Thread: tyre width for land rover rims

wasnt to sure so i thought i would ask,,i have two sets of rims 16x8 sunnies and 16x7 flipped disco rims,,can you put 285x75x16(33x12.5x16) tyres on the 16x7 flipped rims or only a 10.5 wide tyre,,i am up for some new road tyres soon and wouldnt mind running my flipped rims and use the sunnies for the simex or is there a 33x10.5x16

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Not legally (and we have to get to tracks some how)

And are more prone (proved it) to rolling off the rim when aired down.

Also more prone to staking offroad.

Unfortunately you are in a minority.You are actually less prone to roll a tyre off the bead with a narrow rim (within reason) All the rock crawler guys run anything up to 12.5" wide tyres on 8" rims without the need for beadlocks.Having said that,it is important that you don't run them under inflated at speed,or you will roll off the bead.And as far as legality goes,it actually come down to the manufacturer,as they all seem to list a different rim width for a given tyre size,and nothing was mentioned in the original post about legalities anyway,as flipped disco rims no longer meet the Australian standard and are non ADR compliant.And yes I agree that more sidewall flex will make the tyre more prone to staking.But that can be minimised by buying tyres with decent side walls.

Wayne