Thread: Big tyres, how big can we go?

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" .

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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