'm sure a search will reveal all.
    Regards
    Daz


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