Thread: Defender tyre help needed

Body lift - good luck mate, dont even bother.
You can fit them to stock suspension but it will kill your flares.

2inch spring lift with slightly cut/moddified flares will do the job.

100mm backspace rims should be fine. Try and run a narrower tyre than 12.5 wide as they give bad clearance problems. somthing around 10 - 11inches wide is a great width for a LR.
Possible choices - Simex ET, Swamper Q78, Silverstone AFAIK.

Dave.

Theres no easy solution.

35s need a spring lift. As mentioned forget a body lift on a defender. I've got a 3" lift, for 35 10.50 15 Simex ETs, and it rubbbed the rear flares. The engineering certificate nazis wanted flare extensions. It needed a d/c drive shaft to get rid of the vibrations. Plus castor correction to the hubs. Etc etc. Have fun,

regards
Max P

As suggested the body lift is a major exercise 8O and not to be attempted by the faint hearted and particularly if the aim is solely for putting on 35's:

The saga will go something like this:


Seperating the body from the chassis

Raising the firewall mounts on the front outriggers

Fabricating 2 pairs of chassis mounts

2 pair of spacers for the bulkhead mounts at the B pillar

5 pairs of spacers rear of the back seats

and last but not least the rear bumper.

And the stuff forward of the firewall :roll:

Then you have to align this lot with a now flexed body so that the doors shut. :wink:

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things done to fit

offset rims

heat front flare and bend bottom corner of flare where it meets the front door

range rover rear springs all round

ome shocks 80ser cruiser they are a tad longer

remover inner rear spring and sway bars

<span style="color:blue">that looks to be sitting a bit higher than just the tyres will raise it....



you havent forgotten to include a lift in you list of mods have you....?
and will that setup work on a 110....?</span>

<span style="color:blue">that looks to be sitting a bit higher than just the tyres will raise it....



you havent forgotten to include a lift in you list of mods have you....?
and will that setup work on a 110....?</span>

with the rangie springs it gives you around 3-4in lift

it does work on a 110, but its a bit hairy scarey 8O 8O
doesn't handle the best :wink: :wink:

I put 35 10.5/16 ET's on my 110 and only get a little rubbing on the back corners of the flares/eyelids.

Would only need slight mod to clear tyres ie heat and bend a little here and there.

The rubbing was only audible when the vehicles suspension was fully articulated.