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**Garry** · 14th February 2008, 10:58 AM

Hi all

I am in the process of getting approval for a 2" lift on my 2001 disco II, thing is what size of tyre / rim do i need to fill up the space created with this lift?

Any advice would be great.

Garry

**LandyAndy** · 14th February 2008, 08:41 PM

Hi Gary
Heres mine.

2" EFS lift and 235/85 Goodyear MTRS on standard rims.
She towers over a standard D2 with standard tyres.
YEP BOGGED REAL WELL

But a standard issue would have been worse

Andrew

**Slunnie** · 14th February 2008, 09:02 PM

Generally 265/75-16 on factory 7" or 8" rims and with a bullbar are fine.

McDisco · 16th February 2008, 04:04 PM

Garry

The 265/75-r16's are only really needed if you get into the rough stuff often. If you just dont want the factory tyres to look small but dont want to affect your gearing too much I would get something like 245/75-r16 tyres. My brother in law has these and they still look good.

Angus

**Ken** · 16th February 2008, 04:52 PM

Yep what Slunnie and Andy said 265/75/16s

Bigger is Better

Zute · 17th February 2008, 11:26 PM

I'm just in the throws of researching tyres. 265/70x16 is the biggest tyre you can legally fit. You can increase tyre size by 50mm ( as long as your not in NSW or QLD. than its only 15mm ) 265/75x16 will put you over by about 20mm.
So far have found Cooper STT 265/70 OD is 783mm. Max is about 789mm. +or- 2mm.
I have 8x16 inch rims, so 245/75x16 arnt really wide enough for my rims, but will fit a 7x16. A Cooper ST in this size would have OD of 775mm. STT 780mm.
Hope that helps.

**2 rocks** · 19th February 2008, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi Gary
Heres mine.

2" EFS lift and 235/85 Goodyear MTRS on standard rims.
She towers over a standard D2 with standard tyres.
YEP BOGGED REAL WELL

But a standard issue would have been worse

Andrew

Niiiice Andy!!!

Garry
I have 265 Cooper S/Ts and and I think they fill the arches pretty well and still leave a little space to look lifted!
Cheers
Mike

**Garry** · 22nd February 2008, 10:49 AM

Thanks for all your answers it has given me a few ideas.

Ive just fitted two new air springs on the rear (one was leaking) and am now just waiting for the spacers from 4WDintelligence to complete the back end lift, then I will get the front done

.

Can anyone tell me what if any was the rise in fuel consumption fitting grippier tyres? I was planning to have two sets of tyres, road tyres already fitted to my 18" rims and mud/ offroad tyres on the new 16" rims

G

McDisco · 23rd February 2008, 09:03 AM

Garry

I think you will find that if you fit muddies in the same size that the difference in consumption will be marginal, probably half a litre per hundred. If you go for larger sizes then yes the consumption will increase. I run 265/75/r16s and my around town consumption goes from 10.5l/100km to around 12.5-13l/100km. On the highway its not that bad as the car sits at lower revs as speed so I get around mid 11's. Offroad...well thats where it hurts. I can get figures of 14-15.5l/100km on sand and similar figures in the high country.

If you went for 245/75/r16s then differences are less noticeable. Also depends if you run a auto or manual. Manuals are better for consumption.

Cheers

p.s- glad you hooked with the 4x4 intelligence guys...they sell good gear.
Angus

**Slunnie** · 23rd February 2008, 10:21 AM

Hmmm,

I found maybe something different.

When I changed from 29" XPC's to 33" ST's my economy improved on the hwy by 0.5km/100km, but was worse around town by about 1l/100km.

When I then changed to muddies it got worse everywhere I think by about 1l/100km and don't even talk to me about running the Simex!

But.... McDisco's comments probably also suggest in combination with this that there are additional factors that affect consumption.

To add some more to this, when I corrected the gearing again by using 4.11's, the economy didn't really improve, but it became a lot more consistent.

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