265x75x16 on D1 mags and a planned 2" spring lift on a 98 D1 300tdi Auto. Will it wor

I was out on the weekend in my D1 300Tdi with 265/75R16's at Toolangi. No rubbing after a small camel cut and steering stop adjustment.

As above I now have a larger turning circle.

Car is quite sluggish on the road but then the original one was too anyway (0-100km/h in 17 secs!). Didn't buy it so I could beat people off the lights.

I found the tyres rubbed on the front trailing arms when turning full lock so I adjusted the steering stops and found this cured it. Need to buy longer bolts so that the end of the bolts could still fix the brake disc cover.

I found on steepish hills, first gear low range was perfect for controlling speed down hill. I'm only new to this though so in the dry, may see steeper hills eventually and find that it's not low enough. Up hill, again I found first gear low range to be excellent for climbing but mostly too slow. I found second better.

My two cents.

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Originally Posted by edddo

Will you keep standard diff, transmission ratios?
It will be quite sluggish on the hwy, and low low will be too high for steep descents if not.

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Yes Eddo, I will keep standard diffs and transmisson parts.:thumbsup:

:arms::bangin::banana:Thank you all again.

I am in the final stages.Testing this weekend at Bornholm (South Coast WA near Albany).
I have given all the above info a good thrashing. The 2" lift King springs are performing great. I must have had very saggy original springs as the Beast actually lifted 3.5" from the pre-lift height. I thought it might settle down to 2" after a 4x4 bashing, but it has not. About another diff to ground inch will be gained from the tyres giving me about 4.5 " (114.3mm) total sill to floor lift without any body lift. It worked out very well and looks a heap better. After lots of reading and listening to you guys I will be fitting 245x75x16 tyres on friday. I will post the costs including the wheel alignment on here. The cost of the spring kit was $620 including freight. The fitting was absolutely easy as my son did it for me hahahaha. But seriously, it was not difficult at all. I bought a spring compressor off Ebay for about $40.00.

Stay tuned to this thread. One more post to come detailing tyre costs and performance if I get off Bornholm Beach this year.
Have a great day - Gerry:MileStone: