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  1. 29th April 2010, 08:49 PM #1
    Owen
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    Remove Rear Door Lining

    I am trying to remove the rear door lining to put the tyre carrier back on upside down to hold the new tyres. Are there any hints out there to get the inner cover off without all the clips breaking? I have tried to open it, the first 4 clips have just snapped !!!

    PS, the tyres are the new BF Goodrich KM2 in 245/75/16, they are a bit louder and might become the second set.....I have some old sychrones on my other car I might swap, not as happy as I anted to be, the bigger size really saps the power.....
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  2. 29th April 2010, 09:13 PM #2
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    A proper panel tool will help or what I have used is a thin, ridged piece of hard (not brittle) plastic about 1 1/2" wide and several inches long with a V cut in it and that edge filed to a blade. Slide it in around the clip and gently pry it up. Still no guarantee you won't break them though but the success rate will improve.
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  3. 30th April 2010, 07:58 AM #3
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    Just a comment. A mate has 245/75R16 mickey thom. ATZ's on his D2 and the spare fitted on without any modification, at least thats what he says. Seems to be sitting there ok last time I looked. Maybe the Km2's big tread lugs make a difference. Size wise I wonder should there be a significent power loss for this size or is it the tread and stiffer construction that needs more juice to get it rolling.
    Appreciate some comments as I had be looking at 245/75R16 KM2's myself.
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  4. 30th April 2010, 12:43 PM #4
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    Hi, my $0.02 worth.

    3 weeks ago put Kelly Safari TSR's on in LT245/75R16 @ $264 per tyre. Owned by Goodyear and says made in America on the sidewalls. Nice agressive tread - reminds me sort of the MTZ's and are just as agressive as the ATZ 4 ribs.
    Spare fits on the back without any modification but it touches the rear bumper.

    Haven't noticed any difference in power for this size. Fuel economy - don't know yet as I haven't filled her up since the new tyres
    Gearing is out around 4-5% from standard D2a. 95 on speedo is now 100 on GPS.

    Gotta love the look of the larger tyres - really fill it out more - make it look proper. Could have gone 265/75R16's but didn't want to with the 10% difference in gearing and my truck spends more time onroad than off

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