Thread: Won’t be retro...

Originally Posted by V8Ian

According to MT 265/65x17 is the most common size, easiest to locate in remote locations and cheapest.

Somehow I don’t think that size will fit any late model LR’s

Originally Posted by ozscott

Mate that looks horrible (Opinion - and I say that about the picture not your efforts which i applaud ). Cheers

I agree I would never pick that color and the real life Goodwood looks much better.. just a work-in-progress based off the pre-production leak.. going to try a few a different colors next

Originally Posted by ozscott

I think a lot.of utes run 17's. Lots of utes about. And 17's for 200 series etc.

Toyota, who.seem to know a bit about things, Do 17's for the GX/GXL 200 series - 285/65R17 tyres. The VX and Sahara have 285/60R18. So worst they do (offroading wise) is a very high sidewall on an 18. LR should offer 18's on their air suspended models of.new.Defender unless they want to.see otherwise likely buyers go.elsewhere.

Cheers

Exactly,LR have lost the plot when it comes to tyres sizes,from D4 onwards,and this has been very well documented all over the world.

All vehicles in the LC200 range will fit OEM 17” rims.

Sure some will say just go aftermarket,oversize,lifts,etc,but many won’t want to do this.
A vehicle sold as an off road vehicle should have at least an option of rim sizes for off road high load rated LT tyres.

We can only wait and see what happens with the new model.

Originally Posted by scarry

Exactly,LR have lost the plot when it comes to tyres sizes,from D4 onwards,and this has been very well documented all over the world.

All vehicles in the LC200 range will fit OEM 17” rims.

Sure some will say just go aftermarket,oversize,lifts,etc,but many won’t want to do this.
A vehicle sold as an off road vehicle should have at least an option of rim sizes for off road high load rated LT tyres.

We can only wait and see what happens with the new model.

18 is the new 17, the others will catch up

Landrover is always ahead of the game..profile @ 32inch is fine on 18s..even better with 1inch or 2inch bigger tyre upgrade..what real 4wders dont put bigger tyres on their 4by.

Profile chosen is for performance in all terrains.

I cant see a prob with new defender profile options if leak is real.

Originally Posted by blackrangie

18 is the new 17, the others will catch up

Landrover is always ahead of the game..profile @ 32inch is fine on 18s..even better with 1inch or 2inch bigger tyre upgrade..what real 4wders dont put bigger tyres on their 4by.

Profile chosen is for performance in all terrains.

I cant see a prob with new defender profile options if leak is real.

BL LR is never ahead of the game with tyres. It has for many years insisted on low profile and overall small diameter wheels (ie rim and tyre combos) which makes for a small off-road footprint for the weight of vehicle and inability to air down without pinching issues. D5 wears very narrow rubber and low OD for harsh off-road conditions.

Cheers

Back in 2016 we were having a chat with the Bridgestone guy in Kununurra and he said the most common tyre was a 18" which was on all the utes in the new utes and they had plenty in stock. Same result in Broome talking to the guys there as well.

Having now been on 18" D697 and now KO2's since 2014 and never had an issue towing a 2.5T off road camper around the outback et al I really don't think an 18" tyre will be an issue for many who are more into adventure based touring rather than hard core offloading.

Rob

Originally Posted by RobA

Back in 2016 we were having a chat with the Bridgestone guy in Kununurra and he said the most common tyre was a 18" which was on all the utes in the new utes and they had plenty in stock. Same result in Broome talking to the guys there as well.

Having now been on 18" D697 and now KO2's since 2014 and never had an issue towing a 2.5T off road camper around the outback et al I really don't think an 18" tyre will be an issue for many who are more into adventure based touring rather than hard core offloading.

Rob

Rob i would be happy even for harsh off-road work having an 18 provided OD was 33 or 34.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

BL LR is never ahead of the game with tyres. It has for many years insisted on low profile and overall small diameter wheels (ie rim and tyre combos) which makes for a small off-road footprint for the weight of vehicle and inability to air down without pinching issues. D5 wears very narrow rubber and low OD for harsh off-road conditions.

Cheers

Yeah agree back in the day there was the old tyre issues on d3/4.

I believe its no longer an issue with tyres/wheels avail now.

Lucky8 has D5 is on 33x12.5x18s and they bash that thing around like nobody else, they seem to not have a problem.

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Landrover is not a tyre company , they are creating the demand for different sizes, the tyre companies are now coming to the party and it looks like even more so with what has been spotted on the new defender (to be released if not already)

Lower and medium profile is not for fun, its for safety at high speeds.

For me it will be finding that perfect balance.

Im thinking:

18 inch wheels with 33s or 34s should be safe on the freeway and more that enough sidewall profile for anything we can throw at it.