Thread: 2 sets of rubber?

Originally Posted by Tikirocker

Anybody running two different sets of rubber ... road tyres on one set of rims and off road rubber on another? I've got a spare set of 110 rims that's been sitting about from my old IIa days and I'm thinking about doing this and having two sets for best of both worlds travel and wear.

As an aside ... how big could you expect to safely go on original 110 rims? I am completely deslyxic when it comes to numbers so idea's and suggestions are mandatory ... pictures for us dummies are even better!

Simon.

Original 110 rims are 5 1/2" tubed type. Technically I believe 750/16 is the largest you can run on them. 235's, as on the later Defenders with alloys (7"), need at least a 6" rim.

I run 2 sets of rims, one for road and one for trips. At the moment the trip rims (Disco steels 7") run the same tyres as my road wheels (alloys), but I will be changing these to a set of muds for touring.

i used to run two sets but have moved back to one set........changing four wheel over doesn't actually take too long, its just that both sets neeeded replacing around the same time and could not justify the outlay. if my MT's wear out a little quicker than so be it

Used to run 235/85 R16's on 5 1/2" split rims on my old Troopy. As Numpty says supposed to have minimum of 6" rims, but had no problems. From memory, gave me just under 2" extra tread width for about the same diameter as the old 7.50R16's.

Deano

Run two sets of tyres on SWMBO's D2. Standard 255/65 R 16 Kumho road pattern on the factory optional 8" rims for highway/urban use and 255/70 Cooper ST's on a set of standard (I think 7 1/2") alloys for outback touring. The best of both worlds if you can afford to have $1500 worth of tyres/wheels hanging around. Having a rattle gun and trolley jack makes life a LOT easier if you are considering changing over regularly.

Deano

I am going down this road shortly, only because the set of road tyres I got with the Rangie have heaps left in them, and I want a set of A/T's for the weekends I do go off road - but these are not nearly as much as the on road stuff I do. I will be getting a set of steelys for the A/T's, and keep the original alloys for the roadies.

The ONLY time this is viable is if you do enough kms to wear BOTH sets out before they are over 5 years old.

Once they are 5 years old for your safety you should consider throwing them out and replacing..

I've just thrown out 3 never used spares due to age.
They have no cracks or damage etc, just too old to safely use.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

The ONLY time this is viable is if you do enough kms to wear BOTH sets out before they are over 5 years old.

Once they are 5 years old for your safety you should consider throwing them out and replacing..

I've just thrown out 3 never used spares due to age.
They have no cracks or damage etc, just too old to safely use.

agreed - it's not just kms but also age that you need to consider.

Thanks Tombie2 & Ranga, that's something I never thought of. My RRC is only a toy, so I doubt I'd wear either set out in 5 years.... I will re-think this now I believe.

Yet another piece of useful info gleaned from the forum...

Cheers - Gav.