Thread: 255/85R16?

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

a rim designed for tubeless radials has the letter J stamped on it......

im not sure what the F stands for......i will have to do a search to find out.......

That's definitely a defender rim, the steelies are not designated tubeless and came standard fitment with tubes up until the alloys were fitted (1999?)

Rim width fitments range from 6.5" to 8" for the 255/85.

You can run them easily on 130 6.5" rims. Running them on the narrower rims also tends to protect the sidewalls a bit better.
Standard 110 rims are only 5.5", Disco I steelies are 7".

Originally Posted by klappers

Thats what I would love to find out.... On a D1 with the factory steel, I just dont think that there would be enough offset to clear stuff....33" rolling diameter and all

Originally Posted by p38arover

If you go to the tyre manufacturer's site, you will find the recommended rim widths for those tyres.

I am not worried about the width of the rim, I have already been to BFG's web site and have chosen to run the BFG KM2's. I am after offset! I know that these tyres will run on my disco rims width wise, but I believe that they will not run diameter wise.... So the question that I was asking is, what rim are people running these on with regards to the alloys.... Defender should have better clearance than my disco anyway. What I was trying to do was avoid using heavy steel rims if I could get away with it..but I dont think that I will have much of a chance...

Originally Posted by sniegy

I also thought about this with mine, but ended not wanting to cut too much off the Disco's panels. I ended just running 235/85/16 (Defender size) muddies. The 255's are a big tyre, especially for a 200/300 tdi.

Ummm.... obviously this would go hand in hand with 4.11's Size is good, and the tyre is not a 285/75/16. Which is what I wanted in the first place...

IIRC most all 165mm PCD Land Rover rims run 33mm offset, except for the 130HD/Wolf rims which are 20.6mm, so effectively give you a 1" increase in track over the other rims.
Disco I rims with the centres reversed are a popular mod to increase offset/track and give greater lock.

255/85's mounted on 130HD rims on a 130 give a bloody poor turning circle, probaby more akin to berthing an ocean liner.
Doesn't worry me too much as I'm in the bush, and if parking back into a spot or reverse anyway, but geez it's nice when I jump into the Patrol and don't have to do 5 point turns everywhere.

So I guess my next question is where would you find someone who can flip the rim?

Originally Posted by klappers

Got no love in the D1 forum, so I thought I would ask here. Anybody running this tyre? Need to know how the size goes and rim you need

Don't ask the same question in multiple sections. Threads merged.

I just spoke with my local tures shop who deal exculsivly with BFG ...

BAD NEWS !

BFG are ceasing the size 255x85x16 and what is out there is it at the moment the last batch to hit our shores is in 3 months time at around the $385 a tire

They told Terry that there is next to no demand for them