Thread: 35 In Tyres

I really doubt they would fit without extensive mods to the guards, but I sure would like to see it done.

On the other hand, what advantage would you look to gain? They have very good clearance in standard form and skid/bash plates all the way under the vehicle. I've gone some very interesting places with standard 20" road tyres - not ideal, but a set of 18" AT's would get you almost anywhere on one of these.

Get the grinder out and show us what you end up with - it would probably look pretty tough.

My 32inch Nittos scrape already, wouldnt think 35's would be achievable.....
Especially on the airbag strut on the inside.

My local tyre shop have ordered me one to test fit and take some measurements.

If I have to I will get around the inner clearance issues by getting rims with 25mm less offset then the current ones, as for the height and the fact that they may extend past the guards.. we may have to get "creative"...

I'm thinking a L322 version of this, but with 35's not 33's.



Looks like there is plenty of room

I too am tossing up the possibilities of 35's over 33's, I have planned to fit the 33'sx 12.5 but with as far as im going with bull bars etc, it may be more worth while with the 35's.

When the time comes (Aka finally sell the bloody VW touareg) Ill be going down this road. I have sourced a tyre place here in melb that claims they have 18" steel sunraysia rims they can get with the correct 5x20 pattern (Yet to confirm) The offset is +20 or close to that rather than the +45 i think off the top of my head and therefor kill any worries with strut clearance but the wheel arches now become the issue.

Another question is how will this affect the offroad traction control? has anyone with 33's noticed a reduced performance of the breaking systems with the increased loads of the tyre size?

Originally Posted by chaybra

I too am tossing up the possibilities of 35's over 33's, I have planned to fit the 33'sx 12.5 but with as far as im going with bull bars etc, it may be more worth while with the 35's.

When the time comes (Aka finally sell the bloody VW touareg) Ill be going down this road. I have sourced a tyre place here in melb that claims they have 18" steel sunraysia rims they can get with the correct 5x20 pattern (Yet to confirm) The offset is +20 or close to that rather than the +45 i think off the top of my head and therefor kill any worries with strut clearance but the wheel arches now become the issue.

Another question is how will this affect the offroad traction control? has anyone with 33's noticed a reduced performance of the breaking systems with the increased loads of the tyre size?

Rims sound ideal if they are 20+ offset, nice find. The test tyre is coming in on Tuesday, ill post some photos and discuss what needs to be done

I do not see any reason for the TC to be affected. The operation of the system is the same under any load condition.

Originally Posted by jonnyjon05

Rims sound ideal if they are 20+ offset, nice find. The test tyre is coming in on Tuesday, ill post some photos and discuss what needs to be done

I do not see any reason for the TC to be affected. The operation of the system is the same under any load condition.

That is if they actually exist, I am hoping he wasnt saying that just to get me in the shop.

Cant wait for the photos, if it even remotely possible ill be going 35"s over 33"s any day

Just be aware that anything over 2" increase in type size will make your car unroadworthy & therefore also not covered by insurance. Just saying Correct me if I'm wrong

Originally Posted by 33chinacars

Just be aware that anything over 2" increase in type size will make your car unroadworthy & therefore also not covered by insurance. Just saying Correct me if I'm wrong

You're not.

If you can get an engineer to sign off on them and get the vehicle to pass a swerve test, you can make them legal, but not too many bother.