Big tyres, how big can we go?

235/85 are a great size tyre, i have them on my disco

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

Why not stay with the 16" rims ? , buying another set of rims just to go to an imperial size tyre is pointless unless you going way bigger like 33/35" where you need offset and wider rims. 265/70/16 is nearly the same as 31" and 245/70 is close enough to 30" .

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Im new to buying 4x4 tires, well all things 4x4 really, so when i was looking for some smallish mud tires that wouldn't compromise gear ratio i couldn't seem to find any in 16s. Was getting well confused with the sizes:eek: I think I'm a little more switched on to it now. I don't really want to do the camel cut. But i will if it is totally necessary.

Are there mud tires that are also ok in sand? Is wider better in sand?

The reason i don't want to go too big is that i will be towing a boat on long trips.

I have also found an old man emu 2inch lift on a d1 at the local do it your self wreckers so will be installing that first.

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Originally Posted by tomalophicon

I run 265/75 on the stock rims with no issues. I have a 2" lift, did a small camel cut and adjusted my steering stops. The guards are filled nicely.

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Ditto, mine fit fine.

Yeah I took the disco out on Saturday. A lot of rub n scrubs but I've just lifted it yesterday do should be fine next time. It's only weekend bush bash car so rub n scrub is fine. But with the +2" lift I dare say it'll only carry on with big flex

See my earlier post.

All you've done is alter static height.

If it rubbed, it will rub - unless....

The coils fitted to give the lift are so stiff they don't flex as much...

In which case the vehicle is now worse off road than before.

Skuilnaam

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Originally Posted by skuilnaam

See my earlier post.

All you've done is alter static height.

If it rubbed, it will rub - unless....

The coils fitted to give the lift are so stiff they don't flex as much...

In which case the vehicle is now worse off road than before.

Skuilnaam

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Well b4 lift it was giving me scrub even when just hitting little rise in roads. What I mean to say is , I think I will only hear the rub n scrub when off road. But I don't have a complete understanding just yet on static hight etc. so I could be wrong. Maybe it's worse now, who knows. I did have issues with full lock also, obviously they won't change either, I'll be doing a search to find the fix you all use to stop lock rubs

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Originally Posted by mud

Im new to buying 4x4 tires, well all things 4x4 really, so when i was looking for some smallish mud tires that wouldn't compromise gear ratio i couldn't seem to find any in 16s. Was getting well confused with the sizes:eek: I think I'm a little more switched on to it now. I don't really want to do the camel cut. But i will if it is totally necessary.

Are there mud tires that are also ok in sand? Is wider better in sand?

The reason i don't want to go too big is that i will be towing a boat on long trips.

I have also found an old man emu 2inch lift on a d1 at the local do it your self wreckers so will be installing that first.

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265/70/16 is a good all orund tyre size, they fit nicely and arent too wide. You will need a camel cut though otherwise you will catch the guard with your tyres and damage both.

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Originally Posted by skuilnaam

See my earlier post.

All you've done is alter static height.

If it rubbed, it will rub - unless....

The coils fitted to give the lift are so stiff they don't flex as much...

In which case the vehicle is now worse off road than before.

Skuilnaam

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not quite true, 2" lift and 235/85 tyres vastly improved my disco off road, the springs are not a heavier rate, they are longer, so sit higher than standard, no problems flexing it right up though!

Another 235/85 fan here. Hasn't caused any gearing dramas for me.

Rez

my D1 is up for some new tyres soon and I am deliberating on what size to go to without cutting and flaring the guards.

Those guys with 265/75/16's, could you post some pics please so I can see how they look ;)

thanks