Thread: Want 35" engineered on my d2 what to look out for

You might need to do a bit more body improvement to fit 35's,and even with 4.11 diffs,if the transfer case is 1.22:1 then it will still be marginal on 35's.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

What wheels do you intend to use?

What size/width tyres are you intending to use?

315 / 75 R 16 is around 34.6". Can fit on an 8" rim (but 8.5" is recommended).

would use the dynamic 16x8, in regards to tyres thinking about Simex Jungle tracker 2 34x11.5 16

Originally Posted by LowRanger

You might need to do a bit more body improvement to fit 35's,and even with 4.11 diffs,if the transfer case is 1.22:1 then it will still be marginal on 35's.

what body improvements did you think of?

apparently 4.11 on a auto is not to bad with 35 would still have the OEM LR wheels with 33" for around town

Originally Posted by Steve223

would use the dynamic 16x8

Spoke to Dynamic this morning out of interest and they don't do a +32mm offset wheel. +30mm only - which adds up to +4mm over the allowable increase in wheel track. I imagine with a group purchase of a set quantity of wheels they would probably consider changing. I did suggest to them that given VSB 14 application in most states now it may be of their benefit to start selling wheels that can actually legally be fitted.

Originally Posted by Steve223

what body improvements did you think of?

apparently 4.11 on a auto is not to bad with 35 would still have the OEM LR wheels with 33" for around town

What's the meaning of a body improvement? Body too me seems like the cabin part of the car...

Do you have to have the same ratio as standard in order to have the vehicle engineer approved? What is the correct gearing for 35" to be near standard ratio?

35" on 4.11 gearing would be similar to the gearing of 31" tyres on a standard setup. I drove with 33" on standard for a long time and had no issues.

I have my 100mm track width increase on front and rear engineered but that's what I thought VSB14 is n effect for years now so you would think wheel manufacturers would catch on to it and produce compliant wheels

I think 4.3.1 is correct gearing for 35"

100mm? Are you sure Steve?

Vsb14 allows 50mm, prior to vsb14 it was 25mm, so 100?

That's a hell of a lot of offset, what have you got +7 offset? Nearly a zero offset rim. Standard is +57....that's a change of 2" each side of the car.
Those steel rims in your pictures look like they are about +30, so that would be an offset change of 54mm, ....?
100 would have the tyres sticking out of your flares by 2" each side.

Cheers
Kev

Originally Posted by Steve223

I have my 100mm track width increase on front and rear engineered but that's what I thought VSB14 is n effect for years now so you would think wheel manufacturers would catch on to it and produce compliant wheels

I think 4.3.1 is correct gearing for 35"

Zu rims +35
Allied +35 approx
Speedy +35

The above, and others make rims 16x7, 16x8, 17s, 18s........all with the 50mm vsb14 max allowance.....yes for the D2
Kev

Originally Posted by Steve223

what body improvements did you think of?

apparently 4.11 on a auto is not to bad with 35 would still have the OEM LR wheels with 33" for around town

I think if you try and fit 35's you will find that they foul the body work somewhere.You will need to fully cycle the suspension with the steering in different positions lock to lock.