Thread: offroad on 18" wheels

Buy some 16-inch rims for off-highway stuff and keep them in the shed.

Steel rims are probably better, as rock dings don't break the rim and any dents can be beaten back into rough shape on the trail: dents in alloy rims need specialist work to refurb.

Then run the appropriate rubber to match the standard D2 suspension: probably 245/75-16 will be fine and are available cheaper than the 18-inch rubber anyway.

hi. i would also recommend keeping the 18's on the car for looking nice in the city, but get a spare set of 16's and a slighly more aggressive (suitable) tread pattern tyre for playing off-bitumen. Replacement rubber for 16's is more likely to be cheaper. Tyre wall height on your 18's could well limit your off-road use. If you felt that two sets of wheels was a little extravagent, then on sell the 18's to offset purchase price of the 16's. Anyhow, just a thought.

The worst part of buying 16-inch rims is the D2 PCD offset. Otherwise you'd have much more options.

cheers for the advise. AS im not too keen to be changing rims over for the weekends and was hoping to get some more ground clearance what would be the best size on 16 or 18 rims to fit under, say, a 50mm lift?
Also im not overly bothered about the extra cost of tyres for 18's just thinking if i could get away with a taller wall on 18's it would save getting new rims and would get me the extra clearence im after.
I'm sure someone out there has done it.Would like to hear how it could be done .Thanks

I agree with the other posters about having a 2nd set of 16" rims for offroad. I run two sets of rims for my D1.

But, if you want to stay with the the 18's you could look at the General Grabber AT2 or Michelin Latitude Cross.

I recently put the Latitude Cross on my D2a and have been impressed with them. The tread is pretty deep and a fairly unique design and the side walls look much more solid than stock rubber too.

A second set of wheels is great IF you plan to wear them out inside 4-5 years...
After that the tyres arent particularly safe...


These work a treat, no cutting, decent lift.

275-75-18 LT - Mickey Thompson MTZ

That looks awesome ! how do i get my stock as 2001 td5 looking like that?

paint it green?