Steel wheels for D1

I am led to believe that the term came from the Camel trophy mods they did on the Disco.

Plenty of info on it with a search. This will need to be done on any D1 with larger tyres. It is not a hard job and still looks neat. I used a fine disc in the grinder to lop it off.

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

loanrangie...

I've been in the Defender forum where we didn't have to concern ourselves with such things..
Also I wondered where the terminology came from.

Distortion - cheers for that.

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That's only because you fitted girls tyres to a defender.

Umm what Ali ?

Maybe its because Defednder wheel arches are plenty big enough for the perfectly adequate 255/85 tyres I have...

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Umm what Ali ?

Maybe its because Defednder wheel arches are plenty big enough for the perfectly adequate 255/85 tyres I have...

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Ah your made it sound that, on the subject of trimming arches is never needed on a defender.

You should try fitting 36" 12.50" to one. They will need a trim then even 35" 10.50" you will need to trim.

Yeah but hardly relevant to the topic at hand !

My D1 with a 50mm lift is running LR steels with 245/75/16 MTRs and it didn't need a camel cut, but I did have to adjust the steering lock to stop the tyres rubbing on full lock. Hope that helps.