Wheels and tyre advice

**rb30gtr** · 2nd September 2013, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Hi Ben,

Neither LLAMS nor rods will stop 285/70R17 tyres rubbing when the wheel compresses up into the wheel-arch. On a D3, the only real solution for fitting 33" tyres are spacers between the air-spring and turret + rods, but that will need all the geometry re-aligned and reduces the reliability of the car. One of the US owners did it, but they're pretty lax on vehicle mods over there .....

The largest MT tyre you'll fit (in 17" rim size) is a 265/70R17. The individual tyre makes vary in actual diameter (versus calculated diameter). The largest I ever found was the Interco Super Swamper SSR, but I had to import them from the States (although Procomp did sell them for a while). It was just under 32.5" in diameter. It will still rub, but some creative cutting of the inner wheel liners will help.

Cheers,

Gordon

Thanks Gordon.

I'll play it safe and stay under 265/70/17, really appreciate the info.

Cheers,
Ben

**rb30gtr** · 2nd September 2013, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by garrycol

Got no idea about Falcons - we are talking Discos etc and overall they work fine in these vehicles as long as you ignore the Land Rover service schedule and service it about every 80,000km or so or as recommended by the gearbox makers.

Garry

Id better be doing a flush/service on mine then, she is at 182k's.

Cheers,
Ben

**Redback** · 2nd September 2013, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

Same or similar box as the FG turbo falcons?

Similar as in same manufacturer only I would think, as far as I have seen over the last 8 years, the D3/D4/RRS ZF box is pretty reliable, as said above, give it a service at 80,000ks as recommended by Land Rover UK for harsh conditions, (ie) Middle East, Sth Africa, Australia.

Baz.

**jonesy63** · 2nd September 2013, 02:43 PM

Check this out:
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_6R_transmission"]Ford 6R transmission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

**~Rich~** · 2nd September 2013, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

Id better be doing a flush/service on mine then, she is at 182k's.

Cheers,
Ben

Wow!
I've been getting mine flushed and serviced every 50,000 to prolong life.

(Getting off topic a bit!)

**scarry** · 2nd September 2013, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Redback

Just a bit more info on the sizes, if you are remote and do need to have a tyre replaced and your 265/65s are not available, you can get by with 245/70/17 if that's all they have in stock and you need to get going, the rolling diameter for it is 774.8mm, the 265/65 rolling diameter is 776.3mm, 1.5mm difference.

I have 245/70/17s on my D4, I was given this info by the local tyre guy, as we do alot of remote stuff I thought it would be good if we ever get stuck somewhere and our tyre size was not available, I could get by with the 265/65 as an alternitive.

Baz.

The stock size on the Prado GX is 245/70/17,so they are fairly common as well.Most of the hire Prados are GX.
I also run 245/70/17 on D3 rims.
Will 265/65 fit the same rim?

**Boofla** · 2nd September 2013, 07:13 PM

Don't forget more importantly because it's easier to be checked is that in most states you can only increase diameter by 2 inches or less.
With my RRS the tyre placard has the 275/40-20, which has a diameter of 28.66 inches and my 265/65-17 are 30.56 which comes in at 1.9 inches change.

Something else to keep in mind!

**Geedublya** · 3rd September 2013, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Boofla

Don't forget more importantly because it's easier to be checked is that in most states you can only increase diameter by 2 inches or less.
With my RRS the tyre placard has the 275/40-20, which has a diameter of 28.66 inches and my 265/65-17 are 30.56 which comes in at 1.9 inches change.

Something else to keep in mind!

NSW is max 15mm diameter increase only. You can go up to 50mm with an engineers approval.

Width can increase by 25mm.

**Redback** · 3rd September 2013, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by scarry

The stock size on the Prado GX is 245/70/17,so they are fairly common as well.Most of the hire Prados are GX.
I also run 245/70/16 on D3 rims.
Will 265/65 fit the same rim?

Yes 265 is the max for a 7" rim.

Baz.

**Redback** · 3rd September 2013, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Boofla

Don't forget more importantly because it's easier to be checked is that in most states you can only increase diameter by 2 inches or less.
With my RRS the tyre placard has the 275/40-20, which has a diameter of 28.66 inches and my 265/65-17 are 30.56 which comes in at 1.9 inches change.

Something else to keep in mind!

Isn't there a couple of different rims sizes for the RRS, the D4 2.7L tyre diameter on the 255/60/18, 30.0"

255/55/19 is 30.0" also

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